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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

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 MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.079047
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.685168
Nuclear repulsion energy101.596175
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 MP2/3-21G*
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' 3266 3107 7.66 56.08 0.45 0.62
2 A' 3216 3060 1.25 76.72 0.36 0.53
3 A' 3168 3013 4.44 58.51 0.11 0.19
4 A' 2926 2784 103.72 78.87 0.25 0.40
5 A' 1678 1596 7.37 9.22 0.37 0.54
6 A' 1615 1536 51.18 12.98 0.56 0.72
7 A' 1509 1435 3.49 5.18 0.42 0.60
8 A' 1447 1377 0.57 12.67 0.54 0.70
9 A' 1340 1275 1.39 8.30 0.38 0.55
10 A' 1174 1117 18.77 8.82 0.67 0.80
11 A' 932 887 33.25 0.81 0.22 0.36
12 A' 562 535 2.81 4.94 0.34 0.51
13 A' 323 307 7.24 0.14 0.33 0.50
14 A" 1053 1002 15.25 2.86 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1036 986 13.82 4.13 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1001 952 41.38 0.12 0.75 0.86
17 A" 618 588 13.01 6.82 0.75 0.86
18 A" 174 166 2.87 1.23 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13518.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12860.3 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
1.58246 0.15040 0.13735

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.141 -0.747 0.000
C2 0.000 0.735 0.000
C3 1.217 1.306 0.000
O4 -1.232 -1.361 0.000
H5 0.832 -1.279 0.000
H6 -0.915 1.321 0.000
H7 1.356 2.382 0.000
H8 2.122 0.701 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48872.46191.25181.10822.20813.46892.6869
C21.48871.34472.43062.17841.08622.13382.1227
C32.46191.34473.62082.61322.13191.08471.0889
O41.25182.43063.62082.06572.69994.55033.9373
H51.10822.17842.61322.06573.13153.69782.3629
H62.20811.08622.13192.69993.13152.50673.0996
H73.46892.13381.08474.55033.69782.50671.8473
H82.68692.12271.08893.93732.36293.09961.8473

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.570 C1 C2 H6 117.223
C2 C1 O4 124.750 C2 C1 H5 113.216
C2 C3 H7 122.515 C2 C3 H8 121.084
C3 C2 H6 122.207 O4 C1 H5 122.034
H7 C3 H8 116.401
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.079041
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.685340
Nuclear repulsion energy103.486232
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 MP2/3-21G*
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' 3277 3117 4.24 48.96 0.52 0.68
2 A' 3213 3057 6.48 88.41 0.29 0.45
3 A' 3179 3024 3.07 49.15 0.11 0.20
4 A' 2993 2847 134.05 127.17 0.31 0.47
5 A' 1688 1605 2.02 5.22 0.20 0.34
6 A' 1596 1519 33.96 14.99 0.40 0.57
7 A' 1508 1434 24.29 8.98 0.24 0.39
8 A' 1458 1387 7.55 10.98 0.63 0.78
9 A' 1364 1297 1.46 10.41 0.47 0.64
10 A' 1116 1062 7.24 5.12 0.74 0.85
11 A' 915 871 56.46 3.16 0.17 0.29
12 A' 702 668 3.09 1.64 0.49 0.66
13 A' 297 282 8.96 1.89 0.52 0.69
14 A" 1052 1001 1.31 9.44 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1046 995 43.84 0.65 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1012 963 16.72 0.04 0.75 0.86
17 A" 591 562 14.53 8.64 0.75 0.86
18 A" 222 211 5.88 1.45 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13613.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12950.6 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
0.72666 0.20816 0.16181

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.902 -0.271 0.000
C2 0.000 0.923 0.000
C3 1.333 0.755 0.000
O4 -0.490 -1.455 0.000
H5 -1.979 -0.035 0.000
H6 -0.464 1.906 0.000
H7 2.034 1.582 0.000
H8 1.742 -0.253 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49662.45921.25441.10222.21993.47172.6443
C21.49661.34382.42872.19901.08642.13782.1023
C32.45921.34382.86483.40502.13451.08421.0876
O41.25442.42872.86482.05753.36113.94892.5351
H51.10222.19903.40502.05752.46224.32653.7274
H62.21991.08642.13453.36112.46222.51913.0869
H73.47172.13781.08423.94894.32652.51911.8582
H82.64432.10231.08762.53513.72743.08691.8582

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.850 C1 C2 H6 117.629
C2 C1 O4 123.737 C2 C1 H5 114.753
C2 C3 H7 123.042 C2 C3 H8 119.307
C3 C2 H6 122.521 O4 C1 H5 121.510
H7 C3 H8 117.651
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability