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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.768985
Energy at 298.15K-152.772932
HF Energy-152.663660
Nuclear repulsion energy68.812733
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 B2PLYP/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' 3186 3186 8.81 45.97 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3073 3073 1.39 103.84 0.02 0.03
3 A' 2938 2938 129.67 115.29 0.35 0.51
4 A' 1714 1714 70.15 1.47 0.50 0.67
5 A' 1542 1542 24.01 25.20 0.72 0.84
6 A' 1467 1467 3.02 13.25 0.67 0.81
7 A' 1449 1449 33.22 6.39 0.75 0.86
8 A' 1144 1144 27.14 3.88 0.53 0.69
9 A' 882 882 12.82 6.46 0.31 0.47
10 A' 493 493 10.50 1.48 0.52 0.68
11 A" 3129 3129 6.47 63.86 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1562 1562 13.12 19.11 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1175 1175 1.16 0.72 0.75 0.86
14 A" 826 826 2.66 7.70 0.75 0.86
15 A" 168 168 0.09 1.16 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12374.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12374.2 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 B2PLYP/3-21G
ABC
1.89012 0.32797 0.29487

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.464 0.000
C2 -0.959 -0.711 0.000
O3 1.233 0.376 0.000
H4 -0.510 1.444 0.000
H5 -0.397 -1.645 0.000
H6 -1.604 -0.662 0.884
H7 -1.604 -0.662 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51671.23651.10462.14622.15002.1500
C21.51672.44702.20141.09011.09541.0954
O31.23652.44702.04412.59683.14813.1481
H41.10462.20142.04413.09122.53272.5327
H52.14621.09012.59683.09121.79031.7903
H62.15001.09543.14812.53271.79031.7676
H72.15001.09543.14812.53271.79031.7676

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.755 C1 C2 H6 109.741
C1 C2 H7 109.741 C2 C1 O3 125.138
C2 C1 H4 113.309 O3 C1 H4 121.552
H5 C2 H6 110.002 H5 C2 H7 110.002
H6 C2 H7 107.570
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.253      
2 C -0.662      
3 O -0.404      
4 H 0.153      
5 H 0.225      
6 H 0.218      
7 H 0.218      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.491 -0.236 0.000 2.502
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.843 -0.785 0.012
y -0.785 -18.108 0.004
z 0.012 0.004 -17.877
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.850 -0.785 0.012
y -0.785 1.252 0.004
z 0.012 0.004 1.599
Polar
3z2-r23.198
x2-y2-2.735
xy-0.785
xz0.012
yz0.004


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.038 0.069 -0.001
y 0.069 3.247 -0.000
z -0.001 -0.000 2.243


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.770
(<r2>)1/2 6.912