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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.928139
Energy at 298.15K-191.931506
Nuclear repulsion energy101.760364
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 B3LYP/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' 3196 3081 6.97      
2 A' 3125 3013 17.09      
3 A' 3036 2927 41.00      
4 A' 2199 2121 692.21      
5 A' 1515 1461 6.47      
6 A' 1423 1372 13.33      
7 A' 1414 1364 3.02      
8 A' 1155 1114 0.98      
9 A' 1082 1044 10.30      
10 A' 901 869 3.49      
11 A' 643 620 5.88      
12 A' 209 202 2.25      
13 A" 3091 2980 19.14      
14 A" 1489 1436 7.20      
15 A" 1054 1017 0.43      
16 A" 544 524 68.34      
17 A" 500 482 1.84      
18 A" 139 134 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13356.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12878.8 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
1.30678 0.14782 0.13620

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.673 -0.390 0.000
C2 0.000 0.742 0.000
C3 1.513 0.821 0.000
O4 -1.271 -1.402 0.000
H5 -0.598 1.649 0.000
H6 1.965 -0.174 0.000
H7 1.878 1.353 0.886
H8 1.878 1.353 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.31692.49921.17562.04022.64683.21383.2138
C21.31691.51552.49251.08632.16852.16432.1643
C32.49921.51553.56302.26811.09321.09581.0958
O41.17562.49253.56303.12413.46134.27674.2767
H52.04021.08632.26813.12413.14572.64622.6462
H62.64682.16851.09323.46133.14571.76811.7681
H73.21382.16431.09584.27672.64621.76811.7720
H83.21382.16431.09584.27672.64621.76811.7720

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.707 C1 C2 H5 115.868
C2 C1 O4 179.873 C2 C3 H6 111.424
C2 C3 H7 110.931 C2 C3 H8 110.931
C3 C2 H5 120.426 H6 C3 H7 107.745
H6 C3 H8 107.745 H7 C3 H8 107.909
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.304      
2 C 0.033      
3 C -0.538      
4 O -0.456      
5 H 0.176      
6 H 0.156      
7 H 0.163      
8 H 0.163      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.262 1.650 0.000 2.077
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.930 -2.384 0.000
y -2.384 -25.098 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.334
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.286 -2.384 0.000
y -2.384 -0.466 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.820
Polar
3z2-r2-1.640
x2-y21.168
xy-2.384
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.910 1.945 0.000
y 1.945 6.817 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.152


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