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All results from a given calculation for HCCO (ketenyl radical)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 2Π
1 2 no CS 2A"

Conformer 1 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-150.243208
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-150.243208
Nuclear repulsion energy52.338150
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 HF/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 Σ 3646 3291 75.97 33.35 0.20 0.33
2 Σ 1953 1763 0.33 27.34 0.32 0.49
3 Σ 1213 1095 1.49 6.42 0.25 0.40
4 Π 708 639 35.33 1.59 0.75 0.86
4 Π 663 598 162.45 6.48 0.75 0.86
5 Π 606 547 12.38 0.86 0.75 0.86
5 Π 537 485 3.74 0.55 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4663.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4208.8 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 HF/3-21G*
B
0.35880

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.005
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.234
O3 0.000 0.000 1.215
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.283

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.22831.21972.2782
C21.22832.44801.0499
O31.21972.44803.4979
H42.27821.04993.4979

picture of ketenyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H4 180.000 C2 C1 O3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.233      
2 C -0.106      
3 O -0.480      
4 H 0.354      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -2.058 2.058
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.347 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.757 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.294
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.178 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.936 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.758
Polar
3z2-r23.516
x2-y21.410
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.065 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.867 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.080


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.428
(<r2>)1/2 6.036

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-150.243208
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-150.243208
Nuclear repulsion energy52.328667
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 HF/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' 3642 3287 75.97 31.04 0.28 0.44
2 A' 1952 1762 0.35 30.74 0.21 0.34
3 A' 1212 1094 1.46 30.57 0.62 0.76
4 A' 665 600 164.44 32788.31 0.33 0.50
5 A' 607 548 10.23 4494.30 0.33 0.50
6 A" 565 510 9.00 4548.35 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4321.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3900.4 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 HF/3-21G*
B
0.35868

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.005 0.000
C2 -0.109 1.229 0.000
O3 0.107 -1.210 0.000
H4 -0.200 2.275 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.22841.22002.2786
C21.22842.44841.0502
O31.22002.44843.4987
H42.27861.05023.4987

picture of ketenyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H4 179.898 C2 C1 O3 179.931
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.233      
2 C -0.106      
3 O -0.480      
4 H 0.354      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.177 2.051 0.000 2.059
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.740 -0.211 0.000
y -0.211 -15.309 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.348
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.911 -0.211 0.000
y -0.211 1.735 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.176
Polar
3z2-r20.351
x2-y2-2.431
xy-0.211
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.900 -0.371 0.000
y -0.371 5.048 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.975


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.437
(<r2>)1/2 6.036