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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.672427
Energy at 298.15K-153.676349
HF Energy-153.672427
Nuclear repulsion energy69.689073
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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3182 3060 7.20 43.38 0.72 0.83
2 A' 3048 2931 1.67 192.53 0.01 0.01
3 A' 2914 2802 114.89 162.48 0.29 0.45
4 A' 1835 1765 196.81 12.57 0.52 0.69
5 A' 1427 1372 22.20 11.15 0.49 0.66
6 A' 1410 1355 11.78 1.68 0.35 0.52
7 A' 1349 1298 28.81 2.24 0.75 0.86
8 A' 1128 1085 22.51 3.03 0.18 0.31
9 A' 901 867 5.77 5.12 0.33 0.50
10 A' 505 486 13.98 1.20 0.32 0.48
11 A" 3124 3004 4.48 59.68 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1436 1381 10.84 3.85 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1122 1079 0.11 1.38 0.75 0.86
14 A" 763 733 1.72 2.99 0.75 0.86
15 A" 165 158 1.10 1.07 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12154.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11688.0 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.89643 0.33969 0.30442

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.459 0.000
C2 -0.933 -0.711 0.000
O3 1.205 0.376 0.000
H4 -0.490 1.463 0.000
H5 -0.375 -1.654 0.000
H6 -1.589 -0.654 0.882
H7 -1.589 -0.654 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49671.20801.11762.14622.13102.1310
C21.49672.39892.21921.09531.10071.1007
O31.20802.39892.01402.57323.10573.1057
H41.11762.21922.01403.11952.54332.5433
H52.14621.09532.57323.11951.80281.8028
H62.13101.10073.10572.54331.80281.7648
H72.13101.10073.10572.54331.80281.7648

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.836 C1 C2 H6 109.310
C1 C2 H7 109.310 C2 C1 O3 124.643
C2 C1 H4 115.411 O3 C1 H4 119.946
H5 C2 H6 110.354 H5 C2 H7 110.354
H6 C2 H7 106.576
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.655      
2 C 0.206      
3 O -0.500      
4 H -0.160      
5 H -0.114      
6 H -0.044      
7 H -0.044      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.882 -0.325 0.000 2.901
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.274 -0.762 0.000
y -0.762 -17.929 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.949
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.335 -0.762 0.000
y -0.762 1.682 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.652
Polar
3z2-r23.305
x2-y2-3.345
xy-0.762
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.412 0.206 0.000
y 0.206 4.622 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.529


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.892
(<r2>)1/2 6.848