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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.920202
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.920202
Nuclear repulsion energy69.008118
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 B3PW91/3-21G
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' 3175 3052 7.54      
2 A' 3051 2933 0.90      
3 A' 2905 2793 130.62      
4 A' 1762 1694 93.79      
5 A' 1512 1453 25.09      
6 A' 1454 1397 2.71      
7 A' 1423 1368 44.55      
8 A' 1135 1091 30.50      
9 A' 887 853 12.76      
10 A' 494 475 10.63      
11 A" 3110 2990 4.36      
12 A" 1532 1473 16.42      
13 A" 1161 1116 1.72      
14 A" 816 785 4.63      
15 A" 165 159 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12291.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11814.2 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 B3PW91/3-21G
ABC
1.90086 0.33004 0.29683

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.460 0.000
C2 -0.950 -0.714 0.000
O3 1.227 0.383 0.000
H4 -0.520 1.440 0.000
H5 -0.390 -1.652 0.000
H6 -1.600 -0.664 0.884
H7 -1.600 -0.664 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51051.22901.10912.14772.14632.1463
C21.51052.43772.19651.09231.09861.0986
O31.22902.43772.04132.59903.14153.1415
H41.10912.19652.04133.09442.52502.5250
H52.14771.09232.59903.09441.79491.7949
H62.14631.09863.14152.52501.79491.7686
H72.14631.09863.14152.52501.79491.7686

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.168 C1 C2 H6 109.683
C1 C2 H7 109.683 C2 C1 O3 125.390
C2 C1 H4 113.064 O3 C1 H4 121.546
H5 C2 H6 110.023 H5 C2 H7 110.023
H6 C2 H7 107.212
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.236      
2 C -0.730      
3 O -0.413      
4 H 0.173      
5 H 0.249      
6 H 0.242      
7 H 0.242      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.597 -0.296 0.000 2.614
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.576 -0.783 0.000
y -0.783 -17.818 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.729
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.803 -0.783 0.000
y -0.783 1.334 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.469
Polar
3z2-r22.937
x2-y2-2.758
xy-0.783
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.084 0.103 0.000
y 0.103 3.309 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.273


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.434
(<r2>)1/2 6.887