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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2OH (hydroxy acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS H in 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-227.657880
Energy at 298.15K-227.662999
HF Energy-227.657880
Nuclear repulsion energy118.724025
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 M06-2X/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' 3452 3269 37.88      
2 A' 3074 2912 59.08      
3 A' 3051 2890 8.02      
4 A' 1760 1667 63.20      
5 A' 1557 1474 9.80      
6 A' 1478 1400 110.53      
7 A' 1427 1352 13.01      
8 A' 1323 1253 61.56      
9 A' 1102 1044 45.35      
10 A' 864 818 42.35      
11 A' 772 731 10.62      
12 A' 334 316 23.98      
13 A" 3077 2915 18.58      
14 A" 1259 1192 7.41      
15 A" 1140 1080 0.00      
16 A" 807 764 0.41      
17 A" 505 478 123.78      
18 A" 236 223 3.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13607.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12889.1 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 M06-2X/3-21G*
ABC
0.57985 0.22478 0.16707

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 -0.961 0.000
C2 -0.946 0.226 0.000
O3 1.356 -0.493 0.000
O4 -0.500 1.373 0.000
H5 1.287 0.505 0.000
H6 -0.219 -1.574 0.886
H7 -0.219 -1.574 -0.886
H8 -2.021 0.008 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51831.43472.38791.95161.09941.09942.2416
C21.51832.41141.23072.25052.13412.13411.0970
O31.43472.41142.63201.00032.10602.10603.4138
O42.38791.23072.63201.98723.09063.09062.0436
H51.95162.25051.00031.98722.71622.71623.3454
H61.09942.13412.10603.09062.71621.77272.5565
H71.09942.13412.10603.09062.71621.77272.5565
H82.24161.09703.41382.04363.34542.55652.5565

picture of hydroxy acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 120.243 C1 C2 H8 117.069
C1 O3 H5 105.144 C2 C1 O3 109.457
C2 C1 H6 108.161 C2 C1 H7 108.161
O3 C1 H6 111.736 O3 C1 H7 111.736
O4 C2 H8 122.687 H6 C1 H7 107.454
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.201      
2 C 0.203      
3 O -0.592      
4 O -0.426      
5 H 0.366      
6 H 0.224      
7 H 0.224      
8 H 0.201      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.488 -1.166 0.000 2.748
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.632 4.275 0.000
y 4.275 -25.857 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.979
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.215 4.275 0.000
y 4.275 -2.051 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.266
Polar
3z2-r24.532
x2-y21.224
xy4.275
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.862 0.353 0.000
y 0.353 4.402 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.257


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 72.877
(<r2>)1/2 8.537