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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.853495
Energy at 298.15K-153.857417
HF Energy-153.853495
Nuclear repulsion energy70.036816
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 mPW1PW91/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' 3173 3173 7.56 46.06 0.70 0.83
2 A' 3051 3051 1.48 167.31 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2899 2899 118.06 149.00 0.31 0.47
4 A' 1847 1847 190.43 10.42 0.58 0.73
5 A' 1459 1459 21.90 12.10 0.59 0.74
6 A' 1430 1430 10.85 4.29 0.43 0.60
7 A' 1377 1377 27.75 3.20 0.74 0.85
8 A' 1136 1136 25.48 2.32 0.21 0.34
9 A' 898 898 8.19 5.29 0.33 0.50
10 A' 510 510 13.55 1.30 0.45 0.62
11 A" 3115 3115 4.83 59.99 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1469 1469 10.55 6.14 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1142 1142 0.33 1.08 0.75 0.86
14 A" 775 775 1.36 4.01 0.75 0.86
15 A" 160 160 0.83 0.91 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12220.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12220.2 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 mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP
ABC
1.92268 0.34201 0.30669

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.458 0.000
C2 -0.926 -0.715 0.000
O3 1.197 0.384 0.000
H4 -0.497 1.451 0.000
H5 -0.369 -1.649 0.000
H6 -1.577 -0.665 0.876
H7 -1.577 -0.665 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49481.19941.11002.13932.12522.1252
C21.49482.39072.20781.08691.09251.0925
O31.19942.39072.00222.56653.09273.0927
H41.11002.20782.00223.10212.53152.5315
H52.13931.08692.56653.10211.78711.7871
H62.12521.09253.09272.53151.78711.7511
H72.12521.09253.09272.53151.78711.7511

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.931 C1 C2 H6 109.466
C1 C2 H7 109.466 C2 C1 O3 124.727
C2 C1 H4 115.105 O3 C1 H4 120.168
H5 C2 H6 110.172 H5 C2 H7 110.172
H6 C2 H7 106.530
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.132      
2 C -0.166      
3 O -0.268      
4 H 0.038      
5 H 0.094      
6 H 0.085      
7 H 0.085      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.792 -0.340 0.000 2.813
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.926 -0.784 0.000
y -0.784 -17.804 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.793
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.127 -0.784 0.000
y -0.784 1.556 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.572
Polar
3z2-r23.144
x2-y2-3.122
xy-0.784
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.010 0.178 0.000
y 0.178 4.239 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.223


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.485
(<r2>)1/2 6.818