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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP3/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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.405474
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.928020
Nuclear repulsion energy69.423524
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 MP3/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' 3213 3046 8.09      
2 A' 3087 2926 3.17      
3 A' 2971 2816 121.10      
4 A' 1894 1795 142.46      
5 A' 1467 1391 15.76      
6 A' 1450 1374 15.25      
7 A' 1389 1316 13.41      
8 A' 1141 1082 23.08      
9 A' 914 866 4.34      
10 A' 510 484 14.52      
11 A" 3168 3003 8.58      
12 A" 1478 1401 9.10      
13 A" 1145 1085 0.22      
14 A" 785 744 0.54      
15 A" 170 161 0.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12390.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11745.1 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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.87746 0.33643 0.30156

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.466 0.000
C2 -0.933 -0.725 0.000
O3 1.204 0.390 0.000
H4 -0.509 1.464 0.000
H5 -0.354 -1.660 0.000
H6 -1.587 -0.684 0.889
H7 -1.587 -0.684 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51301.20641.11972.15562.15202.1520
C21.51302.41022.22941.09991.10421.1042
O31.20642.41022.02142.57483.11963.1196
H41.11972.22942.02143.12772.56222.5622
H52.15561.09992.57483.12771.80651.8065
H62.15201.10423.11962.56221.80651.7774
H72.15201.10423.11962.56221.80651.7774

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.168 C1 C2 H6 109.630
C1 C2 H7 109.630 C2 C1 O3 124.437
C2 C1 H4 114.918 O3 C1 H4 120.645
H5 C2 H6 110.087 H5 C2 H7 110.087
H6 C2 H7 107.189
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability