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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/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 B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.780311
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.780311
Nuclear repulsion energy69.559649
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/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' 3173 3062 6.44      
2 A' 3040 2934 1.73      
3 A' 2870 2770 142.99      
4 A' 1847 1782 177.81      
5 A' 1428 1378 19.59      
6 A' 1410 1361 13.12      
7 A' 1350 1302 23.67      
8 A' 1122 1082 24.86      
9 A' 895 864 6.75      
10 A' 503 486 12.95      
11 A" 3117 3008 4.66      
12 A" 1440 1389 10.78      
13 A" 1122 1082 1.10      
14 A" 768 741 1.14      
15 A" 168 162 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12125.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11701.4 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.89258 0.33798 0.30302

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.460 0.000
C2 -0.931 -0.718 0.000
O3 1.205 0.386 0.000
H4 -0.511 1.461 0.000
H5 -0.364 -1.659 0.000
H6 -1.589 -0.671 0.884
H7 -1.589 -0.671 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50181.20721.12312.15012.14182.1418
C21.50182.40432.21891.09811.10321.1032
O31.20722.40432.02432.57743.11543.1154
H41.12312.21892.02433.12282.54752.5475
H52.15011.09812.57743.12281.80481.8048
H62.14181.10323.11542.54751.80481.7683
H72.14181.10323.11542.54751.80481.7683

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.624 C1 C2 H6 109.659
C1 C2 H7 109.659 C2 C1 O3 124.779
C2 C1 H4 114.651 O3 C1 H4 120.571
H5 C2 H6 110.140 H5 C2 H7 110.140
H6 C2 H7 106.532
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.100      
2 C -0.111      
3 O -0.201      
4 H 0.005      
5 H 0.066      
6 H 0.070      
7 H 0.070      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.557 -0.322 0.000 2.577
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.339 -0.774 0.000
y -0.774 -17.812 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.596
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.635 -0.774 0.000
y -0.774 1.155 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.480
Polar
3z2-r22.960
x2-y2-2.527
xy-0.774
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.493 0.137 0.000
y 0.137 3.909 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.707


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.771
(<r2>)1/2 6.839