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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: QCISD/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS trans 1A'
1 2 no CS cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS trans)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.387312
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.776432
Nuclear repulsion energy102.162293
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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
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' 3269 3136 6.48      
2 A' 3216 3085 1.52      
3 A' 3167 3039 4.79      
4 A' 2934 2815 100.91      
5 A' 1812 1738 179.92      
6 A' 1696 1627 3.18      
7 A' 1457 1398 9.28      
8 A' 1395 1339 4.15      
9 A' 1293 1240 3.83      
10 A' 1171 1123 31.29      
11 A' 922 885 16.76      
12 A' 568 545 4.93      
13 A' 314 302 9.29      
14 A" 1031 989 1.15      
15 A" 1017 975 23.62      
16 A" 975 936 24.55      
17 A" 603 579 8.65      
18 A" 162 155 4.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13500.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12952.5 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.56640 0.15258 0.13904

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.154 -0.756 0.000
C2 0.000 0.727 0.000
C3 1.224 1.295 0.000
O4 -1.226 -1.331 0.000
H5 0.816 -1.322 0.000
H6 -0.924 1.318 0.000
H7 1.361 2.382 0.000
H8 2.132 0.677 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49082.47081.21631.12232.21253.48452.6978
C21.49081.34952.39492.20471.09692.14292.1327
C32.47081.34953.59102.64812.14811.09561.0984
O41.21632.39493.59102.04162.66584.52493.9122
H51.12232.20472.64812.04163.16123.74342.3929
H62.21251.09692.14812.66583.16122.52053.1225
H73.48452.14291.09564.52493.74342.52051.8714
H82.69782.13271.09843.91222.39293.12251.8714

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.818 C1 C2 H6 116.698
C2 C1 O4 124.106 C2 C1 H5 114.332
C2 C3 H7 122.077 C2 C3 H8 120.856
C3 C2 H6 122.484 O4 C1 H5 121.562
H7 C3 H8 117.067
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.385482
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.773859
Nuclear repulsion energy103.812124
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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
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' 3282 3149 2.66      
2 A' 3205 3075 10.05      
3 A' 3178 3049 4.69      
4 A' 2963 2843 145.67      
5 A' 1800 1727 94.32      
6 A' 1695 1626 37.74      
7 A' 1441 1383 34.11      
8 A' 1429 1371 3.05      
9 A' 1308 1255 2.07      
10 A' 1067 1024 4.21      
11 A' 943 905 54.37      
12 A' 680 652 11.46      
13 A' 292 280 6.74      
14 A" 1031 989 7.64      
15 A" 1016 975 27.62      
16 A" 987 947 7.99      
17 A" 563 540 8.53      
18 A" 178 171 6.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13528.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12979.3 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.74577 0.20652 0.16174

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.899 -0.291 0.000
C2 0.000 0.909 0.000
C3 1.342 0.767 0.000
O4 -0.498 -1.442 0.000
H5 -1.996 -0.066 0.000
H6 -0.475 1.898 0.000
H7 2.015 1.632 0.000
H8 1.785 -0.236 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49972.47891.21791.11942.23043.49172.6849
C21.49971.34972.40252.22131.09752.14072.1206
C32.47891.34972.87503.44052.14041.09571.0965
O41.21792.40252.87502.03313.33983.97022.5821
H51.11942.22133.44052.03312.48464.35553.7847
H62.23041.09752.14043.33982.48462.50393.1084
H73.49172.14071.09573.97024.35552.50391.8822
H82.68492.12061.09652.58213.78473.10841.8822

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.819 C1 C2 H6 117.522
C2 C1 O4 123.937 C2 C1 H5 115.245
C2 C3 H7 121.845 C2 C3 H8 119.843
C3 C2 H6 121.659 O4 C1 H5 120.818
H7 C3 H8 118.312
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability