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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (Methyl glyoxal)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.942159
Energy at 298.15K-266.946187
HF Energy-266.942159
Nuclear repulsion energy160.411441
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3184 3058 4.47      
2 A' 3062 2941 0.06      
3 A' 2948 2832 91.10      
4 A' 1845 1772 99.83      
5 A' 1834 1761 132.64      
6 A' 1450 1392 16.86      
7 A' 1388 1333 49.51      
8 A' 1354 1300 1.65      
9 A' 1258 1208 18.51      
10 A' 1009 969 4.24      
11 A' 797 765 13.25      
12 A' 577 554 12.12      
13 A' 485 465 26.49      
14 A' 246 237 16.57      
15 A" 3128 3005 2.06      
16 A" 1454 1397 12.89      
17 A" 1081 1038 3.37      
18 A" 904 868 0.82      
19 A" 472 453 0.13      
20 A" 134 129 15.92      
21 A" 57 55 5.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14332.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9604) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13764.7 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
0.30602 0.14886 0.10201

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.835 -0.729 0.000
C2 0.000 0.554 0.000
C3 1.487 0.393 0.000
O4 -0.354 -1.827 0.000
O5 -0.589 1.606 0.000
H6 -1.928 -0.537 0.000
H7 1.967 1.370 0.000
H8 1.798 -0.186 0.874
H9 1.798 -0.186 -0.874

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53122.57891.19882.34831.10973.50132.82682.8268
C21.53121.49532.40741.20562.21532.12942.13152.1315
C32.57891.49532.88392.40393.53911.08871.09391.0939
O41.19882.40742.88393.44132.03563.95082.84362.8436
O52.34831.20562.40393.44132.52702.56653.10983.1098
H61.10972.21533.53912.03562.52704.33673.84293.8429
H73.50132.12941.08873.95082.56654.33671.79311.7931
H82.82682.13151.09392.84363.10983.84291.79311.7486
H92.82682.13151.09392.84363.10983.84291.79311.7486

picture of Methyl glyoxal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 116.877 C1 C2 O5 117.709
C2 C1 O4 123.266 C2 C1 H6 113.069
C2 C3 H7 109.991 C2 C3 H8 109.853
C2 C3 H9 109.853 C3 C2 O5 125.414
O4 C1 H6 123.665 H7 C3 H8 110.477
H7 C3 H9 110.477 H8 C3 H9 106.121
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.149      
2 C 0.133      
3 C -0.343      
4 O -0.253      
5 O -0.268      
6 H 0.113      
7 H 0.155      
8 H 0.157      
9 H 0.157      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.956 -0.064 0.000 0.958
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.111 2.066 0.000
y 2.066 -37.478 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.269
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.262 2.066 0.000
y 2.066 -10.787 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.525
Polar
3z2-r29.051
x2-y211.366
xy2.066
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.159 -0.391 0.000
y -0.391 6.485 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.555


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 111.254
(<r2>)1/2 10.548