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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2OH (hydroxy acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS H in 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-227.819124
Energy at 298.15K-227.823986
Nuclear repulsion energy120.632095
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/6-311G*
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' 4119 3725 63.26      
2 A' 3182 2878 91.68      
3 A' 3150 2849 53.18      
4 A' 2007 1815 214.32      
5 A' 1633 1477 7.48      
6 A' 1593 1441 70.17      
7 A' 1529 1383 24.80      
8 A' 1407 1273 71.93      
9 A' 1252 1132 92.76      
10 A' 933 844 46.67      
11 A' 821 742 23.46      
12 A' 316 286 23.95      
13 A" 3198 2892 48.51      
14 A" 1376 1244 0.90      
15 A" 1234 1116 0.07      
16 A" 809 731 1.93      
17 A" 331 299 119.30      
18 A" 130 118 35.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14510.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13123.4 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.63767 0.21854 0.16776

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.925 0.000
C2 0.917 -0.270 0.000
O3 -1.335 0.564 0.000
O4 0.515 -1.383 0.000
H5 -1.405 -0.376 0.000
H6 0.236 1.528 0.875
H7 0.236 1.528 -0.875
H8 1.990 -0.055 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.50611.38312.36461.91511.08841.08842.2182
C21.50612.40161.18302.32472.11252.11251.0947
O31.38312.40162.68620.94282.04032.04033.3825
O42.36461.18302.68622.16873.05253.05251.9846
H51.91512.32470.94282.16872.66182.66183.4107
H61.08842.11252.04033.05252.66181.74912.5196
H71.08842.11252.04033.05252.66181.74912.5196
H82.21821.09473.38251.98463.41072.51962.5196

picture of hydroxy acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 122.665 C1 C2 H8 116.161
C1 O3 H5 109.386 C2 C1 O3 112.381
C2 C1 H6 107.934 C2 C1 H7 107.934
O3 C1 H6 110.722 O3 C1 H7 110.722
O4 C2 H8 121.174 H6 C1 H7 106.935
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.140      
2 C 0.151      
3 O -0.669      
4 O -0.394      
5 H 0.444      
6 H 0.213      
7 H 0.213      
8 H 0.181      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.160 1.424 0.000 2.587
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.942 4.653 0.000
y 4.653 -26.939 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.927
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.990 4.653 0.000
y 4.653 -3.504 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.514
Polar
3z2-r25.028
x2-y22.997
xy4.653
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.955 0.355 0.000
y 0.355 4.517 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.767


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