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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.599704
Energy at 298.15K-153.603643
HF Energy-153.599704
Nuclear repulsion energy69.243133
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3201 3060 8.29 49.43 0.73 0.84
2 A' 3064 2929 2.20 138.28 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2990 2858 111.06 123.09 0.37 0.54
4 A' 1774 1696 124.75 5.30 0.51 0.67
5 A' 1504 1437 26.82 25.28 0.70 0.82
6 A' 1453 1389 7.36 10.64 0.65 0.79
7 A' 1435 1372 39.69 7.55 0.73 0.85
8 A' 1167 1116 29.40 3.40 0.45 0.63
9 A' 936 895 6.32 5.50 0.37 0.54
10 A' 515 492 13.77 1.71 0.54 0.70
11 A" 3139 3000 5.75 72.62 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1515 1448 17.84 17.48 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1161 1110 1.21 0.56 0.75 0.86
14 A" 810 775 3.62 7.73 0.75 0.86
15 A" 151 145 0.28 1.20 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12408.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9559) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11860.9 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G
ABC
1.88488 0.33532 0.30054

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.463 0.000
C2 -0.955 -0.688 0.000
O3 1.227 0.350 0.000
H4 -0.464 1.466 0.000
H5 -0.412 -1.635 0.000
H6 -1.607 -0.638 0.881
H7 -1.607 -0.638 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49531.23241.10542.13762.13772.1377
C21.49532.41622.20961.09151.09731.0973
O31.23242.41622.02612.57383.12813.1281
H41.10542.20962.02613.10152.55142.5514
H52.13761.09152.57383.10151.78881.7888
H62.13771.09733.12812.55141.78881.7612
H72.13771.09733.12812.55141.78881.7612

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.483 C1 C2 H6 110.141
C1 C2 H7 110.141 C2 C1 O3 124.420
C2 C1 H4 115.528 O3 C1 H4 120.052
H5 C2 H6 109.627 H5 C2 H7 109.627
H6 C2 H7 106.747
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.221      
2 C -0.578      
3 O -0.390      
4 H 0.141      
5 H 0.208      
6 H 0.199      
7 H 0.199      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.021 -0.228 0.000 3.030
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.198 -0.761 0.000
y -0.761 -17.656 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.742
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.499 -0.761 0.000
y -0.761 1.815 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.685
Polar
3z2-r23.369
x2-y2-3.543
xy-0.761
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.453 0.069 0.000
y 0.069 3.402 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.436


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.143
(<r2>)1/2 6.866