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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.056928
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.056928
Nuclear repulsion energy69.933885
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 LSDA/6-311G**
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' 3090 3052 3.61      
2 A' 2963 2926 0.20      
3 A' 2757 2723 144.24      
4 A' 1819 1796 174.79      
5 A' 1382 1365 22.65      
6 A' 1363 1346 15.40      
7 A' 1297 1281 56.60      
8 A' 1099 1085 22.34      
9 A' 877 866 5.72      
10 A' 494 488 12.56      
11 A" 3035 2997 0.80      
12 A" 1389 1372 17.25      
13 A" 1087 1074 1.02      
14 A" 738 729 2.27      
15 A" 164 162 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11775.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9877) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11630.5 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 LSDA/6-311G**
ABC
1.90125 0.34355 0.30761

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.455 0.000
C2 -0.927 -0.704 0.000
O3 1.200 0.372 0.000
H4 -0.505 1.463 0.000
H5 -0.362 -1.645 0.000
H6 -1.588 -0.652 0.882
H7 -1.588 -0.652 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48361.20331.12732.13132.12762.1276
C21.48362.38382.20701.09831.10361.1036
O31.20332.38382.02452.55173.09923.0992
H41.12732.20702.02453.11152.53462.5346
H52.13131.09832.55173.11151.80791.8079
H62.12761.10363.09922.53461.80791.7636
H72.12761.10363.09922.53461.80791.7636

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.386 C1 C2 H6 109.764
C1 C2 H7 109.764 C2 C1 O3 124.708
C2 C1 H4 114.724 O3 C1 H4 120.568
H5 C2 H6 110.383 H5 C2 H7 110.383
H6 C2 H7 106.073
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.086      
2 C -0.455      
3 O -0.240      
4 H 0.090      
5 H 0.172      
6 H 0.173      
7 H 0.173      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.652 -0.354 0.000 2.675
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.700 -0.709 0.000
y -0.709 -18.129 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.958
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.656 -0.709 0.000
y -0.709 1.200 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.456
Polar
3z2-r22.913
x2-y2-2.571
xy-0.709
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.849 0.132 0.000
y 0.132 4.246 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.924


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.511
(<r2>)1/2 6.820