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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.367295
Energy at 298.15K-152.371252
HF Energy-152.051786
Nuclear repulsion energy68.424322
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3195 3051 8.95 43.70 0.74 0.85
2 A' 3087 2947 1.44 94.53 0.02 0.03
3 A' 2967 2833 125.98 113.75 0.33 0.50
4 A' 1658 1583 34.92 2.20 0.71 0.83
5 A' 1560 1490 25.06 21.35 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1475 1408 2.87 14.27 0.68 0.81
7 A' 1463 1397 29.10 4.84 0.74 0.85
8 A' 1147 1095 25.04 4.43 0.55 0.71
9 A' 883 843 12.49 7.00 0.31 0.47
10 A' 494 472 9.77 1.47 0.47 0.64
11 A" 3153 3010 6.87 58.51 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1580 1508 11.63 19.31 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1185 1132 0.62 0.67 0.75 0.86
14 A" 831 793 2.31 8.08 0.75 0.86
15 A" 172 164 0.17 1.10 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12424.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11862.8 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 MP2=FULL/3-21G
ABC
1.86671 0.32451 0.29162

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.468 0.000
C2 -0.972 -0.705 0.000
O3 1.245 0.364 0.000
H4 -0.494 1.456 0.000
H5 -0.407 -1.639 0.000
H6 -1.615 -0.656 0.887
H7 -1.615 -0.656 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52341.24981.10392.14652.15792.1579
C21.52342.46172.21251.09201.09611.0961
O31.24982.46172.05352.59703.16323.1632
H41.10392.21252.05353.09602.54942.5494
H52.14651.09202.59703.09601.79211.7921
H62.15791.09613.16322.54941.79211.7735
H72.15791.09613.16322.54941.79211.7735

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.196 C1 C2 H6 109.851
C1 C2 H7 109.851 C2 C1 O3 124.869
C2 C1 H4 113.770 O3 C1 H4 121.361
H5 C2 H6 109.967 H5 C2 H7 109.967
H6 C2 H7 107.995
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

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