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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.982628
Energy at 298.15K-152.986538
HF Energy-152.982628
Nuclear repulsion energy68.739376
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 TPSSh/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' 3156 3048 11.50 50.10 0.70 0.82
2 A' 3036 2932 1.87 115.43 0.02 0.03
3 A' 2886 2787 142.19 123.50 0.36 0.53
4 A' 1724 1665 86.20 2.63 0.46 0.63
5 A' 1520 1468 24.32 26.63 0.71 0.83
6 A' 1448 1398 3.80 12.27 0.69 0.81
7 A' 1425 1376 33.60 8.17 0.73 0.85
8 A' 1128 1090 28.37 3.60 0.52 0.68
9 A' 870 840 13.80 5.95 0.31 0.48
10 A' 481 464 10.13 1.38 0.54 0.70
11 A" 3088 2982 7.75 70.56 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1541 1488 13.81 18.88 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1154 1115 0.92 0.84 0.75 0.86
14 A" 806 779 3.88 7.71 0.75 0.86
15 A" 165 159 0.02 1.19 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12213.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11794.6 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 TPSSh/3-21G*
ABC
1.88659 0.32734 0.29432

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.463 0.000
C2 -0.957 -0.715 0.000
O3 1.233 0.381 0.000
H4 -0.517 1.445 0.000
H5 -0.397 -1.654 0.000
H6 -1.607 -0.663 0.885
H7 -1.607 -0.663 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51751.23601.10922.15352.15232.1523
C21.51752.44862.20401.09291.09951.0995
O31.23602.44862.04792.60673.15233.1523
H41.10922.20402.04793.10052.53242.5324
H52.15351.09292.60673.10051.79701.7970
H62.15231.09953.15232.53241.79701.7704
H72.15231.09953.15232.53241.79701.7704

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.108 C1 C2 H6 109.620
C1 C2 H7 109.620 C2 C1 O3 125.251
C2 C1 H4 113.168 O3 C1 H4 121.581
H5 C2 H6 110.102 H5 C2 H7 110.102
H6 C2 H7 107.241
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.235      
2 C -0.696      
3 O -0.411      
4 H 0.168      
5 H 0.239      
6 H 0.232      
7 H 0.232      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.541 -0.279 0.000 2.556
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.139 0.119 0.000
y 0.119 3.367 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.291


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.748
(<r2>)1/2 6.910