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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.849703
Energy at 298.15K-153.853616
HF Energy-153.849703
Nuclear repulsion energy70.013640
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 mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3169 3169 7.16 42.32 0.69 0.82
2 A' 3048 3048 1.67 188.67 0.01 0.01
3 A' 2897 2897 114.09 160.82 0.29 0.44
4 A' 1841 1841 198.20 12.70 0.48 0.64
5 A' 1458 1458 22.99 9.44 0.52 0.69
6 A' 1425 1425 10.68 2.85 0.33 0.50
7 A' 1376 1376 27.78 2.25 0.73 0.85
8 A' 1136 1136 24.90 2.63 0.19 0.31
9 A' 897 897 8.03 5.31 0.32 0.49
10 A' 510 510 13.48 1.29 0.29 0.46
11 A" 3110 3110 4.48 58.14 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1468 1468 10.76 3.66 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1139 1139 0.17 1.18 0.75 0.86
14 A" 773 773 1.64 2.92 0.75 0.86
15 A" 158 158 1.12 0.97 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12201.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12201.5 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 mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.92281 0.34174 0.30647

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.458 0.000
C2 -0.927 -0.715 0.000
O3 1.198 0.383 0.000
H4 -0.496 1.451 0.000
H5 -0.373 -1.650 0.000
H6 -1.578 -0.662 0.875
H7 -1.578 -0.662 -0.875

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49451.20051.10982.14022.12402.1240
C21.49452.39182.20801.08681.09241.0924
O31.20052.39182.00222.56923.09313.0931
H41.10982.20802.00223.10292.53052.5305
H52.14021.08682.56923.10291.78721.7872
H62.12401.09243.09312.53051.78721.7510
H72.12401.09243.09312.53051.78721.7510

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 111.032 C1 C2 H6 109.393
C1 C2 H7 109.393 C2 C1 O3 124.761
C2 C1 H4 115.154 O3 C1 H4 120.085
H5 C2 H6 110.193 H5 C2 H7 110.193
H6 C2 H7 106.529
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.267      
2 C -0.575      
3 O -1.106      
4 H 0.490      
5 H 0.313      
6 H 0.306      
7 H 0.306      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.853 -0.338 0.000 2.873
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.094 -0.775 0.000
y -0.775 -17.825 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.864
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.249 -0.775 0.000
y -0.775 1.654 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.596
Polar
3z2-r23.191
x2-y2-3.269
xy-0.775
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.333 0.217 0.000
y 0.217 4.609 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.540


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.559
(<r2>)1/2 6.823