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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.362248
Energy at 298.15K-152.366200
HF Energy-152.051757
Nuclear repulsion energy68.415508
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' 3195 3039 9.02 43.74 0.74 0.85
2 A' 3086 2936 1.46 94.60 0.02 0.03
3 A' 2967 2822 126.20 113.82 0.33 0.50
4 A' 1658 1577 34.93 2.23 0.71 0.83
5 A' 1560 1484 25.10 21.33 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1474 1403 2.89 14.30 0.68 0.81
7 A' 1463 1392 28.97 4.83 0.74 0.85
8 A' 1147 1091 25.04 4.43 0.55 0.71
9 A' 882 839 12.49 7.01 0.31 0.47
10 A' 494 470 9.77 1.47 0.47 0.64
11 A" 3152 2999 6.93 58.56 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1580 1503 11.60 19.32 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1185 1127 0.62 0.67 0.75 0.86
14 A" 831 790 2.29 8.09 0.75 0.86
15 A" 172 163 0.17 1.10 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12422.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11817.5 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
1.86638 0.32441 0.29153

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 0.000 0.468 0.000
C2 -0.972 -0.705 0.000
O3 1.246 0.364 0.000
H4 -0.494 1.456 0.000
H5 -0.407 -1.640 0.000
H6 -1.615 -0.656 0.887
H7 -1.615 -0.656 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52371.24991.10412.14692.15822.1582
C21.52372.46212.21271.09211.09631.0963
O31.24992.46212.05372.59753.16363.1636
H41.10412.21272.05373.09642.54952.5495
H52.14691.09212.59753.09641.79231.7923
H62.15821.09633.16362.54951.79231.7738
H72.15821.09633.16362.54951.79231.7738

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.200 C1 C2 H6 109.844
C1 C2 H7 109.844 C2 C1 O3 124.875
C2 C1 H4 113.757 O3 C1 H4 121.368
H5 C2 H6 109.971 H5 C2 H7 109.971
H6 C2 H7 107.997
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability