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All results from a given calculation for Al(CH3)3 (trimethyl aluminum)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3H 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-357.894808
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-357.894808
Nuclear repulsion energy153.434718
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
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYP/STO-3G
ABC
0.17247 0.17247 0.09056

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

Point Group is C3

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Al1 0.000 0.000 0.008
C2 0.000 1.916 -0.001
C3 1.659 -0.958 -0.001
C4 -1.659 -0.958 -0.001
H5 0.999 2.349 0.139
H6 1.535 -2.039 0.139
H7 -2.534 -0.310 0.139
H8 -0.387 2.311 -0.951
H9 -0.645 2.330 0.786
H10 2.195 -0.820 -0.951
H11 2.340 -0.607 0.786
H12 -1.808 -1.491 -0.951
H13 -1.695 -1.723 0.786

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Al1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
Al11.91621.91621.91622.55592.55592.55592.53212.53982.53212.53982.53212.5398
C21.91623.31883.31881.09744.24523.37541.09941.09873.63463.52993.97254.0914
C31.91623.31883.31883.37541.09744.24523.97254.09141.09941.09873.63463.5299
C41.91623.31883.31884.24523.37541.09743.63463.52993.97254.09141.09941.0987
H52.55591.09743.37544.24524.42104.42101.76361.76633.55893.30974.87984.9254
H62.55594.24521.09743.37544.42104.42104.87984.92541.76361.76633.55893.3097
H72.55593.37544.24521.09744.42104.42103.55893.30974.87984.92541.76361.7663
H82.53211.09943.97253.63461.76364.87983.55891.75664.05934.35564.05934.5836
H92.53981.09874.09143.52991.76634.92543.30971.75664.58364.18704.35564.1870
H102.53213.63461.09943.97253.55891.76364.87984.05934.58361.75664.05934.3556
H112.53983.52991.09874.09143.30971.76634.92544.35564.18701.75664.58364.1870
H122.53213.97253.63461.09944.87983.55891.76364.05934.35564.05934.58361.7566
H132.53984.09143.52991.09874.92543.30971.76634.58364.18704.35564.18701.7566

picture of trimethyl aluminum state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Al1 C2 H5 113.197 Al1 C2 H8 111.315
Al1 C2 H9 111.916 Al1 C3 H6 113.197
Al1 C3 H10 111.315 Al1 C3 H11 111.916
Al1 C4 H7 113.197 Al1 C4 H12 111.315
Al1 C4 H13 111.916 C2 Al1 C3 119.998
C2 Al1 C4 119.998 C3 Al1 C4 119.998
H5 C2 H8 106.804 H5 C2 H9 107.087
H6 C3 H10 106.804 H6 C3 H11 107.087
H7 C4 H12 106.804 H7 C4 H13 107.087
H8 C2 H9 106.103 H10 C3 H11 106.103
H12 C4 H13 106.103
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 Al 0.954      
2 C -0.457      
3 C -0.457      
4 C -0.457      
5 H 0.046      
6 H 0.046      
7 H 0.046      
8 H 0.046      
9 H 0.046      
10 H 0.046      
11 H 0.046      
12 H 0.046      
13 H 0.046      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.002 0.002
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.139 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -34.139 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.698
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.221 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.221 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.441
Polar
3z2-r212.882
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.369 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.369 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.086


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 144.253
(<r2>)1/2 12.011