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All results from a given calculation for CH3CO (Acetyl radical)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.173613
Energy at 298.15K-151.175738
HF Energy-151.173613
Nuclear repulsion energy60.957083
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 B3LYP/STO-3G
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' 884 789 4.41      
2 A' 451 402 3.10      
3 A" 3467 3094 0.44      
4 A" 1644 1467 6.35      
5 A" 1021 911 1.03      
6 A" 92 82 1.30      
7 A' 3463 3090 0.80      
8 A' 3288 2934 1.22      
9 A' 1900 1695 13.99      
10 A' 1648 1471 11.24      
11 A' 1503 1342 2.86      
12 A' 1106 987 10.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10233.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9132.3 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 B3LYP/STO-3G
ABC
2.52162 0.31568 0.29637

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.009 -0.659 0.000
C2 0.000 0.542 0.000
O3 1.231 0.438 0.000
H4 -0.495 -1.636 0.000
H5 -1.652 -0.582 0.892
H6 -1.652 -0.582 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6
C11.56862.49411.10371.10241.1024
C21.56861.23572.23332.18782.1878
O32.49411.23572.69773.18543.1854
H41.10372.23332.69771.80171.8017
H51.10242.18783.18541.80171.7840
H61.10242.18783.18541.80171.7840

picture of Acetyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 125.172 C2 C1 H4 112.215
C2 C1 H5 108.737 C2 C1 H6 108.737
H4 C1 H5 109.516 H4 C1 H6 109.516
H5 C1 H6 108.025
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.242      
2 C 0.096      
3 O -0.136      
4 H 0.089      
5 H 0.096      
6 H 0.096      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.166 -0.966 0.000 1.514
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.153 0.057 0.000
y 0.057 -16.672 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.431
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.102 0.057 0.000
y 0.057 -0.380 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.481
Polar
3z2-r22.963
x2-y2-0.481
xy0.057
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.515 0.276 0.000
y 0.276 1.513 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.284


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 45.036
(<r2>)1/2 6.711