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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2/aug-cc-pVQZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.598052
Energy at 298.15K-153.601974
HF Energy-152.986360
Nuclear repulsion energy69.814509
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/aug-cc-pVQZ
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' 3205 3043 4.46 37.50 0.73 0.85
2 A' 3073 2919 1.63 182.13 0.01 0.01
3 A' 2958 2809 100.33 155.86 0.27 0.42
4 A' 1770 1681 135.78 10.74 0.41 0.58
5 A' 1476 1402 22.83 9.06 0.53 0.69
6 A' 1428 1356 9.41 5.40 0.24 0.38
7 A' 1386 1316 21.40 1.35 0.73 0.84
8 A' 1143 1085 21.77 3.07 0.16 0.27
9 A' 904 859 6.83 5.53 0.29 0.44
10 A' 508 482 12.74 1.51 0.28 0.44
11 A" 3156 2997 3.38 52.87 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1489 1414 10.12 3.49 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1135 1078 0.00 0.89 0.75 0.86
14 A" 777 738 1.53 2.75 0.75 0.86
15 A" 157 149 1.38 0.83 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12281.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9497) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11664.1 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/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
1.90569 0.34052 0.30507

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVQZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.461 0.000
C2 -0.939 -0.704 0.000
O3 1.208 0.366 0.000
H4 -0.476 1.458 0.000
H5 -0.388 -1.638 0.000
H6 -1.584 -0.646 0.876
H7 -1.584 -0.646 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49591.21181.10462.13522.12162.1216
C21.49592.39822.21021.08471.08951.0895
O31.21182.39822.00752.56213.09603.0960
H41.10462.21022.00753.09742.53342.5334
H52.13521.08472.56213.09741.78391.7839
H62.12161.08953.09602.53341.78391.7516
H72.12161.08953.09602.53341.78391.7516

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.655 C1 C2 H6 109.285
C1 C2 H7 109.285 C2 C1 O3 124.339
C2 C1 H4 115.589 O3 C1 H4 120.072
H5 C2 H6 110.265 H5 C2 H7 110.265
H6 C2 H7 107.006
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability