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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCD/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)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.379061
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.777192
Nuclear repulsion energy102.355456
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 CCD/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' 3277 3135 6.26      
2 A' 3223 3083 1.38      
3 A' 3176 3039 3.96      
4 A' 2957 2829 91.32      
5 A' 1859 1779 147.54      
6 A' 1715 1641 2.90      
7 A' 1466 1402 9.36      
8 A' 1405 1344 4.10      
9 A' 1298 1241 3.74      
10 A' 1177 1126 28.66      
11 A' 927 887 15.30      
12 A' 573 548 5.21      
13 A' 316 302 9.60      
14 A" 1037 992 0.96      
15 A" 1024 980 20.75      
16 A" 979 937 28.65      
17 A" 606 579 8.60      
18 A" 163 156 4.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13588.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12999.8 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.57054 0.15311 0.13951

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.153 -0.758 0.000
C2 0.000 0.725 0.000
C3 1.220 1.296 0.000
O4 -1.221 -1.328 0.000
H5 0.813 -1.326 0.000
H6 -0.925 1.313 0.000
H7 1.352 2.383 0.000
H8 2.130 0.682 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49072.47021.21091.12082.21083.48312.6991
C21.49071.34662.38882.20591.09672.13972.1304
C32.47021.34663.58372.65282.14491.09521.0980
O41.21092.38883.58372.03462.65834.51623.9078
H51.12082.20592.65282.03463.16043.74762.4008
H62.21081.09672.14492.65833.16042.51613.1198
H73.48312.13971.09524.51623.74762.51611.8704
H82.69912.13041.09803.90782.40083.11981.8704

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.981 C1 C2 H6 116.577
C2 C1 O4 123.984 C2 C1 H5 114.541
C2 C3 H7 122.048 C2 C3 H8 120.919
C3 C2 H6 122.442 O4 C1 H5 121.475
H7 C3 H8 117.033
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.376959
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.774674
Nuclear repulsion energy103.988405
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 CCD/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' 3290 3148 2.68      
2 A' 3214 3075 9.39      
3 A' 3186 3048 3.78      
4 A' 2981 2852 133.31      
5 A' 1853 1773 92.12      
6 A' 1720 1646 21.79      
7 A' 1452 1389 28.85      
8 A' 1439 1376 5.77      
9 A' 1315 1258 1.36      
10 A' 1073 1027 4.41      
11 A' 948 907 51.44      
12 A' 685 655 13.08      
13 A' 294 281 6.65      
14 A" 1039 994 6.57      
15 A" 1022 978 24.04      
16 A" 991 948 14.17      
17 A" 568 544 8.39      
18 A" 168 160 6.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13617.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13027.5 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.75185 0.20649 0.16200

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.898 -0.296 0.000
C2 0.000 0.905 0.000
C3 1.340 0.772 0.000
O4 -0.497 -1.440 0.000
H5 -1.994 -0.075 0.000
H6 -0.479 1.893 0.000
H7 2.006 1.641 0.000
H8 1.791 -0.227 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.50032.47981.21161.11832.22883.49132.6899
C21.50031.34652.39722.22191.09712.13692.1190
C32.47981.34652.87493.43972.13621.09531.0960
O41.21162.39722.87492.02613.33233.96972.5895
H51.11832.22193.43972.02612.48314.35283.7882
H62.22881.09712.13623.33232.48312.49773.1056
H73.49132.13691.09533.96974.35282.49771.8805
H82.68992.11901.09602.58953.78823.10561.8805

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.077 C1 C2 H6 117.358
C2 C1 O4 123.903 C2 C1 H5 115.324
C2 C3 H7 121.783 C2 C3 H8 119.997
C3 C2 H6 121.564 O4 C1 H5 120.773
H7 C3 H8 118.220
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability