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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (Methyl glyoxal)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.941998
Energy at 298.15K-266.945851
HF Energy-266.941998
Nuclear repulsion energy159.062558
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 PBEPBE/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' 3096 3075 4.22      
2 A' 2977 2957 0.06      
3 A' 2826 2806 103.25      
4 A' 1742 1730 138.19      
5 A' 1721 1709 56.60      
6 A' 1400 1391 15.81      
7 A' 1331 1322 45.37      
8 A' 1305 1296 0.54      
9 A' 1201 1192 19.22      
10 A' 970 963 3.02      
11 A' 761 756 15.39      
12 A' 547 544 12.43      
13 A' 464 460 21.29      
14 A' 236 235 14.76      
15 A" 3034 3013 1.19      
16 A" 1403 1393 10.42      
17 A" 1035 1028 3.09      
18 A" 861 855 0.50      
19 A" 445 442 0.05      
20 A" 112 111 10.30      
21 A" 50 50 8.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13757.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13662.8 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.30224 0.14588 0.10020

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.832 -0.740 0.000
C2 0.000 0.557 0.000
C3 1.494 0.412 0.000
O4 -0.348 -1.851 0.000
O5 -0.606 1.616 0.000
H6 -1.934 -0.546 0.000
H7 1.970 1.398 0.000
H8 1.813 -0.171 0.877
H9 1.813 -0.171 -0.877

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54102.59621.21192.36671.11853.52462.84402.8440
C21.54101.50092.43271.22002.22602.14192.14092.1409
C32.59621.50092.91822.42003.55921.09421.10031.1003
O41.21192.43272.91823.47622.05403.99082.87392.8739
O52.36671.22002.42003.47622.53682.58493.13203.1320
H61.11852.22603.55922.05402.53684.36083.86593.8659
H73.52462.14191.09423.99082.58494.36081.80401.8040
H82.84402.14091.10032.87393.13203.86591.80401.7537
H92.84402.14091.10032.87393.13203.86591.80401.7537

picture of Methyl glyoxal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 117.180 C1 C2 O5 117.534
C2 C1 O4 123.743 C2 C1 H6 112.686
C2 C3 H7 110.270 C2 C3 H8 109.826
C2 C3 H9 109.826 C3 C2 O5 125.286
O4 C1 H6 123.571 H7 C3 H8 110.578
H7 C3 H9 110.578 H8 C3 H9 105.667
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.102      
2 C 0.147      
3 C -0.273      
4 O -0.186      
5 O -0.201      
6 H 0.064      
7 H 0.117      
8 H 0.116      
9 H 0.116      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.075 -0.039 0.000 1.076
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.509 2.081 0.000
y 2.081 -37.350 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.559
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.945 2.081 0.000
y 2.081 -10.316 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.370
Polar
3z2-r28.740
x2-y210.841
xy2.081
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.093 -0.246 0.000
y -0.246 7.223 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.119


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 112.983
(<r2>)1/2 10.629