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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.407689
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.921651
Nuclear repulsion energy69.773471
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 MP3=FULL/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3270 3270 8.61      
2 A' 3141 3141 2.79      
3 A' 3042 3042 107.35      
4 A' 1900 1900 124.92      
5 A' 1534 1534 13.52      
6 A' 1490 1490 14.42      
7 A' 1447 1447 11.99      
8 A' 1172 1172 22.86      
9 A' 932 932 4.72      
10 A' 520 520 15.32      
11 A" 3218 3218 9.53      
12 A" 1541 1541 8.38      
13 A" 1179 1179 0.36      
14 A" 805 805 0.42      
15 A" 151 151 0.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12669.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12669.3 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
1.90353 0.33958 0.30430

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.465 0.000
C2 -0.938 -0.709 0.000
O3 1.206 0.371 0.000
H4 -0.482 1.456 0.000
H5 -0.373 -1.634 0.000
H6 -1.582 -0.665 0.877
H7 -1.582 -0.665 -0.877

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50271.21001.10192.13172.13272.1327
C21.50272.40142.21181.08421.08881.0888
O31.21002.40142.00692.55263.10143.1014
H41.10192.21182.00693.09142.54432.5443
H52.13171.08422.55263.09141.78071.7807
H62.13271.08883.10142.54431.78071.7538
H72.13271.08883.10142.54431.78071.7538

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.930 C1 C2 H6 109.729
C1 C2 H7 109.729 C2 C1 O3 124.211
C2 C1 H4 115.388 O3 C1 H4 120.400
H5 C2 H6 110.061 H5 C2 H7 110.061
H6 C2 H7 107.291
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability