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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: BLYP/Def2TZVPP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.847497
Energy at 298.15K-153.851365
HF Energy-153.847497
Nuclear repulsion energy69.253082
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/Def2TZVPP
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' 3061 3061 11.31 51.47 0.68 0.81
2 A' 2950 2950 2.54 177.63 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2767 2767 141.92 174.36 0.32 0.48
4 A' 1728 1728 170.36 9.68 0.63 0.78
5 A' 1425 1425 21.02 13.46 0.59 0.74
6 A' 1384 1384 8.09 6.51 0.50 0.66
7 A' 1340 1340 25.71 5.00 0.70 0.83
8 A' 1095 1095 25.14 2.29 0.22 0.36
9 A' 854 854 13.03 6.42 0.38 0.55
10 A' 497 497 11.33 1.60 0.47 0.64
11 A" 2997 2997 7.55 67.38 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1433 1433 9.04 7.46 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1098 1098 0.11 1.19 0.75 0.86
14 A" 752 752 0.92 5.20 0.75 0.86
15 A" 157 157 0.54 1.20 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11768.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11768.1 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 BLYP/Def2TZVPP
ABC
1.88885 0.33379 0.29942

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.463 0.000
C2 -0.939 -0.722 0.000
O3 1.213 0.387 0.000
H4 -0.502 1.463 0.000
H5 -0.382 -1.664 0.000
H6 -1.596 -0.670 0.881
H7 -1.596 -0.670 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51121.21591.11912.16062.14622.1462
C21.51122.42082.22751.09411.10021.1002
O31.21592.42082.02522.59843.12823.1282
H41.11912.22752.02523.12882.55372.5537
H52.16061.09412.59843.12881.79871.7987
H62.14621.10023.12822.55371.79871.7617
H72.14621.10023.12822.55371.79871.7617

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 111.044 C1 C2 H6 109.536
C1 C2 H7 109.536 C2 C1 O3 124.819
C2 C1 H4 114.932 O3 C1 H4 120.249
H5 C2 H6 110.117 H5 C2 H7 110.117
H6 C2 H7 106.379
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.090      
2 C -0.165      
3 O -0.234      
4 H 0.047      
5 H 0.091      
6 H 0.086      
7 H 0.086      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.694 -0.361 0.000 2.718
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.345 -0.707 0.000
y -0.707 -18.349 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.174
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.083 -0.707 0.000
y -0.707 1.410 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.673
Polar
3z2-r23.346
x2-y2-2.996
xy-0.707
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.357 0.213 0.000
y 0.213 4.591 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.383


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.570
(<r2>)1/2 6.897