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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.782370
Energy at 298.15K-153.786301
HF Energy-153.782370
Nuclear repulsion energy69.015034
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 B3LYP/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' 3168 3047 11.80 50.32 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3040 2924 3.08 136.44 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2954 2842 119.56 125.55 0.37 0.54
4 A' 1742 1676 118.90 4.54 0.51 0.68
5 A' 1504 1447 23.93 25.38 0.70 0.82
6 A' 1448 1393 7.55 11.84 0.66 0.80
7 A' 1433 1379 31.35 8.38 0.72 0.84
8 A' 1156 1112 28.01 3.87 0.50 0.67
9 A' 918 884 7.95 5.66 0.36 0.53
10 A' 511 492 13.39 1.77 0.55 0.71
11 A" 3101 2983 9.60 73.91 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1516 1458 14.67 18.24 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1155 1111 1.07 0.48 0.75 0.86
14 A" 807 776 2.39 8.11 0.75 0.86
15 A" 153 147 0.29 1.25 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12303.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11835.8 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 B3LYP/6-31G
ABC
1.87809 0.33241 0.29807

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.464 0.000
C2 -0.958 -0.694 0.000
O3 1.231 0.355 0.000
H4 -0.468 1.467 0.000
H5 -0.413 -1.641 0.000
H6 -1.611 -0.644 0.882
H7 -1.611 -0.644 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50331.23591.10672.14562.14472.1447
C21.50332.42732.21621.09211.09821.0982
O31.23592.42732.03092.58613.13863.1386
H41.10672.21622.03093.10862.55702.5570
H52.14561.09212.58613.10861.79041.7904
H62.14471.09823.13862.55701.79041.7632
H72.14471.09823.13862.55701.79041.7632

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.518 C1 C2 H6 110.078
C1 C2 H7 110.078 C2 C1 O3 124.497
C2 C1 H4 115.391 O3 C1 H4 120.112
H5 C2 H6 109.655 H5 C2 H7 109.655
H6 C2 H7 106.782
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.232      
2 C -0.478      
3 O -0.376      
4 H 0.111      
5 H 0.176      
6 H 0.168      
7 H 0.168      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.957 -0.240 0.000 2.967
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.246 -0.744 0.000
y -0.744 -17.764 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.749
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.489 -0.744 0.000
y -0.744 1.733 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.757
Polar
3z2-r23.513
x2-y2-3.481
xy-0.744
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.470 0.074 0.000
y 0.074 3.437 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.439


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.447
(<r2>)1/2 6.888