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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/Def2TZVPP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.982386
Energy at 298.15K-152.986420
HF Energy-152.982386
Nuclear repulsion energy70.535300
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 HF/Def2TZVPP
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' 3274 2967 17.07 46.93 0.68 0.81
2 A' 3164 2868 6.80 171.40 0.01 0.02
3 A' 3079 2791 106.34 116.75 0.36 0.53
4 A' 1998 1811 250.20 12.01 0.55 0.71
5 A' 1578 1430 20.17 9.46 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1545 1400 16.20 3.95 0.28 0.44
7 A' 1510 1369 10.76 2.16 0.75 0.86
8 A' 1222 1108 27.32 2.70 0.24 0.39
9 A' 951 862 5.85 6.96 0.24 0.38
10 A' 547 496 19.65 1.14 0.43 0.60
11 A" 3216 2915 17.13 60.61 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1591 1442 8.71 5.80 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1257 1140 0.39 0.83 0.75 0.86
14 A" 850 770 0.23 3.46 0.75 0.86
15 A" 168 152 2.61 0.72 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12974.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9064) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11760.3 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 HF/Def2TZVPP
ABC
1.94887 0.34529 0.30990

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.461 0.000
C2 -0.913 -0.730 0.000
O3 1.179 0.401 0.000
H4 -0.502 1.436 0.000
H5 -0.344 -1.647 0.000
H6 -1.556 -0.691 0.873
H7 -1.556 -0.691 -0.873

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50061.18101.09662.13582.12382.1238
C21.50062.37892.20451.07971.08501.0850
O31.18102.37891.97392.55273.07223.0722
H41.09662.20451.97393.08712.52952.5295
H52.13581.07972.55273.08711.77381.7738
H62.12381.08503.07222.52951.77381.7468
H72.12381.08503.07222.52951.77381.7468

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.676 C1 C2 H6 109.395
C1 C2 H7 109.395 C2 C1 O3 124.601
C2 C1 H4 115.289 O3 C1 H4 120.109
H5 C2 H6 110.048 H5 C2 H7 110.048
H6 C2 H7 107.210
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.296      
2 C -0.134      
3 O -0.393      
4 H 0.014      
5 H 0.093      
6 H 0.062      
7 H 0.062      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.041 -0.290 0.000 3.055
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.399 -1.039 0.000
y -1.039 -17.745 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.857
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.597 -1.039 0.000
y -1.039 1.883 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.715
Polar
3z2-r23.430
x2-y2-3.653
xy-1.039
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.645 0.118 0.000
y 0.118 3.857 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.091


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.226
(<r2>)1/2 6.799