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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.678958
Energy at 298.15K-153.682895
HF Energy-152.986131
Nuclear repulsion energy70.009400
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=FULL/cc-pVQZ
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' 3221 3083 4.26 39.61 0.73 0.84
2 A' 3089 2957 1.47 165.45 0.01 0.01
3 A' 2971 2843 103.70 151.00 0.28 0.44
4 A' 1787 1711 128.48 8.10 0.60 0.75
5 A' 1482 1418 22.10 10.15 0.58 0.74
6 A' 1438 1377 9.19 6.14 0.28 0.44
7 A' 1391 1331 23.68 1.68 0.72 0.84
8 A' 1150 1100 21.77 2.47 0.17 0.29
9 A' 910 871 6.83 5.29 0.30 0.47
10 A' 511 489 13.04 1.54 0.38 0.55
11 A" 3171 3035 3.30 54.06 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1494 1430 10.24 4.71 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1143 1094 0.06 1.08 0.75 0.86
14 A" 784 750 1.29 3.19 0.75 0.86
15 A" 160 154 1.11 0.83 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12350.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9571) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11820.7 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ
ABC
1.91971 0.34223 0.30670

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.459 0.000
C2 -0.936 -0.702 0.000
O3 1.205 0.366 0.000
H4 -0.477 1.453 0.000
H5 -0.386 -1.633 0.000
H6 -1.580 -0.646 0.873
H7 -1.580 -0.646 -0.873

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49121.20841.10172.12772.11662.1166
C21.49122.39212.20261.08181.08661.0866
O31.20842.39212.00202.55463.08893.0889
H41.10172.20262.00203.08702.52632.5263
H52.12771.08182.55463.08701.77871.7787
H62.11661.08663.08892.52631.77871.7464
H72.11661.08663.08892.52631.77871.7464

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.562 C1 C2 H6 109.387
C1 C2 H7 109.387 C2 C1 O3 124.442
C2 C1 H4 115.490 O3 C1 H4 120.068
H5 C2 H6 110.235 H5 C2 H7 110.235
H6 C2 H7 106.960
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability