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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-226.957265
Energy at 298.15K-226.962129
HF Energy-226.529322
Nuclear repulsion energy118.764900
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 MP2/3-21G
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' 3501 3342 16.15      
2 A' 3219 3072 5.03      
3 A' 3116 2974 1.05      
4 A' 1753 1673 129.80      
5 A' 1575 1503 21.80      
6 A' 1479 1411 29.42      
7 A' 1389 1326 35.53      
8 A' 1186 1132 152.68      
9 A' 1010 964 140.79      
10 A' 830 792 3.84      
11 A' 567 541 42.31      
12 A' 408 390 3.59      
13 A" 3186 3041 3.37      
14 A" 1582 1510 9.31      
15 A" 1132 1080 7.30      
16 A" 662 632 135.33      
17 A" 554 529 31.32      
18 A" 112 107 0.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13629.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13008.8 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
0.35768 0.30909 0.17113

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.156 -0.813 0.000
C2 0.000 0.167 0.000
O3 0.050 1.402 0.000
H4 2.093 -0.257 0.000
H5 1.092 -1.451 0.886
H6 1.092 -1.451 -0.886
O7 -1.208 -0.539 0.000
H8 -1.947 0.129 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 O7 H8
C11.51582.47661.09001.09321.09322.37953.2429
C21.51581.23612.13542.14412.14411.39901.9474
O32.47661.23612.63203.16463.16462.31282.3680
H41.09002.13542.63201.79231.79233.31284.0583
H51.09322.14413.16461.79231.77142.62833.5384
H61.09322.14413.16461.79231.77142.62833.5384
O72.37951.39902.31283.31282.62832.62830.9963
H83.24291.94742.36804.05833.53843.53840.9963

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 128.014 C1 C2 O7 109.381
C2 C1 H4 108.970 C2 C1 H5 109.462
C2 C1 H6 109.462 C2 O7 H8 107.593
O3 C2 O7 122.605 H4 C1 H5 110.353
H4 C1 H6 110.353 H5 C1 H6 108.225
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at MP2/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.619     -0.560
2 C 0.602     0.789
3 O -0.450     -0.493
4 H 0.219     0.144
5 H 0.229     0.170
6 H 0.229     0.170
7 O -0.575     -0.648
8 H 0.366     0.426


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.224 -1.110 0.000 1.132
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -0.216 -1.110 0.000 1.130


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.686 -3.111 0.000
y -3.111 -28.034 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.074
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.868 -3.111 0.000
y -3.111 -6.654 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.786
Polar
3z2-r21.573
x2-y28.348
xy-3.111
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.062 -0.028 0.000
y -0.028 4.161 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.258


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.147
(<r2>)1/2 8.553