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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/TZVP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.828625
Energy at 298.15K-153.832537
HF Energy-153.828625
Nuclear repulsion energy69.837089
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 B3PW91/TZVP
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' 3158 3045 8.54 50.16 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3036 2927 1.54 167.24 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2882 2779 128.26 158.04 0.33 0.49
4 A' 1828 1763 190.54 10.55 0.57 0.72
5 A' 1457 1405 22.82 15.23 0.61 0.76
6 A' 1431 1380 10.20 4.69 0.54 0.70
7 A' 1374 1325 31.19 4.38 0.74 0.85
8 A' 1131 1091 26.45 2.56 0.30 0.47
9 A' 891 859 9.10 5.31 0.39 0.57
10 A' 512 494 12.66 1.50 0.48 0.65
11 A" 3099 2989 5.87 64.37 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1466 1413 13.14 8.35 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1136 1096 0.50 1.27 0.75 0.86
14 A" 775 747 1.08 6.21 0.75 0.86
15 A" 153 147 0.64 1.12 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12163.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9643) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11729.7 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 B3PW91/TZVP
ABC
1.91542 0.33986 0.30486

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.459 0.000
C2 -0.930 -0.716 0.000
O3 1.201 0.384 0.000
H4 -0.496 1.454 0.000
H5 -0.373 -1.652 0.000
H6 -1.582 -0.667 0.878
H7 -1.582 -0.667 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49821.20371.11232.14352.13092.1309
C21.49822.39842.21301.08931.09491.0949
O31.20372.39842.00672.57393.10223.1022
H41.11232.21302.00673.10882.53922.5392
H52.14351.08932.57393.10881.79011.7901
H62.13091.09493.10222.53921.79011.7556
H72.13091.09493.10222.53921.79011.7556

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.890 C1 C2 H6 109.543
C1 C2 H7 109.543 C2 C1 O3 124.813
C2 C1 H4 115.140 O3 C1 H4 120.047
H5 C2 H6 110.086 H5 C2 H7 110.086
H6 C2 H7 106.597
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.128      
2 C -0.323      
3 O -0.275      
4 H 0.058      
5 H 0.143      
6 H 0.135      
7 H 0.135      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.847 -0.336 0.000 2.867
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.119 -0.813 0.000
y -0.813 -17.868 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.804
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.283 -0.813 0.000
y -0.813 1.593 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.690
Polar
3z2-r23.379
x2-y2-3.251
xy-0.813
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.998 0.119 0.000
y 0.119 4.066 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.044


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.743
(<r2>)1/2 6.837