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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.884650
Energy at 298.15K-191.888067
Nuclear repulsion energy102.567202
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 B1B95/6-311G**
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' 3200 3073 7.33      
2 A' 3138 3013 17.86      
3 A' 3044 2922 39.47      
4 A' 2251 2161 668.45      
5 A' 1509 1449 5.40      
6 A' 1423 1366 2.73      
7 A' 1409 1353 11.79      
8 A' 1155 1109 0.51      
9 A' 1081 1038 9.57      
10 A' 910 874 3.60      
11 A' 655 629 6.30      
12 A' 208 199 1.86      
13 A" 3102 2978 23.10      
14 A" 1481 1421 7.25      
15 A" 1049 1008 0.17      
16 A" 564 541 43.57      
17 A" 517 496 28.34      
18 A" 144 138 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13419.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12884.2 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 B1B95/6-311G**
ABC
1.32830 0.15015 0.13838

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.668 -0.390 0.000
C2 0.000 0.734 0.000
C3 1.501 0.816 0.000
O4 -1.261 -1.389 0.000
H5 -0.602 1.634 0.000
H6 1.953 -0.175 0.000
H7 1.866 1.346 0.883
H8 1.866 1.346 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.30762.48191.16192.02522.62993.19563.1956
C21.30761.50362.46951.08262.15462.15282.1528
C32.48191.50363.53432.25691.08931.09221.0922
O41.16192.46953.53433.09433.43554.24674.2467
H52.02521.08262.25693.09433.13102.63682.6368
H62.62992.15461.08933.43553.13101.76081.7608
H73.19562.15281.09224.24672.63681.76081.7655
H83.19562.15281.09224.24672.63681.76081.7655

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.824 C1 C2 H5 115.508
C2 C1 O4 179.966 C2 C3 H6 111.394
C2 C3 H7 111.074 C2 C3 H8 111.074
C3 C2 H5 120.668 H6 C3 H7 107.639
H6 C3 H8 107.639 H7 C3 H8 107.850
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.275      
2 C -0.305      
3 C -0.313      
4 O -0.229      
5 H 0.162      
6 H 0.131      
7 H 0.139      
8 H 0.139      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.063 1.417 0.000 1.772
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.311 -2.115 0.000
y -2.115 -24.302 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.778
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.229 -2.115 0.000
y -2.115 -0.257 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.971
Polar
3z2-r2-1.943
x2-y20.991
xy-2.115
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.590 1.743 0.000
y 1.743 6.217 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.397


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 86.590
(<r2>)1/2 9.305