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All results from a given calculation for CH3COOH (Acetic acid)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-229.100170
Energy at 298.15K-229.104992
Nuclear repulsion energy120.757461
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/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' 3701 3590 49.16      
2 A' 3175 3080 4.43      
3 A' 3054 2962 2.15      
4 A' 1845 1790 295.49      
5 A' 1441 1398 13.67      
6 A' 1400 1358 76.39      
7 A' 1336 1296 10.07      
8 A' 1215 1178 212.47      
9 A' 988 958 51.47      
10 A' 867 841 2.98      
11 A' 584 566 41.20      
12 A' 417 405 3.50      
13 A" 3123 3029 4.35      
14 A" 1446 1403 8.55      
15 A" 1054 1022 8.63      
16 A" 682 662 93.32      
17 A" 546 529 19.07      
18 A" 79 77 0.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13475.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13071.5 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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.37643 0.31419 0.17694

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.060 -0.916 0.000
C2 0.000 0.156 0.000
O3 0.192 1.350 0.000
H4 2.053 -0.451 0.000
H5 0.941 -1.558 0.886
H6 0.941 -1.558 -0.886
O7 -1.247 -0.381 0.000
H8 -1.859 0.378 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 O7 H8
C11.50722.42561.09611.10121.10122.36773.1925
C21.50721.20902.14042.14722.14721.35761.8719
O32.42561.20902.58893.13093.13092.25092.2692
H41.09612.14042.58891.80191.80193.30013.9981
H51.10122.14723.13091.80191.77242.63803.5180
H61.10122.14723.13091.80191.77242.63803.5180
O72.36771.35762.25093.30012.63802.63800.9754
H83.19251.87192.26923.99813.51803.51800.9754

picture of Acetic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 126.163 C1 C2 O7 111.376
C2 C1 H4 109.602 C2 C1 H5 109.835
C2 C1 H6 109.835 C2 O7 H8 105.541
O3 C2 O7 122.461 H4 C1 H5 110.181
H4 C1 H6 110.181 H5 C1 H6 107.176
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.177      
2 H 0.152      
3 C 0.098      
4 C 0.007      
5 H 0.055      
6 H 0.055      
7 H 0.046      
8 O -0.236      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.417 -1.521 0.000 1.577
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.053 -3.491 0.000
y -3.491 -26.535 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.729
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.580 -3.491 0.000
y -3.491 -5.144 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.565
Polar
3z2-r21.129
x2-y26.483
xy-3.491
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.650 -0.206 0.000
y -0.206 4.653 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.882


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 71.026
(<r2>)1/2 8.428