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All results from a given calculation for CH3COOH (Acetic acid)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-229.018220
Energy at 298.15K-229.023042
Nuclear repulsion energy121.315266
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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3780 3634 50.99      
2 A' 3191 3068 4.27      
3 A' 3067 2949 1.44      
4 A' 1863 1791 283.75      
5 A' 1463 1406 13.63      
6 A' 1409 1355 81.30      
7 A' 1347 1295 11.32      
8 A' 1216 1169 200.53      
9 A' 994 956 48.29      
10 A' 872 839 3.24      
11 A' 585 562 41.25      
12 A' 416 400 4.12      
13 A" 3142 3021 3.09      
14 A" 1469 1412 7.95      
15 A" 1061 1020 9.34      
16 A" 686 660 91.21      
17 A" 549 528 19.80      
18 A" 77 74 0.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13593.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13068.9 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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.37994 0.31670 0.17844

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.048 -0.922 0.000
C2 0.000 0.156 0.000
O3 0.203 1.342 0.000
H4 2.038 -0.467 0.000
H5 0.927 -1.559 0.880
H6 0.927 -1.559 -0.880
O7 -1.244 -0.369 0.000
H8 -1.847 0.388 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 O7 H8
C11.50342.41651.08891.09371.09372.35793.1777
C21.50341.20312.13102.13942.13941.35061.8619
O32.41651.20312.57723.11723.11722.24102.2615
H41.08892.13102.57721.78911.78913.28343.9781
H51.09372.13943.11721.78911.76082.62773.5017
H61.09372.13943.11721.78911.76082.62773.5017
O72.35791.35062.24103.28342.62772.62770.9677
H83.17771.86192.26153.97813.50173.50170.9677

picture of Acetic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 126.106 C1 C2 O7 111.302
C2 C1 H4 109.540 C2 C1 H5 109.919
C2 C1 H6 109.919 C2 O7 H8 105.667
O3 C2 O7 122.592 H4 C1 H5 110.108
H4 C1 H6 110.108 H5 C1 H6 107.219
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.537      
2 C 0.431      
3 O -0.352      
4 H 0.176      
5 H 0.177      
6 H 0.177      
7 O -0.389      
8 H 0.317      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.428 -1.563 0.000 1.620
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.713 -3.553 0.000
y -3.553 -26.201 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.476
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.625 -3.553 0.000
y -3.553 -5.106 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.481
Polar
3z2-r20.962
x2-y26.488
xy-3.553
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.688 -0.177 0.000
y -0.177 4.734 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.122


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 70.351
(<r2>)1/2 8.388