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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.782900
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.782900
Nuclear repulsion energy69.594661
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 B3PW91/6-31+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' 3176 3050 7.30      
2 A' 3046 2924 2.13      
3 A' 2912 2796 123.93      
4 A' 1832 1759 200.07      
5 A' 1459 1400 23.47      
6 A' 1424 1367 13.21      
7 A' 1376 1322 29.01      
8 A' 1130 1085 25.79      
9 A' 895 859 7.94      
10 A' 507 487 13.07      
11 A" 3116 2992 5.20      
12 A" 1469 1410 13.95      
13 A" 1130 1085 0.32      
14 A" 771 741 1.64      
15 A" 145 139 0.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12194.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11707.7 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
1.90062 0.33784 0.30293

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.461 0.000
C2 -0.936 -0.713 0.000
O3 1.208 0.378 0.000
H4 -0.489 1.461 0.000
H5 -0.382 -1.653 0.000
H6 -1.590 -0.661 0.880
H7 -1.590 -0.661 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50101.21131.11302.14782.13502.1350
C21.50102.40602.21861.09141.09701.0970
O31.21132.40602.01322.57953.11163.1116
H41.11302.21862.01323.11522.54662.5466
H52.14781.09142.57953.11521.79341.7934
H62.13501.09703.11162.54661.79341.7593
H72.13501.09703.11162.54661.79341.7593

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.897 C1 C2 H6 109.548
C1 C2 H7 109.548 C2 C1 O3 124.674
C2 C1 H4 115.350 O3 C1 H4 119.976
H5 C2 H6 110.065 H5 C2 H7 110.065
H6 C2 H7 106.623
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.232      
2 C -0.567      
3 O -0.360      
4 H 0.120      
5 H 0.200      
6 H 0.188      
7 H 0.188      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.966 -0.311 0.000 2.982
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.269 -0.825 0.000
y -0.825 -17.870 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.925
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.372 -0.825 0.000
y -0.825 1.727 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.645
Polar
3z2-r23.289
x2-y2-3.399
xy-0.825
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.131 0.167 0.000
y 0.167 4.126 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.045


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.009
(<r2>)1/2 6.856