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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CHO (Propanal)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-193.117043
Energy at 298.15K-193.123369
HF Energy-193.117043
Nuclear repulsion energy118.575596
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3129 3012 24.08      
2 A' 3057 2943 20.12      
3 A' 3018 2906 29.93      
4 A' 2879 2771 159.79      
5 A' 1835 1767 159.43      
6 A' 1514 1457 10.28      
7 A' 1460 1406 17.28      
8 A' 1430 1377 19.54      
9 A' 1416 1363 1.27      
10 A' 1372 1321 12.96      
11 A' 1119 1077 14.88      
12 A' 1008 971 0.89      
13 A' 861 829 22.72      
14 A' 678 652 5.48      
15 A' 254 245 8.82      
16 A" 3132 3016 25.23      
17 A" 3042 2929 11.70      
18 A" 1507 1451 9.72      
19 A" 1287 1239 0.15      
20 A" 1146 1103 0.34      
21 A" 906 872 2.43      
22 A" 668 643 4.70      
23 A" 233 225 0.54      
24 A" 136 131 1.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18543.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17851.8 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.56191 0.19588 0.15338

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.451 0.461 0.000
C2 0.000 0.910 0.000
C3 -0.995 -0.220 0.000
O4 -0.710 -1.389 0.000
H5 2.127 1.320 0.000
H6 1.673 -0.149 0.879
H7 1.673 -0.149 -0.879
H8 -0.230 1.544 0.869
H9 -0.230 1.544 -0.869
H10 -2.064 0.096 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.51922.53942.84481.09281.09221.09222.18062.18063.5343
C21.51921.50532.40572.16572.16642.16641.09981.09982.2189
C32.53941.50531.20333.48082.81052.81052.10922.10921.1143
O42.84482.40571.20333.92232.82692.82693.09573.09572.0089
H51.09282.16573.48083.92231.77061.77062.52172.52174.3658
H61.09222.16642.81052.82691.77061.75712.54733.08903.8472
H71.09222.16642.81052.82691.77061.75713.08902.54733.8472
H82.18061.09982.10923.09572.52172.54733.08901.73772.4929
H92.18061.09982.10923.09572.52173.08902.54731.73772.4929
H103.53432.21891.11432.00894.36583.84723.84722.49292.4929

picture of Propanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 114.197 C1 C2 H8 111.737
C1 C2 H9 111.737 C2 C1 H5 110.968
C2 C1 H6 111.056 C2 C1 H7 111.056
C2 C3 O4 124.913 C2 C3 H10 114.962
C3 C2 H8 107.091 C3 C2 H9 107.091
O4 C3 H10 120.126 H5 C1 H6 108.257
H5 C1 H7 108.257 H6 C1 H7 107.100
H8 C2 H9 104.371
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.651      
2 C -0.525      
3 C 0.127      
4 O -0.287      
5 H 0.224      
6 H 0.235      
7 H 0.235      
8 H 0.239      
9 H 0.239      
10 H 0.164      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.079 2.609 0.000 2.610
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.119 -1.590 0.000
y -1.590 -28.307 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.187
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.128 -1.590 0.000
y -1.590 -4.154 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.026
Polar
3z2-r24.052
x2-y24.188
xy-1.590
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.862 -0.043 0.000
y -0.043 5.945 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.224


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 84.628
(<r2>)1/2 9.199