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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.882463
Energy at 298.15K-190.885752
Nuclear repulsion energy101.945890
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 LSDA/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 A' 3128 3081 12.70      
2 A' 3082 3036 8.63      
3 A' 2977 2932 31.54      
4 A' 2218 2185 593.96      
5 A' 1452 1430 6.88      
6 A' 1388 1367 6.67      
7 A' 1351 1331 8.20      
8 A' 1121 1104 0.49      
9 A' 1044 1029 12.76      
10 A' 898 885 5.25      
11 A' 628 618 6.50      
12 A' 193 190 1.47      
13 A" 3044 2998 8.96      
14 A" 1417 1396 10.85      
15 A" 1002 987 0.00      
16 A" 533 525 58.59      
17 A" 486 479 14.06      
18 A" 139 137 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13049.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12853.9 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 LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
1.32261 0.14859 0.13706

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.662 -0.396 0.000
C2 0.000 0.739 0.000
C3 1.492 0.836 0.000
O4 -1.256 -1.413 0.000
H5 -0.618 1.645 0.000
H6 1.963 -0.160 0.000
H7 1.859 1.375 0.891
H8 1.859 1.375 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.31432.48201.17722.04142.63573.20763.2076
C21.31431.49552.49151.09622.15882.15762.1576
C32.48201.49553.55082.25971.10111.10411.1041
O41.17722.49153.55083.12363.45384.27414.2741
H52.04141.09622.25973.12363.14872.64622.6462
H62.63572.15881.10113.45383.14871.77741.7774
H73.20762.15761.10414.27412.64621.77741.7822
H83.20762.15761.10414.27412.64621.77741.7822

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.971 C1 C2 H5 115.451
C2 C1 O4 179.995 C2 C3 H6 111.580
C2 C3 H7 111.302 C2 C3 H8 111.302
C3 C2 H5 120.578 H6 C3 H7 107.409
H6 C3 H8 107.409 H7 C3 H8 107.626
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.242      
2 C 0.042      
3 C -0.688      
4 O -0.404      
5 H 0.208      
6 H 0.196      
7 H 0.202      
8 H 0.202      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.240 1.648 0.000 2.063
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.645 -2.232 0.000
y -2.232 -24.805 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.351
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.433 -2.232 0.000
y -2.232 -0.307 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.126
Polar
3z2-r2-2.251
x2-y21.160
xy-2.232
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.078 1.971 0.000
y 1.971 6.985 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.229


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000