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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.109899
Energy at 298.15K-267.113930
HF Energy-267.109899
Nuclear repulsion energy160.042347
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' 3170 3052 6.98      
2 A' 3055 2941 0.21      
3 A' 2940 2831 102.61      
4 A' 1830 1762 106.23      
5 A' 1817 1749 123.18      
6 A' 1469 1414 18.85      
7 A' 1400 1348 47.11      
8 A' 1362 1311 2.20      
9 A' 1249 1203 21.94      
10 A' 1013 975 3.54      
11 A' 788 758 13.52      
12 A' 573 551 12.71      
13 A' 482 464 24.74      
14 A' 245 235 16.23      
15 A" 3117 3001 3.70      
16 A" 1471 1416 13.15      
17 A" 1079 1038 3.80      
18 A" 905 871 0.66      
19 A" 470 453 0.11      
20 A" 130 126 15.41      
21 A" 74 71 5.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14318.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13784.8 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
0.30470 0.14788 0.10140

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 -0.835 -0.733 0.000
C2 0.000 0.555 0.000
C3 1.491 0.399 0.000
O4 -0.357 -1.834 0.000
O5 -0.592 1.608 0.000
H6 -1.929 -0.545 0.000
H7 1.969 1.378 0.000
H8 1.810 -0.176 0.874
H9 1.810 -0.176 -0.874

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53532.58671.20062.35311.11023.50992.84162.8416
C21.53531.49872.41601.20742.22142.13402.13932.1393
C32.58671.49872.89872.40773.54811.08921.09411.0941
O41.20062.41602.89873.44982.03293.96592.86592.8659
O52.35311.20742.40773.44982.53482.57143.11703.1170
H61.11022.22143.54812.03292.53484.34723.85853.8585
H73.50992.13401.08923.96592.57144.34721.78951.7895
H82.84162.13931.09412.86593.11703.85851.78951.7484
H92.84162.13931.09412.86593.11703.85851.78951.7484

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 116.981 C1 C2 O5 117.687
C2 C1 O4 123.578 C2 C1 H6 113.239
C2 C3 H7 110.089 C2 C3 H8 110.213
C2 C3 H9 110.213 C3 C2 O5 125.332
O4 C1 H6 123.183 H7 C3 H8 110.095
H7 C3 H9 110.095 H8 C3 H9 106.066
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.045      
2 C 0.239      
3 C -0.724      
4 O -0.256      
5 O -0.274      
6 H 0.199      
7 H 0.256      
8 H 0.257      
9 H 0.257      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.959 -0.046 0.000 0.960
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.114 2.086 0.000
y 2.086 -37.473 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.253
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.249 2.086 0.000
y 2.086 -10.789 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.541
Polar
3z2-r29.081
x2-y211.359
xy2.086
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.116 -0.393 0.000
y -0.393 6.479 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.504


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 111.814
(<r2>)1/2 10.574