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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS trans 1A'
1 2 no CS cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS trans)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.416594
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.802961
Nuclear repulsion energy102.712726
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 CCSD/6-311G*
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' 3243 3092 9.15      
2 A' 3193 3045 2.09      
3 A' 3149 3003 6.30      
4 A' 2941 2805 90.65      
5 A' 1821 1737 172.86      
6 A' 1698 1619 3.55      
7 A' 1477 1408 9.99      
8 A' 1411 1345 5.26      
9 A' 1310 1249 2.79      
10 A' 1187 1132 30.25      
11 A' 932 889 21.42      
12 A' 575 548 5.59      
13 A' 322 307 10.02      
14 A" 1028 980 1.12      
15 A" 1009 963 31.22      
16 A" 963 919 36.46      
17 A" 597 569 12.26      
18 A" 159 151 4.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13507.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9535) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12878.9 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 CCSD/6-311G*
ABC
1.58769 0.15396 0.14035

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.149 -0.756 0.000
C2 0.000 0.722 0.000
C3 1.212 1.296 0.000
O4 -1.215 -1.327 0.000
H5 0.805 -1.328 0.000
H6 -0.922 1.302 0.000
H7 1.340 2.375 0.000
H8 2.122 0.697 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48572.46261.20941.11192.19823.46742.6959
C21.48571.34122.38202.20251.08892.12802.1220
C32.46261.34123.57372.65592.13391.08671.0894
O41.20942.38203.57372.02002.64474.49823.9028
H51.11192.20252.65592.02003.14603.74202.4159
H62.19821.08892.13392.64473.14602.50363.1032
H73.46742.12801.08674.49823.74202.50361.8517
H82.69592.12201.08943.90282.41593.10321.8517

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.099 C1 C2 H6 116.408
C2 C1 O4 123.896 C2 C1 H5 115.209
C2 C3 H7 122.098 C2 C3 H8 121.283
C3 C2 H6 122.493 O4 C1 H5 120.895
H7 C3 H8 116.619
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.414414
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.800309
Nuclear repulsion energy104.307287
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 CCSD/6-311G*
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' 3256 3105 4.42      
2 A' 3183 3035 11.40      
3 A' 3160 3013 6.22      
4 A' 2963 2826 131.79      
5 A' 1816 1732 96.06      
6 A' 1698 1619 35.14      
7 A' 1456 1388 40.69      
8 A' 1447 1380 0.33      
9 A' 1325 1263 1.97      
10 A' 1085 1035 5.33      
11 A' 941 897 55.25      
12 A' 691 659 11.83      
13 A' 294 280 6.86      
14 A" 1026 979 1.48      
15 A" 1011 964 43.41      
16 A" 972 927 16.23      
17 A" 560 534 12.54      
18 A" 161 154 7.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13521.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9535) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12892.8 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 CCSD/6-311G*
ABC
0.75965 0.20699 0.16267

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.894 -0.296 0.000
C2 0.000 0.903 0.000
C3 1.335 0.775 0.000
O4 -0.496 -1.439 0.000
H5 -1.983 -0.084 0.000
H6 -0.479 1.881 0.000
H7 1.994 1.639 0.000
H8 1.793 -0.211 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49552.47301.21021.10962.21693.47662.6882
C21.49551.34092.39372.21541.08972.12562.1106
C32.47301.34092.87313.42772.12461.08681.0874
O41.21022.39372.87312.01173.32063.95932.5974
H51.10962.21543.42772.01172.47544.33473.7782
H62.21691.08972.12463.32062.47542.48473.0887
H73.47662.12561.08683.95934.33472.48471.8613
H82.68822.11061.08742.59743.77823.08871.8613

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.256 C1 C2 H6 117.212
C2 C1 O4 124.084 C2 C1 H5 115.711
C2 C3 H7 121.876 C2 C3 H8 120.364
C3 C2 H6 121.533 O4 C1 H5 120.205
H7 C3 H8 117.760
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability