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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

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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-152.055248
Energy at 298.15K-152.059268
HF Energy-152.055248
Nuclear repulsion energy69.820831
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' 3306 2984 9.69 47.98 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3200 2888 5.24 126.00 0.01 0.02
3 A' 3160 2852 95.30 88.64 0.49 0.66
4 A' 1926 1738 123.33 6.88 0.46 0.63
5 A' 1628 1470 22.47 26.78 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1564 1412 6.80 8.47 0.67 0.80
7 A' 1556 1404 31.89 4.85 0.74 0.85
8 A' 1222 1103 33.53 3.72 0.52 0.68
9 A' 941 849 8.58 8.00 0.25 0.41
10 A' 532 480 17.59 1.35 0.52 0.68
11 A" 3248 2932 8.88 70.80 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1646 1485 15.22 19.44 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1271 1147 1.60 0.91 0.75 0.86
14 A" 889 803 2.09 7.15 0.75 0.86
15 A" 161 145 1.03 1.03 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13124.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11846.2 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 HF/3-21G*
ABC
1.93218 0.33760 0.30338

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 0.000 0.463 0.000
C2 -0.937 -0.716 0.000
O3 1.206 0.385 0.000
H4 -0.496 1.430 0.000
H5 -0.374 -1.637 0.000
H6 -1.577 -0.678 0.876
H7 -1.577 -0.678 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50601.20851.08652.13352.13482.1348
C21.50602.40912.19021.08041.08561.0856
O31.20852.40911.99752.56573.10533.1053
H41.08652.19021.99753.06952.52552.5255
H52.13351.08042.56573.06951.77121.7712
H62.13481.08563.10532.52551.77121.7519
H72.13481.08563.10532.52551.77121.7519

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.066 C1 C2 H6 109.862
C1 C2 H7 109.862 C2 C1 O3 124.752
C2 C1 H4 114.336 O3 C1 H4 120.912
H5 C2 H6 109.716 H5 C2 H7 109.716
H6 C2 H7 107.581
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.340      
2 C -0.726      
3 O -0.517      
4 H 0.183      
5 H 0.250      
6 H 0.234      
7 H 0.234      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.979 -0.185 0.000 2.985
CHELPG -2.947 -0.200 0.000 2.954
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.569 -1.043 0.000
y -1.043 -17.888 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.953
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.649 -1.043 0.000
y -1.043 1.873 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.776
Polar
3z2-r23.552
x2-y2-3.681
xy-1.043
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.936 0.038 0.000
y 0.038 3.023 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.192


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.941
(<r2>)1/2 6.851