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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: HF/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 HF/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.694884
Energy at 298.15K-189.698620
Nuclear repulsion energy102.664379
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 HF/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' 3373 3054 8.06      
2 A' 3267 2958 19.18      
3 A' 3199 2897 30.60      
4 A' 2325 2106 758.13      
5 A' 1681 1522 5.70      
6 A' 1590 1440 12.34      
7 A' 1543 1397 2.38      
8 A' 1283 1162 8.55      
9 A' 1204 1090 7.48      
10 A' 951 861 6.09      
11 A' 736 667 9.33      
12 A' 253 229 3.40      
13 A" 3251 2944 25.73      
14 A" 1661 1504 8.53      
15 A" 1191 1078 2.28      
16 A" 742 672 125.01      
17 A" 599 542 0.93      
18 A" 149 135 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14498.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9056) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13129.7 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 HF/3-21G
ABC
1.31508 0.15072 0.13869

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.673 -0.373 0.000
C2 0.000 0.733 0.000
C3 1.518 0.790 0.000
O4 -1.277 -1.371 0.000
H5 -0.560 1.647 0.000
H6 1.951 -0.203 0.000
H7 1.877 1.313 0.879
H8 1.877 1.313 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.29452.48001.16642.02322.62893.18023.1802
C21.29451.51872.46091.07222.16342.15192.1519
C32.48001.51873.53232.24781.08311.08401.0840
O41.16642.46093.53233.10193.43214.23294.2329
H52.02321.07222.24783.10193.11882.61202.6120
H62.62892.16341.08313.43213.11881.75371.7537
H73.18022.15191.08404.23292.61201.75371.7582
H83.18022.15191.08404.23292.61201.75371.7582

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.469 C1 C2 H5 117.181
C2 C1 O4 179.854 C2 C3 H6 111.410
C2 C3 H7 110.426 C2 C3 H8 110.426
C3 C2 H5 119.349 H6 C3 H7 108.044
H6 C3 H8 108.044 H7 C3 H8 108.388
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.542      
2 C -0.354      
3 C -0.585      
4 O -0.555      
5 H 0.282      
6 H 0.219      
7 H 0.225      
8 H 0.225      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.314 1.771 0.000 2.205
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.051 -2.948 0.000
y -2.948 -25.597 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.184
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.339 -2.948 0.000
y -2.948 -0.980 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.360
Polar
3z2-r2-0.719
x2-y21.546
xy-2.948
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.642 1.662 0.000
y 1.662 5.484 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.400


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