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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS trans 1A'
1 2 no CS cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS trans)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.479161
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.781118
Nuclear repulsion energy103.250267
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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3322 3122 1.72 50.20 0.56 0.72
2 A' 3265 3069 0.30 82.49 0.28 0.44
3 A' 3218 3025 1.14 61.54 0.11 0.19
4 A' 2961 2783 82.24 78.51 0.27 0.42
5 A' 1781 1674 133.25 49.18 0.35 0.52
6 A' 1680 1579 2.97 7.44 0.18 0.30
7 A' 1475 1386 10.22 3.40 0.58 0.73
8 A' 1414 1329 4.18 18.27 0.42 0.59
9 A' 1305 1227 3.72 5.63 0.32 0.49
10 A' 1189 1118 29.92 9.65 0.65 0.79
11 A' 934 878 17.20 1.04 0.08 0.14
12 A' 573 539 4.44 4.42 0.29 0.45
13 A' 317 298 9.15 0.39 0.37 0.53
14 A" 1060 996 8.93 1.28 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1039 977 9.99 2.79 0.75 0.86
16 A" 996 936 29.19 0.21 0.75 0.86
17 A" 626 588 7.56 2.85 0.75 0.86
18 A" 171 160 3.80 1.07 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13663.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12842.1 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.60294 0.15606 0.14221

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.154 -0.737 0.000
C2 0.000 0.722 0.000
C3 1.218 1.269 0.000
O4 -1.219 -1.316 0.000
H5 0.805 -1.293 0.000
H6 -0.906 1.314 0.000
H7 1.372 2.339 0.000
H8 2.102 0.644 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.46782.43071.21271.10832.18443.43342.6455
C21.46781.33512.37582.17041.08202.11982.1036
C32.43071.33513.55352.59572.12471.08021.0829
O41.21272.37583.55352.02432.64864.48043.8571
H51.10832.17042.59572.02433.11813.67572.3317
H62.18441.08202.12472.64863.11812.49813.0820
H73.43342.11981.08024.48043.67572.49811.8450
H82.64552.10361.08293.85712.33173.08201.8450

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.205 C1 C2 H6 117.088
C2 C1 O4 124.558 C2 C1 H5 114.087
C2 C3 H7 122.373 C2 C3 H8 120.558
C3 C2 H6 122.706 O4 C1 H5 121.355
H7 C3 H8 117.069
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.476725
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.778032
Nuclear repulsion energy104.913329
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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3332 3132 0.36 42.93 0.62 0.77
2 A' 3259 3063 5.66 94.50 0.25 0.40
3 A' 3224 3031 0.95 53.35 0.13 0.22
4 A' 2996 2816 118.11 128.32 0.30 0.46
5 A' 1776 1669 63.58 12.50 0.35 0.52
6 A' 1682 1581 37.96 28.72 0.21 0.35
7 A' 1454 1367 26.21 8.42 0.70 0.82
8 A' 1446 1359 11.94 7.45 0.23 0.37
9 A' 1325 1245 1.34 11.83 0.42 0.59
10 A' 1076 1011 3.92 3.85 0.75 0.86
11 A' 959 902 52.75 3.29 0.15 0.26
12 A' 683 642 10.50 0.88 0.56 0.72
13 A' 290 273 6.90 2.18 0.44 0.61
14 A" 1056 992 15.32 3.70 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1048 985 9.57 2.49 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1005 944 17.63 0.10 0.75 0.86
17 A" 579 544 7.40 4.54 0.75 0.86
18 A" 172 161 5.62 0.64 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13680.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12857.9 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.75942 0.21148 0.16542

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.888 -0.281 0.000
C2 0.000 0.901 0.000
C3 1.327 0.756 0.000
O4 -0.494 -1.429 0.000
H5 -1.970 -0.058 0.000
H6 -0.466 1.877 0.000
H7 1.997 1.602 0.000
H8 1.753 -0.239 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47772.44481.21391.10492.19903.44522.6411
C21.47771.33452.38142.19071.08232.11712.0908
C32.44481.33452.84373.39542.11481.08011.0818
O41.21392.38142.84372.01453.30653.92362.5429
H51.10492.19073.39542.01452.45094.30073.7274
H62.19901.08232.11483.30652.45092.47893.0663
H73.44522.11711.08013.92364.30072.47891.8568
H82.64112.09081.08182.54293.72743.06631.8568

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.682 C1 C2 H6 117.571
C2 C1 O4 124.153 C2 C1 H5 115.285
C2 C3 H7 122.163 C2 C3 H8 119.457
C3 C2 H6 121.747 O4 C1 H5 120.562
H7 C3 H8 118.380
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability