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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.056933
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.056933
Nuclear repulsion energy51.503371
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 BLYP/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 3427 3405 81.22 45.17 0.22 0.36
2 Σ 2014 2001 63.11 0.12 0.03 0.05
3 Σ 1235 1227 16.70 24.56 0.28 0.44
4 Π 679 674 25.41 1.05 0.75 0.86
4 Π 587 584 7.26 3.38 0.75 0.86
5 Π 510 506 4.88 0.68 0.75 0.86
5 Π 346 343 142.70 2.15 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4399.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4370.4 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 BLYP/3-21G*
B
0.34679

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/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 -1.259
O3 0.000 0.000 1.232
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.325

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.26381.22702.3300
C21.26382.49081.0662
O31.22702.49083.5570
H42.33001.06623.5570

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 BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.186      
2 C -0.035      
3 O -0.397      
4 H 0.245      


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 -1.868 1.868
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.522 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -15.950 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.731
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.182 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.005
Polar
3z2-r24.011
x2-y2-1.572
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.978 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.106 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.083


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.092
(<r2>)1/2 6.090

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.056933
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.056933
Nuclear repulsion energy51.501025
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 BLYP/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' 3427 3404 81.20 45.18 0.22 0.36
2 A' 2014 2001 62.93 0.12 0.02 0.05
3 A' 1235 1227 16.72 24.57 0.28 0.44
4 A' 588 584 7.24 3.50 0.73 0.84
5 A' 347 344 142.66 7.60 0.43 0.60
6 A" 676 671 21.58 2.18 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4142.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4115.6 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 BLYP/3-21G*
B
0.34677

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 -0.005 0.000
C2 -0.017 1.259 0.000
O3 0.017 -1.232 0.000
H4 -0.032 2.325 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.26371.22722.3300
C21.26372.49091.0663
O31.22722.49093.5572
H42.33001.06633.5572

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 179.983 C2 C1 O3 179.994
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.186      
2 C -0.035      
3 O -0.397      
4 H 0.246      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.025 1.868 0.000 1.869
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.522 -0.037 0.000
y -0.037 -14.731 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.951
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.181 -0.037 0.000
y -0.037 2.006 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.176
Polar
3z2-r20.351
x2-y2-2.791
xy-0.037
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.979 -0.057 0.000
y -0.057 5.083 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.106


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 37.094
(<r2>)1/2 6.090