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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2OH (hydroxy acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS H in 1A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-229.036744
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-229.036744
Nuclear repulsion energy120.107579
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 M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3800 3800 79.08 38.62 0.09 0.16
2 A' 3013 3013 57.95 178.40 0.02 0.03
3 A' 2979 2979 42.60 94.21 0.50 0.66
4 A' 1864 1864 164.30 13.36 0.22 0.36
5 A' 1489 1489 17.61 9.71 0.49 0.66
6 A' 1445 1445 37.33 5.92 0.35 0.52
7 A' 1400 1400 26.44 4.96 0.43 0.61
8 A' 1308 1308 44.18 0.74 0.75 0.86
9 A' 1171 1171 95.01 2.12 0.68 0.81
10 A' 884 884 44.82 6.25 0.28 0.44
11 A' 772 772 13.06 2.11 0.75 0.85
12 A' 303 303 21.48 0.50 0.10 0.19
13 A" 3034 3034 12.40 69.86 0.75 0.86
14 A" 1266 1266 1.11 3.58 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1119 1119 0.24 1.24 0.75 0.86
16 A" 726 726 0.02 2.77 0.75 0.86
17 A" 403 403 94.31 0.00 0.75 0.86
18 A" 217 217 3.42 0.53 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13596.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13596.1 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 M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.62299 0.22026 0.16779

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 -0.929 0.000
C2 -0.923 0.259 0.000
O3 1.338 -0.553 0.000
O4 -0.506 1.383 0.000
H5 1.364 0.413 0.000
H6 -0.242 -1.539 0.880
H7 -0.242 -1.539 -0.880
H8 -2.006 0.044 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.50391.39042.36711.91331.09781.09782.2294
C21.50392.40211.19942.29142.11402.11401.1041
O31.39042.40212.67380.96592.06022.06023.3969
O42.36711.19942.67382.10643.06323.06322.0105
H51.91332.29140.96592.10642.67612.67613.3894
H61.09782.11402.06023.06322.67611.76082.5283
H71.09782.11402.06023.06322.67611.76082.5283
H82.22941.10413.39692.01053.38942.52832.5283

picture of hydroxy acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.834 C1 C2 H8 116.645
C1 O3 H5 107.209 C2 C1 O3 112.127
C2 C1 H6 107.666 C2 C1 H7 107.666
O3 C1 H6 111.244 O3 C1 H7 111.244
O4 C2 H8 121.521 H6 C1 H7 106.637
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.035      
2 C 0.466      
3 O -0.697      
4 O -0.685      
5 H 0.296      
6 H 0.204      
7 H 0.204      
8 H 0.176      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.001 -1.511 0.000 2.507
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.231 3.909 0.000
y 3.909 -26.348 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.377
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.632 3.909 0.000
y 3.909 -2.544 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.913
Polar
3z2-r23.825
x2-y22.117
xy3.909
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.194 0.109 0.000
y 0.109 5.577 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.765


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 72.671
(<r2>)1/2 8.525