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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: LSDA/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.827286
Energy at 298.15K-189.830766
Nuclear repulsion energy101.667123
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 LSDA/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' 3124 3073 12.56      
2 A' 3075 3024 8.44      
3 A' 2977 2928 23.32      
4 A' 2214 2177 377.35      
5 A' 1507 1482 10.72      
6 A' 1413 1390 9.03      
7 A' 1385 1363 0.59      
8 A' 1164 1145 3.20      
9 A' 1078 1060 17.47      
10 A' 908 893 4.50      
11 A' 669 658 7.29      
12 A' 218 214 0.84      
13 A" 3038 2988 12.59      
14 A" 1489 1464 12.78      
15 A" 1046 1029 0.28      
16 A" 630 620 74.37      
17 A" 527 518 21.66      
18 A" 147 144 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13302.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9836) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13084.4 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 LSDA/3-21G
ABC
1.31435 0.14801 0.13651

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.664 -0.387 0.000
C2 0.000 0.738 0.000
C3 1.499 0.830 0.000
O4 -1.265 -1.415 0.000
H5 -0.584 1.665 0.000
H6 1.963 -0.171 0.000
H7 1.861 1.369 0.895
H8 1.861 1.369 -0.895

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.30582.48171.19072.05352.63563.20293.2029
C21.30581.50222.49661.09572.16332.15962.1596
C32.48171.50223.56062.24431.10281.10581.1058
O41.19072.49663.56063.15423.45924.28034.2803
H52.05351.09572.24433.15423.13962.62042.6204
H62.63562.16331.10283.45923.13961.78391.7839
H73.20292.15961.10584.28032.62041.78391.7902
H83.20292.15961.10584.28032.62041.78391.7902

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 124.050 C1 C2 H5 117.270
C2 C1 O4 179.774 C2 C3 H6 111.360
C2 C3 H7 110.881 C2 C3 H8 110.881
C3 C2 H5 118.680 H6 C3 H7 107.742
H6 C3 H8 107.742 H7 C3 H8 108.087
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.360      
2 C -0.283      
3 C -0.657      
4 O -0.386      
5 H 0.262      
6 H 0.230      
7 H 0.237      
8 H 0.237      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.068 1.448 0.000 1.799
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.896 -2.049 0.000
y -2.049 -24.038 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.779
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.512 -2.049 0.000
y -2.049 -0.200 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.312
Polar
3z2-r2-2.624
x2-y21.141
xy-2.049
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.972 1.697 0.000
y 1.697 5.702 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.543


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000