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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.878961
Energy at 298.15K-191.882369
Nuclear repulsion energy102.550581
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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' 3198 3065 5.78      
2 A' 3139 3009 20.78      
3 A' 3047 2921 43.39      
4 A' 2251 2158 665.70      
5 A' 1526 1463 6.39      
6 A' 1430 1371 1.78      
7 A' 1424 1365 12.58      
8 A' 1163 1115 0.55      
9 A' 1090 1045 10.57      
10 A' 913 875 3.48      
11 A' 657 629 6.33      
12 A' 209 200 1.83      
13 A" 3104 2975 26.95      
14 A" 1500 1438 7.96      
15 A" 1056 1013 0.17      
16 A" 560 537 39.68      
17 A" 515 493 35.83      
18 A" 142 136 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13461.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12904.4 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
1.32773 0.15011 0.13833

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.669 -0.390 0.000
C2 0.000 0.734 0.000
C3 1.501 0.816 0.000
O4 -1.261 -1.389 0.000
H5 -0.598 1.638 0.000
H6 1.957 -0.174 0.000
H7 1.867 1.346 0.882
H8 1.867 1.346 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.30782.48221.16202.02872.63473.19693.1969
C21.30781.50332.46971.08362.15752.15362.1536
C32.48221.50333.53432.25451.08951.09231.0923
O41.16202.46973.53433.09903.43994.24784.2478
H52.02871.08362.25453.09903.13232.63442.6344
H62.63472.15751.08953.43993.13231.75951.7595
H73.19692.15361.09234.24782.63441.75951.7643
H83.19692.15361.09234.24782.63441.75951.7643

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.863 C1 C2 H5 115.747
C2 C1 O4 179.879 C2 C3 H6 111.630
C2 C3 H7 111.149 C2 C3 H8 111.149
C3 C2 H5 120.390 H6 C3 H7 107.496
H6 C3 H8 107.496 H7 C3 H8 107.726
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.300      
2 C -0.365      
3 C -0.660      
4 O -0.228      
5 H 0.252      
6 H 0.233      
7 H 0.234      
8 H 0.234      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.045 1.425 0.000 1.767
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.365 -2.155 0.000
y -2.155 -24.287 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.851
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.204 -2.155 0.000
y -2.155 -0.179 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.025
Polar
3z2-r2-2.050
x2-y20.922
xy-2.155
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.528 1.750 0.000
y 1.750 6.174 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.343


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 86.590
(<r2>)1/2 9.305