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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

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-153.024330
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.024330
Nuclear repulsion energy69.665657
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' 3109 3062 2.78      
2 A' 2974 2929 0.43      
3 A' 2802 2760 126.72      
4 A' 1806 1779 198.16      
5 A' 1388 1368 25.08      
6 A' 1363 1343 18.05      
7 A' 1308 1288 53.54      
8 A' 1103 1087 21.89      
9 A' 883 870 5.47      
10 A' 494 487 11.86      
11 A" 3050 3004 0.37      
12 A" 1395 1375 18.83      
13 A" 1082 1066 0.46      
14 A" 736 725 2.90      
15 A" 153 150 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11822.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11645.2 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 LSDA/6-31+G**
ABC
1.88772 0.34132 0.30553

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 0.000 0.456 0.000
C2 -0.936 -0.696 0.000
O3 1.210 0.361 0.000
H4 -0.485 1.472 0.000
H5 -0.385 -1.649 0.000
H6 -1.598 -0.635 0.883
H7 -1.598 -0.635 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48381.21391.12622.13932.12722.1272
C21.48382.39202.21441.10041.10571.1057
O31.21392.39202.02692.56583.10813.1081
H41.12622.21442.02693.12242.54202.5420
H52.13931.10042.56583.12241.81051.8105
H62.12721.10573.10812.54201.81051.7664
H72.12721.10573.10812.54201.81051.7664

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.885 C1 C2 H6 109.602
C1 C2 H7 109.602 C2 C1 O3 124.616
C2 C1 H4 115.401 O3 C1 H4 119.984
H5 C2 H6 110.307 H5 C2 H7 110.307
H6 C2 H7 106.021
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 0.195      
2 C -0.639      
3 O -0.340      
4 H 0.136      
5 H 0.221      
6 H 0.213      
7 H 0.213      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.973 -0.365 0.000 2.995
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.339 -0.666 0.000
y -0.666 -18.133 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.160
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.192 -0.666 0.000
y -0.666 1.616 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.576
Polar
3z2-r23.152
x2-y2-3.205
xy-0.666
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.465 0.174 0.000
y 0.174 4.455 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.193


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.907
(<r2>)1/2 6.849