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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.700372
Energy at 298.15K-153.704235
HF Energy-153.700372
Nuclear repulsion energy69.339523
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3086 3051 8.48 52.64 0.70 0.83
2 A' 2963 2929 1.22 175.43 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2777 2745 144.65 176.70 0.33 0.49
4 A' 1756 1736 174.88 10.08 0.59 0.74
5 A' 1411 1395 22.10 16.90 0.59 0.74
6 A' 1383 1367 8.68 5.63 0.60 0.75
7 A' 1324 1309 36.44 6.05 0.73 0.84
8 A' 1096 1083 25.63 2.49 0.27 0.43
9 A' 863 853 10.60 5.68 0.46 0.63
10 A' 497 492 10.64 1.66 0.49 0.66
11 A" 3024 2990 4.71 67.83 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1419 1403 13.33 9.11 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1094 1081 0.34 1.59 0.75 0.86
14 A" 747 738 1.28 7.03 0.75 0.86
15 A" 152 150 0.25 1.33 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11795.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11661.1 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 PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP
ABC
1.89203 0.33523 0.30071

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.459 0.000
C2 -0.937 -0.717 0.000
O3 1.213 0.384 0.000
H4 -0.503 1.463 0.000
H5 -0.383 -1.663 0.000
H6 -1.596 -0.663 0.882
H7 -1.596 -0.663 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50401.21491.12282.15682.14152.1415
C21.50402.41512.22291.09671.10271.1027
O31.21492.41512.02712.59523.12473.1247
H41.12282.22292.02713.12872.54802.5480
H52.15681.09672.59523.12871.80351.8035
H62.14151.10273.12472.54801.80351.7643
H72.14151.10273.12472.54801.80351.7643

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 111.096 C1 C2 H6 109.514
C1 C2 H7 109.514 C2 C1 O3 124.970
C2 C1 H4 114.832 O3 C1 H4 120.198
H5 C2 H6 110.169 H5 C2 H7 110.169
H6 C2 H7 106.259
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.070      
2 C -0.307      
3 O -0.229      
4 H 0.055      
5 H 0.139      
6 H 0.136      
7 H 0.136      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.736 -0.375 0.000 2.761
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.200 -0.717 0.000
y -0.717 -18.212 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.042
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.073 -0.717 0.000
y -0.717 1.409 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.663
Polar
3z2-r23.327
x2-y2-2.988
xy-0.717
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.268 0.156 0.000
y 0.156 4.367 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.164


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.360
(<r2>)1/2 6.882