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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (Methyl glyoxal)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.595336
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-265.595336
Nuclear repulsion energy159.532554
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
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' 3206 3045 3.04      
2 A' 3088 2932 0.28      
3 A' 3007 2855 82.83      
4 A' 1780 1691 37.20      
5 A' 1758 1670 70.58      
6 A' 1512 1436 18.38      
7 A' 1448 1375 58.05      
8 A' 1379 1309 2.65      
9 A' 1235 1173 31.20      
10 A' 1028 976 3.38      
11 A' 791 752 14.72      
12 A' 587 558 8.08      
13 A' 473 449 19.66      
14 A' 260 247 20.76      
15 A" 3148 2989 0.50      
16 A" 1532 1455 17.31      
17 A" 1131 1074 8.20      
18 A" 965 916 0.66      
19 A" 517 491 0.25      
20 A" 199 189 15.45      
21 A" 33i 31i 3.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14505.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9496) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13774.2 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.30461 0.14829 0.10160

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.845 -0.699 0.000
C2 0.000 0.566 0.000
C3 1.478 0.317 0.000
O4 -0.359 -1.824 0.000
O5 -0.565 1.658 0.000
H6 -1.926 -0.481 0.000
H7 2.025 1.259 0.000
H8 1.751 -0.278 0.878
H9 1.751 -0.278 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52102.53531.22572.37371.10203.47472.77242.7724
C21.52101.49842.41651.23022.19192.14072.13272.1327
C32.53531.49842.82082.44403.49561.08981.09551.0955
O41.22572.41652.82083.48842.06323.89752.75872.7587
O52.37371.23022.44403.48842.53542.62123.14423.1442
H61.10202.19193.49562.06322.53544.31723.78503.7850
H73.47472.14071.08983.89752.62124.31721.79191.7919
H82.77242.13271.09552.75873.14423.78501.79191.7562
H92.77242.13271.09552.75873.14423.78501.79191.7562

picture of Methyl glyoxal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 114.204 C1 C2 O5 118.879
C2 C1 O4 122.869 C2 C1 H6 112.379
C2 C3 H7 110.608 C2 C3 H8 109.629
C2 C3 H9 109.629 C3 C2 O5 126.917
O4 C1 H6 124.751 H7 C3 H8 110.165
H7 C3 H9 110.165 H8 C3 H9 106.562
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.203      
2 C 0.333      
3 C -0.702      
4 O -0.410      
5 O -0.429      
6 H 0.223      
7 H 0.256      
8 H 0.263      
9 H 0.263      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.842 -0.116 0.000 0.850
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.959 1.799 0.000
y 1.799 -37.488 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.335
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.453 1.799 0.000
y 1.799 -10.841 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.388
Polar
3z2-r28.777
x2-y211.529
xy1.799
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.119 -0.494 0.000
y -0.494 5.793 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.781


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 111.398
(<r2>)1/2 10.555