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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS trans 1A'
1 2 no CS cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS trans)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.446868
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.810053
Nuclear repulsion energy102.766595
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 CCSD/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' 3257 3257 7.95      
2 A' 3208 3208 1.65      
3 A' 3161 3161 5.42      
4 A' 2948 2948 91.39      
5 A' 1821 1821 173.23      
6 A' 1695 1695 2.78      
7 A' 1473 1473 9.41      
8 A' 1412 1412 4.61      
9 A' 1303 1303 2.75      
10 A' 1181 1181 32.88      
11 A' 927 927 17.77      
12 A' 574 574 5.27      
13 A' 320 320 10.00      
14 A" 1034 1034 1.98      
15 A" 1016 1016 27.76      
16 A" 969 969 28.74      
17 A" 601 601 10.37      
18 A" 159 159 4.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13528.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13528.6 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 CCSD/6-311G**
ABC
1.58468 0.15426 0.14057

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.151 -0.755 0.000
C2 0.000 0.724 0.000
C3 1.216 1.290 0.000
O4 -1.218 -1.323 0.000
H5 0.806 -1.320 0.000
H6 -0.917 1.308 0.000
H7 1.350 2.367 0.000
H8 2.117 0.679 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48602.45931.20891.11132.20003.46422.6833
C21.48601.34112.38202.19661.08752.12722.1176
C32.45931.34113.57092.64182.13321.08591.0888
O41.20892.38203.57092.02352.64824.49643.8900
H51.11132.19662.64182.02353.14213.72732.3908
H62.20001.08752.13322.64823.14212.50303.0989
H73.46422.12721.08594.49643.72732.50301.8543
H82.68332.11761.08883.89002.39083.09891.8543

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.809 C1 C2 H6 116.646
C2 C1 O4 123.905 C2 C1 H5 114.740
C2 C3 H7 122.089 C2 C3 H8 120.905
C3 C2 H6 122.545 O4 C1 H5 121.355
H7 C3 H8 117.006
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.444623
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.807425
Nuclear repulsion energy104.352993
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 CCSD/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' 3270 3270 3.73      
2 A' 3198 3198 10.49      
3 A' 3172 3172 5.14      
4 A' 2971 2971 133.49      
5 A' 1817 1817 97.65      
6 A' 1695 1695 33.33      
7 A' 1455 1455 31.38      
8 A' 1448 1448 6.36      
9 A' 1317 1317 1.78      
10 A' 1075 1075 4.08      
11 A' 939 939 55.34      
12 A' 685 685 12.45      
13 A' 292 292 6.70      
14 A" 1033 1033 3.51      
15 A" 1018 1018 35.07      
16 A" 978 978 13.55      
17 A" 559 559 10.29      
18 A" 160 160 7.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13541.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13541.3 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 CCSD/6-311G**
ABC
0.75903 0.20736 0.16287

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.895 -0.297 0.000
C2 0.000 0.903 0.000
C3 1.335 0.773 0.000
O4 -0.495 -1.438 0.000
H5 -1.982 -0.078 0.000
H6 -0.478 1.880 0.000
H7 1.993 1.637 0.000
H8 1.786 -0.215 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49652.47271.20941.10882.21643.47532.6820
C21.49651.34092.39292.21151.08822.12412.1073
C32.47271.34092.87023.42402.12431.08591.0867
O41.20942.39292.87022.01473.31853.95552.5883
H51.10882.21153.42402.01472.46924.32943.7704
H62.21641.08822.12433.31852.46922.48383.0854
H73.47532.12411.08593.95554.32942.48381.8633
H82.68202.10731.08672.58833.77043.08541.8633

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.163 C1 C2 H6 117.204
C2 C1 O4 123.992 C2 C1 H5 115.369
C2 C3 H7 121.801 C2 C3 H8 120.104
C3 C2 H6 121.633 O4 C1 H5 120.639
H7 C3 H8 118.095
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability