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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.896419
Energy at 298.15K-153.900340
HF Energy-153.896419
Nuclear repulsion energy69.810407
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3134 3032 8.96 44.18 0.67 0.80
2 A' 3022 2923 2.39 192.89 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2871 2778 118.36 169.55 0.29 0.45
4 A' 1804 1745 196.13 12.57 0.52 0.69
5 A' 1460 1413 22.74 9.37 0.54 0.70
6 A' 1422 1376 9.70 3.47 0.35 0.51
7 A' 1380 1335 25.13 2.49 0.72 0.84
8 A' 1130 1093 25.08 2.50 0.18 0.30
9 A' 887 858 9.75 5.93 0.34 0.50
10 A' 510 494 13.24 1.37 0.30 0.46
11 A" 3072 2973 6.31 61.08 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1469 1422 9.96 3.87 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1136 1099 0.11 1.19 0.75 0.86
14 A" 775 750 1.25 3.09 0.75 0.86
15 A" 158 153 1.25 1.09 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12114.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11720.3 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.91529 0.33936 0.30439

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.460 0.000
C2 -0.931 -0.717 0.000
O3 1.202 0.384 0.000
H4 -0.494 1.453 0.000
H5 -0.376 -1.652 0.000
H6 -1.582 -0.666 0.876
H7 -1.582 -0.666 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50031.20481.10972.14542.13042.1304
C21.50032.40062.21371.08741.09321.0932
O31.20482.40062.00552.57693.10253.1025
H41.10972.21372.00553.10802.53812.5381
H52.14541.08742.57693.10801.78771.7877
H62.13041.09323.10252.53811.78771.7525
H72.13041.09323.10252.53811.78771.7525

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 111.008 C1 C2 H6 109.453
C1 C2 H7 109.453 C2 C1 O3 124.747
C2 C1 H4 115.208 O3 C1 H4 120.045
H5 C2 H6 110.131 H5 C2 H7 110.131
H6 C2 H7 106.559
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.021      
2 C -0.497      
3 O -0.545      
4 H 0.365      
5 H 0.231      
6 H 0.212      
7 H 0.212      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.864 -0.333 0.000 2.883
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.420 -0.772 0.000
y -0.772 -18.074 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.057
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.355 -0.772 0.000
y -0.772 1.665 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.690
Polar
3z2-r23.380
x2-y2-3.346
xy-0.772
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.448 0.218 0.000
y 0.218 4.697 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.589


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.937
(<r2>)1/2 6.851