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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G*

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 CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.049940
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.688450
Nuclear repulsion energy102.475950
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 CID/3-21G*
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' 3299 3069 8.13      
2 A' 3254 3028 0.89      
3 A' 3206 2984 4.52      
4 A' 3006 2797 83.71      
5 A' 1788 1664 81.01      
6 A' 1741 1620 14.82      
7 A' 1544 1437 7.43      
8 A' 1480 1377 2.31      
9 A' 1369 1274 1.37      
10 A' 1203 1119 20.32      
11 A' 953 887 31.95      
12 A' 581 541 4.86      
13 A' 334 311 8.89      
14 A" 1074 999 10.27      
15 A" 1072 997 5.78      
16 A" 1045 972 58.25      
17 A" 632 588 14.60      
18 A" 174 162 4.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13876.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12911.9 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
1.60026 0.15298 0.13963

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.141 -0.750 0.000
C2 0.000 0.729 0.000
C3 1.203 1.301 0.000
O4 -1.216 -1.347 0.000
H5 0.821 -1.287 0.000
H6 -0.916 1.307 0.000
H7 1.334 2.374 0.000
H8 2.112 0.707 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48582.45221.22941.10192.19823.45542.6827
C21.48581.33222.40572.17681.08292.11862.1119
C32.45221.33223.58642.61592.11891.08151.0857
O41.22942.40573.58642.03802.67084.51133.9102
H51.10192.17682.61592.03803.12193.69722.3748
H62.19821.08292.11892.67083.12192.49053.0865
H73.45542.11861.08154.51133.69722.49051.8400
H82.68272.11191.08573.91022.37483.08651.8400

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.867 C1 C2 H6 116.822
C2 C1 O4 124.482 C2 C1 H5 113.718
C2 C3 H7 122.398 C2 C3 H8 121.389
C3 C2 H6 122.311 O4 C1 H5 121.801
H7 C3 H8 116.213
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.049738
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.688499
Nuclear repulsion energy104.286464
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 CID/3-21G*
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' 3308 3078 4.41      
2 A' 3252 3026 5.82      
3 A' 3220 2996 3.42      
4 A' 3052 2840 116.68      
5 A' 1789 1665 21.58      
6 A' 1727 1607 46.77      
7 A' 1534 1428 20.20      
8 A' 1497 1393 14.33      
9 A' 1394 1297 1.50      
10 A' 1143 1064 9.03      
11 A' 938 873 58.32      
12 A' 722 672 7.12      
13 A' 304 283 9.28      
14 A" 1088 1012 0.91      
15 A" 1068 994 58.23      
16 A" 1060 986 7.26      
17 A" 607 565 15.13      
18 A" 212 197 7.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13957.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12987.4 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
0.74719 0.20944 0.16359

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.895 -0.282 0.000
C2 0.000 0.912 0.000
C3 1.324 0.763 0.000
O4 -0.487 -1.444 0.000
H5 -1.968 -0.054 0.000
H6 -0.474 1.886 0.000
H7 2.008 1.601 0.000
H8 1.756 -0.231 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49242.45271.23131.09752.20873.46002.6514
C21.49241.33252.40632.19241.08302.12262.0955
C32.45271.33252.85533.39212.11991.08171.0839
O41.23132.40632.85532.03123.33023.93712.5506
H51.09752.19243.39212.03122.44864.30663.7286
H62.20871.08302.11993.33022.44862.49783.0749
H73.46002.12261.08173.93714.30662.49781.8496
H82.65142.09551.08392.55063.72863.07491.8496

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.407 C1 C2 H6 117.215
C2 C1 O4 123.844 C2 C1 H5 114.824
C2 C3 H7 122.761 C2 C3 H8 119.925
C3 C2 H6 122.378 O4 C1 H5 121.332
H7 C3 H8 117.314
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability