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All results from a given calculation for C3H2O (Propadienal)

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C2V 1A1
1 2 yes CS (bent) 1A'

Conformer 1 (C2V)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.118669
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.536526
Nuclear repulsion energy87.817420
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 QCISD/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3173 2987 27.45      
2 A1 2326 2190 764.14      
3 A1 1795 1690 31.43      
4 A1 1527 1437 8.61      
5 A1 930 875 3.85      
6 B1 1014 954 21.09      
7 B1 629 592 22.98      
8 B1 218 205 0.04      
9 B2 3254 3063 12.84      
10 B2 1092 1028 2.36      
11 B2 422 397 14.42      
12 B2 144i 136i 16.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8118.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7642.3 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
9.85246 0.13720 0.13532

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.886
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.562
C3 0.000 0.000 0.721
O4 0.000 0.000 1.910
H5 0.000 0.921 -2.461
H6 0.000 -0.921 -2.461

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6
C11.32402.60723.79661.08591.0859
C21.32401.28332.47262.11042.1104
C32.60721.28331.18933.31263.3126
O43.79662.47261.18934.46734.4673
H51.08592.11043.31264.46731.8427
H61.08592.11043.31264.46731.8427

picture of Propadienal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 180.000 C2 C1 H5 121.955
C2 C1 H6 121.955 C2 C3 O4 180.000
H5 C1 H6 116.090
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS (bent))

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.120231
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.535197
Nuclear repulsion energy88.071197
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 QCISD/6-31G**
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' 3270 3078 12.01      
2 A' 3183 2996 24.84      
3 A' 2198 2069 779.75      
4 A' 1768 1664 9.53      
5 A' 1528 1439 3.57      
6 A' 1096 1032 26.34      
7 A' 953 897 1.08      
8 A' 482 454 12.75      
9 A' 180 170 21.23      
10 A" 1012 952 22.83      
11 A" 700 659 13.56      
12 A" 261 246 3.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8314.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7827.6 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
4.91646 0.14479 0.14065

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.050 -1.493 0.000
C2 0.000 -0.671 0.000
C3 -0.342 0.599 0.000
O4 -0.905 1.638 0.000
H5 2.078 -1.143 0.000
H6 0.914 -2.569 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6
C11.33392.51363.69121.08591.0840
C21.33391.31572.47962.13112.1067
C32.51361.31571.18092.98243.4084
O43.69122.47961.18094.07834.5830
H51.08592.13112.98244.07831.8402
H61.08402.10673.40844.58301.8402

picture of Propadienal state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 143.139 C2 C1 H5 123.131
C2 C1 H6 120.868 C2 C3 O4 166.606
H5 C1 H6 116.001
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability