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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS trans 1A'
1 2 no CS cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS trans)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.418762
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.809322
Nuclear repulsion energy102.748411
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 MP2/6-311G**
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' 3283 3119 5.22 60.54 0.56 0.72
2 A' 3225 3064 1.17 97.78 0.31 0.47
3 A' 3178 3020 3.40 74.07 0.13 0.23
4 A' 2939 2793 102.70 108.07 0.27 0.42
5 A' 1763 1675 129.80 49.21 0.42 0.59
6 A' 1669 1586 3.91 6.68 0.15 0.26
7 A' 1464 1391 11.02 3.66 0.68 0.81
8 A' 1403 1333 3.40 17.57 0.41 0.58
9 A' 1296 1231 4.28 5.90 0.25 0.40
10 A' 1178 1119 31.87 10.14 0.57 0.73
11 A' 926 879 17.96 0.93 0.06 0.11
12 A' 572 544 4.63 4.90 0.33 0.50
13 A' 316 301 9.31 0.38 0.33 0.49
14 A" 1038 986 9.57 1.73 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1015 965 21.28 2.39 0.75 0.86
16 A" 957 910 30.38 0.75 0.75 0.86
17 A" 605 575 10.42 2.54 0.75 0.86
18 A" 164 156 3.75 0.99 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13494.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9502) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12822.8 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 MP2/6-311G**
ABC
1.58508 0.15448 0.14076

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.152 -0.747 0.000
C2 0.000 0.724 0.000
C3 1.221 1.282 0.000
O4 -1.224 -1.322 0.000
H5 0.808 -1.309 0.000
H6 -0.912 1.314 0.000
H7 1.364 2.357 0.000
H8 2.113 0.659 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47832.44961.21621.11192.19693.45402.6658
C21.47831.34272.38322.18691.08652.12782.1139
C32.44961.34273.57132.62322.13321.08451.0874
O41.21622.38323.57132.03152.65434.49723.8803
H51.11192.18692.62322.03153.13653.70742.3615
H62.19691.08652.13322.65433.13652.50303.0948
H73.45402.12781.08454.49723.70742.50301.8553
H82.66582.11391.08743.88032.36153.09481.8553

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.458 C1 C2 H6 117.049
C2 C1 O4 124.090 C2 C1 H5 114.454
C2 C3 H7 122.122 C2 C3 H8 120.525
C3 C2 H6 122.492 O4 C1 H5 121.456
H7 C3 H8 117.353
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.416292
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.806770
Nuclear repulsion energy104.359276
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 MP2/6-311G**
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' 3294 3130 2.20 52.07 0.63 0.78
2 A' 3216 3056 9.42 116.51 0.26 0.41
3 A' 3186 3028 2.77 57.64 0.15 0.27
4 A' 2974 2826 144.29 171.75 0.30 0.46
5 A' 1761 1674 66.65 10.85 0.49 0.66
6 A' 1673 1589 37.46 29.73 0.20 0.34
7 A' 1446 1374 31.50 7.96 0.72 0.84
8 A' 1441 1369 5.84 8.45 0.24 0.38
9 A' 1310 1245 1.55 12.23 0.38 0.55
10 A' 1067 1014 3.41 3.74 0.73 0.85
11 A' 945 898 56.07 2.85 0.17 0.29
12 A' 681 647 10.09 1.19 0.55 0.71
13 A' 293 278 6.67 2.71 0.47 0.64
14 A" 1028 977 2.46 4.33 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1026 975 33.10 2.14 0.75 0.86
16 A" 964 916 18.44 1.03 0.75 0.86
17 A" 560 532 10.41 4.27 0.75 0.86
18 A" 164 156 6.34 0.44 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13514.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9502) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12841.3 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 MP2/6-311G**
ABC
0.75422 0.20855 0.16337

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.894 -0.287 0.000
C2 0.000 0.904 0.000
C3 1.335 0.765 0.000
O4 -0.496 -1.437 0.000
H5 -1.980 -0.066 0.000
H6 -0.469 1.885 0.000
H7 1.999 1.622 0.000
H8 1.771 -0.230 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48942.46471.21691.10842.21343.46642.6655
C21.48941.34212.39282.20521.08712.12412.1026
C32.46471.34212.86323.41772.12291.08441.0859
O41.21692.39282.86322.02083.32193.94712.5678
H51.10842.20523.41772.02082.46824.32273.7546
H62.21341.08712.12293.32192.46822.48173.0800
H73.46642.12411.08443.94714.32272.48171.8656
H82.66552.10261.08592.56783.75463.08001.8656

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.938 C1 C2 H6 117.574
C2 C1 O4 123.985 C2 C1 H5 115.389
C2 C3 H7 121.827 C2 C3 H8 119.624
C3 C2 H6 121.488 O4 C1 H5 120.626
H7 C3 H8 118.549
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability