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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G

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 CID/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.049940
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.688448
Nuclear repulsion energy102.465469
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 CID/3-21G
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' 3297 3072 8.34      
2 A' 3256 3033 0.79      
3 A' 3207 2987 4.48      
4 A' 3008 2802 83.64      
5 A' 1788 1666 81.24      
6 A' 1741 1622 14.53      
7 A' 1544 1439 7.44      
8 A' 1479 1378 2.30      
9 A' 1368 1275 1.37      
10 A' 1202 1120 20.27      
11 A' 952 887 32.12      
12 A' 581 541 4.84      
13 A' 334 311 8.90      
14 A" 1073 1000 10.32      
15 A" 1071 998 5.26      
16 A" 1045 974 58.66      
17 A" 631 588 14.54      
18 A" 174 162 4.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13875.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12926.2 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 CID/3-21G
ABC
1.60007 0.15293 0.13959

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.141 -0.751 0.000
C2 0.000 0.729 0.000
C3 1.203 1.301 0.000
O4 -1.216 -1.347 0.000
H5 0.821 -1.288 0.000
H6 -0.917 1.305 0.000
H7 1.336 2.375 0.000
H8 2.112 0.708 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48642.45291.22931.10162.19773.45692.6837
C21.48641.33232.40582.17771.08272.11982.1121
C32.45291.33233.58672.61752.11951.08171.0856
O41.22932.40583.58672.03762.66934.51263.9111
H51.10162.17772.61752.03763.12173.69912.3771
H62.19771.08272.11952.66933.12172.49333.0869
H73.45692.11981.08174.51263.69912.49331.8390
H82.68372.11211.08563.91112.37713.08691.8390

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.878 C1 C2 H6 116.736
C2 C1 O4 124.448 C2 C1 H5 113.762
C2 C3 H7 122.494 C2 C3 H8 121.412
C3 C2 H6 122.386 O4 C1 H5 121.790
H7 C3 H8 116.094
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at CID/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.049738
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.688499
Nuclear repulsion energy104.286464
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 CID/3-21G
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' 3308 3081 4.41      
2 A' 3252 3030 5.82      
3 A' 3220 3000 3.42      
4 A' 3052 2843 116.68      
5 A' 1789 1667 21.58      
6 A' 1727 1609 46.77      
7 A' 1534 1429 20.20      
8 A' 1497 1395 14.33      
9 A' 1394 1299 1.50      
10 A' 1143 1065 9.03      
11 A' 938 874 58.32      
12 A' 722 673 7.12      
13 A' 304 283 9.28      
14 A" 1088 1013 0.91      
15 A" 1068 995 58.23      
16 A" 1060 987 7.26      
17 A" 607 566 15.13      
18 A" 212 197 7.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13957.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13002.7 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 CID/3-21G
ABC
0.74719 0.20944 0.16359

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.895 -0.282 0.000
C2 0.000 0.912 0.000
C3 1.324 0.763 0.000
O4 -0.487 -1.444 0.000
H5 -1.968 -0.054 0.000
H6 -0.474 1.886 0.000
H7 2.008 1.601 0.000
H8 1.756 -0.231 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49242.45271.23131.09752.20873.46002.6514
C21.49241.33252.40632.19241.08302.12262.0955
C32.45271.33252.85533.39212.11991.08171.0839
O41.23132.40632.85532.03123.33023.93712.5506
H51.09752.19243.39212.03122.44864.30663.7286
H62.20871.08302.11993.33022.44862.49783.0749
H73.46002.12261.08173.93714.30662.49781.8496
H82.65142.09551.08392.55063.72863.07491.8496

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.407 C1 C2 H6 117.215
C2 C1 O4 123.844 C2 C1 H5 114.824
C2 C3 H7 122.761 C2 C3 H8 119.925
C3 C2 H6 122.378 O4 C1 H5 121.332
H7 C3 H8 117.314
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability