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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

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-153.808098
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.808098
Nuclear repulsion energy69.787314
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' 3157 3040 12.96      
2 A' 3037 2923 2.83      
3 A' 2880 2773 152.66      
4 A' 1844 1775 183.58      
5 A' 1472 1417 25.30      
6 A' 1436 1382 13.28      
7 A' 1382 1331 30.18      
8 A' 1134 1092 25.56      
9 A' 892 859 7.81      
10 A' 508 489 13.12      
11 A" 3098 2983 10.04      
12 A" 1479 1424 13.44      
13 A" 1136 1094 0.94      
14 A" 773 744 1.28      
15 A" 154 149 0.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12191.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11736.5 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
1.91575 0.33896 0.30416

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 0.000 0.460 0.000
C2 -0.929 -0.720 0.000
O3 1.200 0.390 0.000
H4 -0.502 1.454 0.000
H5 -0.364 -1.653 0.000
H6 -1.583 -0.680 0.878
H7 -1.583 -0.680 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50141.20241.11412.14392.13902.1390
C21.50142.40102.21571.09011.09581.0958
O31.20242.40102.00792.57333.10843.1084
H41.11412.21572.00793.11022.54832.5483
H52.14391.09012.57333.11021.78951.7895
H62.13901.09583.10842.54831.78951.7563
H72.13901.09583.10842.54831.78951.7563

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.633 C1 C2 H6 109.906
C1 C2 H7 109.906 C2 C1 O3 124.876
C2 C1 H4 115.002 O3 C1 H4 120.122
H5 C2 H6 109.893 H5 C2 H7 109.893
H6 C2 H7 106.524
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 0.125      
2 C -0.725      
3 O -0.283      
4 H 0.153      
5 H 0.248      
6 H 0.242      
7 H 0.242      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.675 -0.298 0.000 2.691
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.750 -0.869 0.000
y -0.869 -17.898 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.768
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.916 -0.869 0.000
y -0.869 1.361 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.556
Polar
3z2-r23.111
x2-y2-2.851
xy-0.869
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.596 0.129 0.000
y 0.129 3.896 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.766


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.752
(<r2>)1/2 6.838