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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.665251
Energy at 298.15K-151.669050
HF Energy-151.665251
Nuclear repulsion energy68.060592
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3548 3130 0.51 24.60 0.75 0.86
2 A' 3350 2955 1.53 44.87 0.01 0.02
3 A' 3232 2851 37.18 44.98 0.35 0.52
4 A' 1905 1681 30.67 2.81 0.05 0.10
5 A' 1669 1472 9.00 18.12 0.73 0.84
6 A' 1546 1364 11.70 7.10 0.72 0.84
7 A' 1499 1322 7.51 9.42 0.73 0.85
8 A' 1189 1049 25.55 4.90 0.58 0.74
9 A' 967 853 6.01 4.09 0.33 0.49
10 A' 504 444 5.51 1.18 0.58 0.74
11 A" 3514 3100 0.22 32.65 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1669 1472 6.57 13.71 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1162 1025 1.40 0.11 0.75 0.86
14 A" 812 716 4.32 2.85 0.75 0.86
15 A" 156 138 0.23 0.47 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13360.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8821) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11785.0 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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
ABC
1.84106 0.32029 0.28764

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.475 0.000
C2 -0.963 -0.733 0.000
O3 1.242 0.393 0.000
H4 -0.533 1.465 0.000
H5 -0.404 -1.676 0.000
H6 -1.609 -0.692 0.888
H7 -1.609 -0.692 -0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.54481.24441.12412.18882.17762.1776
C21.54482.47572.23911.09651.09941.0994
O31.24442.47572.07322.64403.17753.1775
H41.12412.23912.07323.14352.56912.5691
H52.18881.09652.64403.14351.79171.7917
H62.17761.09943.17752.56911.79171.7768
H72.17761.09943.17752.56911.79171.7768

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.782 C1 C2 H6 109.735
C1 C2 H7 109.735 C2 C1 O3 124.799
C2 C1 H4 113.123 O3 C1 H4 122.079
H5 C2 H6 109.354 H5 C2 H7 109.354
H6 C2 H7 107.826
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.087      
2 C -0.259      
3 O -0.169      
4 H 0.062      
5 H 0.093      
6 H 0.092      
7 H 0.092      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.661 -0.143 0.000 1.667
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.478 -0.554 0.000
y -0.554 -16.489 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.351
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.058 -0.554 0.000
y -0.554 0.926 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.133
Polar
3z2-r22.265
x2-y2-1.989
xy-0.554
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.478 0.092 0.000
y 0.092 1.751 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.160


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.517
(<r2>)1/2 6.893