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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.779533
Energy at 298.15K-153.783385
HF Energy-153.779533
Nuclear repulsion energy68.915891
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 BLYP/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' 3082 3058 12.10 53.27 0.70 0.82
2 A' 2960 2937 2.69 130.07 0.01 0.03
3 A' 2772 2751 153.09 135.08 0.34 0.51
4 A' 1757 1744 140.23 6.35 0.52 0.68
5 A' 1436 1425 15.15 24.39 0.68 0.81
6 A' 1397 1386 9.70 9.53 0.68 0.81
7 A' 1345 1334 18.15 9.20 0.71 0.83
8 A' 1093 1084 23.99 3.56 0.47 0.64
9 A' 855 848 10.85 5.94 0.41 0.58
10 A' 490 486 10.79 1.26 0.52 0.69
11 A" 3014 2991 10.04 72.63 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1448 1437 7.83 15.60 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1098 1090 1.14 1.22 0.75 0.86
14 A" 750 744 0.72 8.15 0.75 0.86
15 A" 154 153 0.08 1.23 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11824.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11733.8 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
1.86959 0.33069 0.29658

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.466 0.000
C2 -0.944 -0.723 0.000
O3 1.220 0.387 0.000
H4 -0.511 1.467 0.000
H5 -0.380 -1.666 0.000
H6 -1.604 -0.676 0.884
H7 -1.604 -0.676 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51811.22301.12442.16512.15842.1584
C21.51812.43242.23271.09831.10441.1044
O31.22302.43242.04112.60273.14463.1446
H41.12442.23272.04113.13572.56332.5633
H52.16511.09832.60273.13571.80511.8051
H62.15841.10443.14462.56331.80511.7688
H72.15841.10443.14462.56331.80511.7688

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.664 C1 C2 H6 109.768
C1 C2 H7 109.768 C2 C1 O3 124.740
C2 C1 H4 114.508 O3 C1 H4 120.752
H5 C2 H6 110.070 H5 C2 H7 110.070
H6 C2 H7 106.410
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.283      
2 C -0.341      
3 O -0.357      
4 H 0.046      
5 H 0.126      
6 H 0.121      
7 H 0.121      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.503 -0.352 0.000 2.527
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.428 -0.656 0.000
y -0.656 -17.897 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.664
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.648 -0.656 0.000
y -0.656 1.149 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.499
Polar
3z2-r22.997
x2-y2-2.531
xy-0.656
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.564 0.153 0.000
y 0.153 3.852 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.654


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.511
(<r2>)1/2 6.893