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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.903884
Energy at 298.15K-152.907827
HF Energy-152.903884
Nuclear repulsion energy69.246734
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 B1B95/3-21G
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 3057 6.73 47.04 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3072 2939 0.78 109.02 0.01 0.03
3 A' 2936 2809 122.84 112.19 0.35 0.52
4 A' 1781 1704 95.96 3.55 0.47 0.64
5 A' 1518 1453 24.61 26.38 0.72 0.84
6 A' 1461 1398 3.14 10.57 0.69 0.81
7 A' 1430 1368 43.28 7.30 0.75 0.86
8 A' 1141 1091 30.81 3.28 0.49 0.66
9 A' 895 857 11.56 5.52 0.33 0.49
10 A' 493 472 11.20 1.29 0.54 0.70
11 A" 3134 2998 4.02 65.91 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1538 1472 16.38 18.54 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1167 1117 1.59 0.96 0.75 0.86
14 A" 820 784 4.40 7.28 0.75 0.86
15 A" 166 159 0.04 1.10 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12374.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11838.3 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 B1B95/3-21G
ABC
1.90564 0.33290 0.29916

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.461 0.000
C2 -0.948 -0.710 0.000
O3 1.222 0.377 0.000
H4 -0.512 1.440 0.000
H5 -0.387 -1.643 0.000
H6 -1.595 -0.661 0.882
H7 -1.595 -0.661 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50581.22501.10512.13932.14032.1403
C21.50582.42702.19321.08921.09501.0950
O31.22502.42702.03372.58333.12963.1296
H41.10512.19322.03373.08582.52312.5231
H52.13931.08922.58333.08581.78941.7894
H62.14031.09503.12962.52311.78941.7635
H72.14031.09503.12962.52311.78941.7635

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.009 C1 C2 H6 109.748
C1 C2 H7 109.748 C2 C1 O3 125.119
C2 C1 H4 113.393 O3 C1 H4 121.487
H5 C2 H6 110.014 H5 C2 H7 110.014
H6 C2 H7 107.265
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.239      
2 C -0.719      
3 O -0.415      
4 H 0.171      
5 H 0.246      
6 H 0.239      
7 H 0.239      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.598 -0.274 0.000 2.612
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.584 -0.784 0.000
y -0.784 -17.789 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.706
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.837 -0.784 0.000
y -0.784 1.356 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.480
Polar
3z2-r22.961
x2-y2-2.795
xy-0.784
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.045 0.095 0.000
y 0.095 3.269 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.254


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.154
(<r2>)1/2 6.867