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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.686280
Energy at 298.15K-264.690463
HF Energy-264.138086
Nuclear repulsion energy157.691399
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 QCISD/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' 3142 3020 6.22      
2 A' 3047 2928 0.75      
3 A' 2970 2855 80.64      
4 A' 1705 1639 17.00      
5 A' 1658 1593 47.58      
6 A' 1538 1478 15.30      
7 A' 1461 1404 30.17      
8 A' 1372 1318 4.81      
9 A' 1215 1167 28.42      
10 A' 1019 980 1.11      
11 A' 756 727 12.92      
12 A' 574 552 7.97      
13 A' 466 448 18.92      
14 A' 253 243 18.19      
15 A" 3106 2985 4.40      
16 A" 1553 1493 11.34      
17 A" 1115 1072 4.04      
18 A" 958 921 0.00      
19 A" 501 481 0.01      
20 A" 191 184 15.04      
21 A" 91 88 2.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14345.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9611) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13787.7 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 QCISD/3-21G*
ABC
0.29748 0.14482 0.09922

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.867 -0.701 0.000
C2 0.000 0.568 0.000
C3 1.500 0.310 0.000
O4 -0.376 -1.842 0.000
O5 -0.554 1.682 0.000
H6 -1.951 -0.488 0.000
H7 2.040 1.263 0.000
H8 1.776 -0.278 0.886
H9 1.776 -0.278 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53642.57391.24312.40351.10473.50792.81972.8197
C21.53641.52242.43941.24502.21872.15492.15792.1579
C32.57391.52242.85522.47113.54261.09551.09891.0989
O41.24312.43942.85523.52952.07733.93442.80422.8042
O52.40351.24502.47113.52952.58142.62763.17223.1722
H61.10472.21873.54262.07732.58144.35823.83713.8371
H73.50792.15491.09553.93442.62764.35821.79771.7977
H82.81972.15791.09892.80423.17223.83711.79771.7728
H92.81972.15791.09892.80423.17223.83711.79771.7728

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 114.598 C1 C2 O5 119.200
C2 C1 O4 122.368 C2 C1 H6 113.283
C2 C3 H7 109.730 C2 C3 H8 109.763
C2 C3 H9 109.763 C3 C2 O5 126.203
O4 C1 H6 124.349 H7 C3 H8 110.012
H7 C3 H9 110.012 H8 C3 H9 107.530
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability