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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: LSDA/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.075689
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.075689
Nuclear repulsion energy70.040414
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 LSDA/cc-pVTZ
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' 3087 3054 2.98      
2 A' 2961 2928 0.37      
3 A' 2761 2731 130.45      
4 A' 1811 1791 175.07      
5 A' 1378 1363 21.23      
6 A' 1360 1345 12.85      
7 A' 1298 1284 53.19      
8 A' 1102 1090 21.21      
9 A' 879 870 6.18      
10 A' 494 488 12.79      
11 A" 3031 2998 0.33      
12 A" 1384 1369 13.62      
13 A" 1085 1073 0.58      
14 A" 733 725 2.09      
15 A" 165 163 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11763.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9891) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11635.0 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 LSDA/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.90558 0.34493 0.30875

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.454 0.000
C2 -0.926 -0.699 0.000
O3 1.200 0.367 0.000
H4 -0.498 1.463 0.000
H5 -0.370 -1.644 0.000
H6 -1.588 -0.642 0.880
H7 -1.588 -0.642 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47901.20321.12532.13042.12022.1202
C21.47902.37892.20391.09661.10211.1021
O31.20322.37892.02092.55193.09283.0928
H41.12532.20392.02093.10962.52802.5280
H52.13041.09662.55193.10961.80591.8059
H62.12021.10213.09282.52801.80591.7591
H72.12021.10213.09282.52801.80591.7591

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.743 C1 C2 H6 109.600
C1 C2 H7 109.600 C2 C1 O3 124.663
C2 C1 H4 114.945 O3 C1 H4 120.392
H5 C2 H6 110.441 H5 C2 H7 110.441
H6 C2 H7 105.899
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.087      
2 C -0.298      
3 O -0.204      
4 H 0.046      
5 H 0.123      
6 H 0.123      
7 H 0.123      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.718 -0.382 0.000 2.745
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.831 -0.640 0.000
y -0.640 -18.102 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.007
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.776 -0.640 0.000
y -0.640 1.317 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.459
Polar
3z2-r22.918
x2-y2-2.729
xy-0.640
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.159 0.172 0.000
y 0.172 4.547 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.255


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.416
(<r2>)1/2 6.813