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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: QCISD/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS trans 1A'
1 2 yes CS cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS trans)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.107689
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.685350
Nuclear repulsion energy101.528657
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 QCISD/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' 3206 3081 9.92      
2 A' 3164 3041 1.25      
3 A' 3115 2994 5.68      
4 A' 2891 2778 92.47      
5 A' 1683 1618 31.24      
6 A' 1648 1584 52.81      
7 A' 1495 1437 4.68      
8 A' 1434 1378 1.60      
9 A' 1326 1274 1.30      
10 A' 1162 1117 18.72      
11 A' 918 883 32.64      
12 A' 558 536 3.28      
13 A' 322 310 7.66      
14 A" 1026 986 9.18      
15 A" 1017 978 15.49      
16 A" 986 948 39.97      
17 A" 605 581 12.94      
18 A" 168 162 3.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13362.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9611) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12842.5 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 QCISD/3-21G*
ABC
1.57538 0.15017 0.13710

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.141 -0.754 0.000
C2 0.000 0.735 0.000
C3 1.216 1.311 0.000
O4 -1.230 -1.360 0.000
H5 0.831 -1.291 0.000
H6 -0.921 1.316 0.000
H7 1.352 2.391 0.000
H8 2.129 0.711 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49522.47121.24581.11082.21243.48142.7017
C21.49521.34592.42862.18971.08962.13802.1291
C32.47121.34593.62162.63072.13741.08851.0926
O41.24582.42863.62162.06202.69384.55323.9457
H51.11082.18972.63072.06203.14173.71902.3860
H62.21241.08962.13742.69383.14172.51413.1098
H73.48142.13801.08854.55323.71902.51411.8515
H82.70172.12911.09263.94572.38603.10981.8515

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.784 C1 C2 H6 116.854
C2 C1 O4 124.510 C2 C1 H5 113.509
C2 C3 H7 122.511 C2 C3 H8 121.305
C3 C2 H6 122.361 O4 C1 H5 121.981
H7 C3 H8 116.185
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.107807
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.685427
Nuclear repulsion energy103.402392
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 QCISD/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' 3217 3092 5.70      
2 A' 3160 3037 6.82      
3 A' 3129 3007 4.43      
4 A' 2944 2830 124.81      
5 A' 1694 1628 5.91      
6 A' 1619 1556 46.47      
7 A' 1489 1431 23.29      
8 A' 1446 1390 9.55      
9 A' 1348 1296 1.94      
10 A' 1107 1064 7.96      
11 A' 900 865 56.25      
12 A' 696 669 3.84      
13 A' 294 283 8.94      
14 A" 1033 992 2.01      
15 A" 1019 980 44.45      
16 A" 997 958 10.73      
17 A" 580 558 13.89      
18 A" 216 208 6.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13444.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9611) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12921.7 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 QCISD/3-21G*
ABC
0.72747 0.20736 0.16137

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.904 -0.276 0.000
C2 0.000 0.923 0.000
C3 1.336 0.758 0.000
O4 -0.490 -1.454 0.000
H5 -1.985 -0.044 0.000
H6 -0.471 1.905 0.000
H7 2.034 1.593 0.000
H8 1.756 -0.248 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.50182.46751.24851.10572.22443.48282.6610
C21.50181.34572.42682.20791.08992.14182.1108
C32.46751.34572.86873.41652.14021.08831.0908
O41.24852.42682.86872.05543.35963.95692.5500
H51.10572.20793.41652.05542.46804.33993.7473
H62.22441.08992.14023.35962.46802.52493.0983
H73.48282.14181.08833.95694.33992.52491.8617
H82.66102.11081.09082.55003.74733.09831.8617

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.021 C1 C2 H6 117.357
C2 C1 O4 123.599 C2 C1 H5 114.877
C2 C3 H7 122.929 C2 C3 H8 119.694
C3 C2 H6 122.622 O4 C1 H5 121.524
H7 C3 H8 117.377
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability