return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.446059
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.786408
Nuclear repulsion energy101.795547
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(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3238 3117        
2 A' 3188 3068        
3 A' 3135 3017        
4 A' 2922 2812        
5 A' 1724 1660        
6 A' 1644 1582        
7 A' 1439 1386        
8 A' 1366 1315        
9 A' 1279 1231        
10 A' 1165 1122        
11 A' 911 877        
12 A' 561 540        
13 A' 314 303        
14 A" 999 962        
15 A" 986 950        
16 A" 961 925        
17 A" 596 574        
18 A" 161 155        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13295.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9625) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12797.0 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(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.55444 0.15171 0.13822

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.155 -0.751 0.000
C2 0.000 0.729 0.000
C3 1.237 1.290 0.000
O4 -1.238 -1.330 0.000
H5 0.805 -1.329 0.000
H6 -0.919 1.329 0.000
H7 1.383 2.376 0.000
H8 2.137 0.660 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48902.47111.22761.12022.21623.48492.6921
C21.48901.35852.40302.20991.09742.15002.1385
C32.47111.35853.60452.65412.15711.09561.0985
O41.22762.40303.60452.04262.67824.53893.9181
H51.12022.20992.65412.04263.16793.74932.3937
H62.21621.09742.15712.67823.16792.52883.1290
H73.48492.15001.09564.53893.74932.52881.8746
H82.69212.13851.09853.91812.39373.12901.8746

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.344 C1 C2 H6 117.131
C2 C1 O4 124.113 C2 C1 H5 115.040
C2 C3 H7 121.978 C2 C3 H8 120.637
C3 C2 H6 122.525 O4 C1 H5 120.847
H7 C3 H8 117.385
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.442871
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.782498
Nuclear repulsion energy103.319662
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(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3250 3128        
2 A' 3175 3056        
3 A' 3145 3027        
4 A' 2948 2838        
5 A' 1721 1656        
6 A' 1644 1582        
7 A' 1424 1371        
8 A' 1404 1351        
9 A' 1291 1243        
10 A' 1052 1013        
11 A' 930 895        
12 A' 666 641        
13 A' 279 268        
14 A" 995 958        
15 A" 988 951        
16 A" 964 928        
17 A" 545 524        
18 A" 142 136        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13280.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9625) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12782.9 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(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.74271 0.20371 0.15987

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.902 -0.290 0.000
C2 0.000 0.908 0.000
C3 1.352 0.776 0.000
O4 -0.505 -1.452 0.000
H5 -1.998 -0.071 0.000
H6 -0.480 1.895 0.000
H7 2.012 1.651 0.000
H8 1.807 -0.222 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49942.49361.22831.11752.22573.50132.7099
C21.49941.35822.41292.22511.09812.14482.1306
C32.49361.35822.90033.45562.14641.09561.0968
O41.22832.41292.90032.03413.34733.99492.6183
H51.11752.22513.45562.03412.48454.36433.8079
H62.22571.09812.14643.34732.48452.50383.1161
H73.50132.14481.09563.99494.36432.50381.8836
H82.70992.13061.09682.61833.80793.11611.8836

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.455 C1 C2 H6 117.090
C2 C1 O4 124.103 C2 C1 H5 115.716
C2 C3 H7 121.510 C2 C3 H8 120.046
C3 C2 H6 121.455 O4 C1 H5 120.180
H7 C3 H8 118.444
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability