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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.807770
Energy at 298.15K-190.811121
Nuclear repulsion energy101.394636
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 LSDA/6-31G
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' 3138 3074 10.34      
2 A' 3092 3029 11.62      
3 A' 2980 2919 32.57      
4 A' 2178 2134 438.25      
5 A' 1488 1458 9.91      
6 A' 1405 1376 8.71      
7 A' 1388 1360 2.42      
8 A' 1159 1135 2.40      
9 A' 1072 1051 18.53      
10 A' 912 893 3.33      
11 A' 626 613 7.51      
12 A' 203 199 1.42      
13 A" 3051 2989 16.67      
14 A" 1467 1437 12.94      
15 A" 1038 1017 0.23      
16 A" 598 586 80.49      
17 A" 465 456 0.22      
18 A" 142 139 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13199.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9797) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12931.2 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 LSDA/6-31G
ABC
1.32552 0.14674 0.13552

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.660 -0.396 0.000
C2 0.000 0.739 0.000
C3 1.493 0.848 0.000
O4 -1.260 -1.431 0.000
H5 -0.600 1.657 0.000
H6 1.976 -0.143 0.000
H7 1.854 1.393 0.892
H8 1.854 1.393 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.31342.48721.19652.05362.64893.21243.2124
C21.31341.49732.51001.09622.16432.15892.1589
C32.48721.49733.57482.24431.10231.10551.1055
O41.19652.51003.57483.15763.48404.29814.2981
H52.05361.09622.24433.15763.14272.62482.6248
H62.64892.16431.10233.48403.14271.77981.7798
H73.21242.15891.10554.29812.62481.77981.7832
H83.21242.15891.10554.29812.62481.77981.7832

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 124.346 C1 C2 H5 116.625
C2 C1 O4 179.934 C2 C3 H6 111.825
C2 C3 H7 111.196 C2 C3 H8 111.196
C3 C2 H5 119.029 H6 C3 H7 107.446
H6 C3 H8 107.446 H7 C3 H8 107.515
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.227      
2 C -0.186      
3 C -0.534      
4 O -0.284      
5 H 0.210      
6 H 0.186      
7 H 0.190      
8 H 0.190      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.299 1.825 0.000 2.240
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.211 -2.475 0.000
y -2.475 -24.626 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.697
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.451 -2.475 0.000
y -2.475 -0.672 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.778
Polar
3z2-r2-1.557
x2-y21.415
xy-2.475
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.274 1.883 0.000
y 1.883 6.214 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.843


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000