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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.472179
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.781937
Nuclear repulsion energy103.187752
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 CCD/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' 3295 3121 3.58      
2 A' 3247 3076 0.56      
3 A' 3201 3032 2.06      
4 A' 2981 2824 70.61      
5 A' 1864 1766 156.65      
6 A' 1718 1627 2.17      
7 A' 1486 1408 8.39      
8 A' 1425 1350 4.93      
9 A' 1315 1245 2.24      
10 A' 1191 1128 30.60      
11 A' 933 884 17.25      
12 A' 575 545 4.79      
13 A' 318 301 10.24      
14 A" 1057 1001 3.23      
15 A" 1048 993 13.19      
16 A" 1008 955 32.35      
17 A" 619 586 7.69      
18 A" 164 155 4.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13722.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12998.0 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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.59832 0.15551 0.14172

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.152 -0.750 0.000
C2 0.000 0.723 0.000
C3 1.210 1.283 0.000
O4 -1.212 -1.320 0.000
H5 0.803 -1.311 0.000
H6 -0.915 1.304 0.000
H7 1.352 2.356 0.000
H8 2.107 0.672 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48062.44651.20421.10772.19113.45022.6693
C21.48061.33342.37582.18721.08382.11942.1080
C32.44651.33343.55572.62572.12531.08241.0850
O41.20422.37583.55572.01532.64114.48173.8716
H51.10772.18722.62572.01533.12923.70782.3740
H62.19111.08382.12532.64113.12922.49853.0876
H73.45022.11941.08244.48173.70782.49851.8454
H82.66932.10801.08503.87162.37403.08761.8454

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.691 C1 C2 H6 116.536
C2 C1 O4 124.154 C2 C1 H5 114.583
C2 C3 H7 122.309 C2 C3 H8 120.958
C3 C2 H6 122.773 O4 C1 H5 121.263
H7 C3 H8 116.733
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.469738
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.778780
Nuclear repulsion energy104.822019
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 CCD/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' 3307 3133 1.27      
2 A' 3238 3067 6.97      
3 A' 3209 3039 1.79      
4 A' 3004 2845 105.94      
5 A' 1857 1759 88.64      
6 A' 1720 1630 26.34      
7 A' 1468 1390 23.80      
8 A' 1456 1380 12.84      
9 A' 1335 1264 1.29      
10 A' 1085 1027 4.93      
11 A' 950 900 52.38      
12 A' 688 652 13.46      
13 A' 292 276 6.77      
14 A" 1059 1003 7.07      
15 A" 1045 990 20.52      
16 A" 1018 964 16.26      
17 A" 580 549 7.40      
18 A" 158 150 6.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13734.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13009.2 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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.76465 0.20958 0.16449

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.890 -0.294 0.000
C2 0.000 0.900 0.000
C3 1.327 0.769 0.000
O4 -0.491 -1.431 0.000
H5 -1.974 -0.080 0.000
H6 -0.478 1.874 0.000
H7 1.988 1.626 0.000
H8 1.773 -0.218 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48982.45871.20521.10532.20683.45972.6647
C21.48981.33322.38292.20441.08442.11602.0967
C32.45871.33322.85413.40862.11601.08241.0835
O41.20522.38292.85412.00693.30523.93602.5689
H51.10532.20443.40862.00692.46094.31383.7505
H62.20681.08442.11603.30522.46092.47813.0732
H73.45972.11601.08243.93604.31382.47811.8566
H82.66472.09671.08352.56893.75053.07321.8566

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.036 C1 C2 H6 117.153
C2 C1 O4 123.963 C2 C1 H5 115.506
C2 C3 H7 121.986 C2 C3 H8 120.005
C3 C2 H6 121.812 O4 C1 H5 120.531
H7 C3 H8 118.009
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability