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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.786416
Energy at 298.15K-153.790286
HF Energy-153.786416
Nuclear repulsion energy69.062317
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 BLYP/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' 3071 3054 11.66 50.31 0.70 0.82
2 A' 2952 2936 2.42 124.78 0.01 0.03
3 A' 2751 2736 146.68 129.93 0.34 0.51
4 A' 1762 1752 142.78 6.92 0.45 0.62
5 A' 1423 1415 14.63 21.58 0.67 0.80
6 A' 1392 1384 8.74 7.89 0.67 0.80
7 A' 1331 1324 18.03 7.84 0.69 0.82
8 A' 1090 1084 24.22 3.17 0.42 0.59
9 A' 850 846 11.47 5.94 0.37 0.54
10 A' 486 484 10.37 1.13 0.45 0.62
11 A" 3005 2988 8.31 68.22 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1434 1426 6.31 12.86 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1099 1093 0.85 1.55 0.75 0.86
14 A" 749 745 0.56 6.15 0.75 0.86
15 A" 166 165 0.18 1.08 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11780.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11715.9 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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.88276 0.33135 0.29741

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.464 0.000
C2 -0.937 -0.732 0.000
O3 1.214 0.399 0.000
H4 -0.526 1.458 0.000
H5 -0.370 -1.672 0.000
H6 -1.597 -0.685 0.884
H7 -1.597 -0.685 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51881.21551.12472.16812.15692.1569
C21.51882.42952.22771.09791.10411.1041
O31.21552.42952.03702.60763.13963.1396
H41.12472.22772.03703.13402.55372.5537
H52.16811.09792.60763.13401.80531.8053
H62.15691.10413.13962.55371.80531.7675
H72.15691.10413.13962.55371.80531.7675

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.875 C1 C2 H6 109.624
C1 C2 H7 109.624 C2 C1 O3 125.012
C2 C1 H4 114.022 O3 C1 H4 120.966
H5 C2 H6 110.138 H5 C2 H7 110.138
H6 C2 H7 106.338
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.159      
2 C -0.407      
3 O -0.192      
4 H 0.053      
5 H 0.128      
6 H 0.129      
7 H 0.129      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.422 -0.372 0.000 2.451
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.393 -0.701 0.000
y -0.701 -17.919 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.620
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.624 -0.701 0.000
y -0.701 1.087 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.536
Polar
3z2-r23.073
x2-y2-2.474
xy-0.701
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.619 0.208 0.000
y 0.208 4.064 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.869


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.409
(<r2>)1/2 6.885