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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G

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)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.097496
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.672330
Nuclear repulsion energy101.195935
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 QCISD/6-31G
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' 3212 3095 14.69      
2 A' 3158 3043 2.31      
3 A' 3118 3004 7.88      
4 A' 2944 2836 82.20      
5 A' 1693 1632 44.29      
6 A' 1634 1575 75.22      
7 A' 1482 1428 1.51      
8 A' 1415 1363 4.17      
9 A' 1322 1274 1.53      
10 A' 1195 1151 25.84      
11 A' 940 906 21.59      
12 A' 567 546 5.76      
13 A' 322 311 10.61      
14 A" 1001 965 31.10      
15 A" 984 948 2.15      
16 A" 973 938 31.00      
17 A" 590 569 11.78      
18 A" 156 150 6.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13353.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12867.2 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 QCISD/6-31G
ABC
1.56728 0.14946 0.13645

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.130 -0.759 0.000
C2 0.000 0.723 0.000
C3 1.215 1.326 0.000
O4 -1.234 -1.358 0.000
H5 0.821 -1.333 0.000
H6 -0.932 1.295 0.000
H7 1.329 2.412 0.000
H8 2.144 0.745 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48712.48091.25651.11092.20513.48972.7255
C21.48711.35672.41902.21361.09402.14892.1439
C32.48091.35673.63342.68792.14781.09171.0955
O41.25652.41903.63342.05572.66994.55813.9787
H51.11092.21362.68792.05573.15943.77882.4626
H62.20511.09402.14782.66993.15942.52163.1250
H73.48972.14891.09174.55813.77882.52161.8558
H82.72552.14391.09553.97872.46263.12501.8558

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.403 C1 C2 H6 116.541
C2 C1 O4 123.476 C2 C1 H5 116.115
C2 C3 H7 122.353 C2 C3 H8 121.548
C3 C2 H6 122.056 O4 C1 H5 120.409
H7 C3 H8 116.098
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.095765
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.670420
Nuclear repulsion energy102.756850
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 QCISD/6-31G
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' 3222 3105 8.46      
2 A' 3147 3033 10.76      
3 A' 3128 3014 8.40      
4 A' 2975 2867 113.71      
5 A' 1687 1626 5.93      
6 A' 1625 1566 75.35      
7 A' 1478 1424 26.85      
8 A' 1435 1383 5.24      
9 A' 1339 1290 2.22      
10 A' 1098 1058 5.94      
11 A' 940 905 52.37      
12 A' 685 660 10.13      
13 A' 292 281 8.37      
14 A" 1001 965 52.52      
15 A" 991 955 2.67      
16 A" 973 938 2.21      
17 A" 559 539 11.03      
18 A" 157 151 8.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13365.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12879.1 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 QCISD/6-31G
ABC
0.73215 0.20210 0.15838

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.908 -0.279 0.000
C2 0.000 0.910 0.000
C3 1.351 0.783 0.000
O4 -0.502 -1.469 0.000
H5 -1.995 -0.068 0.000
H6 -0.480 1.894 0.000
H7 2.016 1.649 0.000
H8 1.819 -0.205 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49582.49561.25811.10762.21423.50192.7276
C21.49581.35682.43202.22241.09482.14692.1336
C32.49561.35682.91643.45272.14181.09201.0935
O41.25812.43202.91642.04773.36344.00792.6426
H51.10762.22243.45272.04772.47914.36333.8165
H62.21421.09482.14183.36342.47912.50823.1133
H73.50192.14691.09204.00794.36332.50821.8648
H82.72762.13361.09352.64263.81653.11331.8648

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.986 C1 C2 H6 116.605
C2 C1 O4 123.806 C2 C1 H5 116.433
C2 C3 H7 122.136 C2 C3 H8 120.722
C3 C2 H6 121.409 O4 C1 H5 119.761
H7 C3 H8 117.142
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability