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All results from a given calculation for CH2CO (Ketene)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.734105
Energy at 298.15K-151.735347
HF Energy-151.734105
Nuclear repulsion energy59.136049
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/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3357 3035 28.60 97.29 0.17 0.29
2 A1 2354 2128 1073.99 21.68 0.45 0.62
3 A1 1551 1403 19.09 6.03 0.13 0.22
4 A1 1255 1135 2.93 43.36 0.20 0.33
5 B1 729 659 176.97 7.09 0.75 0.86
6 B1 602 545 14.85 4.16 0.75 0.86
7 B2 3463 3131 5.95 47.55 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1103 997 11.05 0.26 0.75 0.86
9 B2 490 443 8.73 0.01 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7451.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9042) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6737.7 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 HF/6-31+G**
ABC
9.55072 0.34977 0.33742

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.201
C2 0.000 0.000 0.107
O3 0.000 0.000 1.251
H4 0.000 0.936 -1.722
H5 0.000 -0.936 -1.722

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5
C11.30822.45241.07121.0712
C21.30821.14422.05492.0549
O32.45241.14423.11753.1175
H41.07122.05493.11751.8716
H51.07122.05493.11751.8716

picture of Ketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 180.000 C2 C1 H4 119.120
C2 C1 H5 119.120 H4 C1 H5 121.759
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.342      
2 C 0.400      
3 O -0.454      
4 H 0.198      
5 H 0.198      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -1.655 1.655
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.362 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -15.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.951
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.213 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.810 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.597
Polar
3z2-r2-3.194
x2-y2-4.016
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.528 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.285 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.840


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 40.107
(<r2>)1/2 6.333