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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/Sadlej_pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/Sadlej_pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.869602
Energy at 298.15K-153.873496
HF Energy-153.869602
Nuclear repulsion energy69.446135
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/Sadlej_pVTZ
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' 3140 3051 7.68      
2 A' 3015 2930 1.68      
3 A' 2855 2774 116.51      
4 A' 1816 1764 194.74      
5 A' 1434 1394 20.99      
6 A' 1403 1363 12.81      
7 A' 1362 1323 21.62      
8 A' 1115 1084 23.29      
9 A' 890 864 7.07      
10 A' 509 494 13.92      
11 A" 3082 2995 4.94      
12 A" 1441 1400 9.58      
13 A" 1119 1087 0.16      
14 A" 765 743 1.09      
15 A" 145 141 1.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12045.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9717) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11704.5 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 B3LYP/Sadlej_pVTZ
ABC
1.88599 0.33696 0.30202

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/Sadlej_pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.461 0.000
C2 -0.934 -0.717 0.000
O3 1.208 0.382 0.000
H4 -0.497 1.468 0.000
H5 -0.378 -1.663 0.000
H6 -1.593 -0.663 0.884
H7 -1.593 -0.663 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50351.21101.12272.15742.14072.1407
C21.50352.40812.22801.09791.10361.1036
O31.21102.40812.02162.58803.11793.1179
H41.12272.22802.02163.13312.55412.5541
H52.15741.09792.58803.13311.80511.8051
H62.14071.10363.11792.55411.80511.7677
H72.14071.10363.11792.55411.80511.7677

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 111.101 C1 C2 H6 109.438
C1 C2 H7 109.438 C2 C1 O3 124.687
C2 C1 H4 115.307 O3 C1 H4 120.006
H5 C2 H6 110.159 H5 C2 H7 110.159
H6 C2 H7 106.432
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/Sadlej_pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.730      
2 C 3.748      
3 O 0.016      
4 H -0.847      
5 H -0.828      
6 H -0.680      
7 H -0.680      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.876 -0.336 0.000 2.896
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.573 -0.775 0.000
y -0.775 -18.168 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.085
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.446 -0.775 0.000
y -0.775 1.661 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.785
Polar
3z2-r23.570
x2-y2-3.405
xy-0.775
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.541 0.209 0.000
y 0.209 4.774 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.625


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.312
(<r2>)1/2 6.878