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All results from a given calculation for CH3CO (Acetyl radical)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.248379
Energy at 298.15K-152.250563
HF Energy-152.248379
Nuclear repulsion energy62.167100
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/3-21G*
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' 3133 2967 2.73      
2 A' 3043 2883 2.28      
3 A' 1918 1816 90.72      
4 A' 1519 1439 25.78      
5 A' 1418 1343 24.15      
6 A' 1065 1008 16.54      
7 A' 814 771 5.23      
8 A' 436 413 4.47      
9 A" 3138 2972 0.00      
10 A" 1519 1439 18.87      
11 A" 998 945 1.16      
12 A" 81 77 2.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9540.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9036.6 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/3-21G*
ABC
2.83542 0.32097 0.30475

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.983 -0.676 0.000
C2 0.000 0.492 0.000
O3 1.201 0.489 0.000
H4 -0.465 -1.640 0.000
H5 -1.621 -0.586 0.884
H6 -1.621 -0.586 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6
C11.52692.47591.09431.09341.0934
C21.52691.20092.18172.13802.1380
O32.47591.20092.70333.14653.1465
H41.09432.18172.70331.79611.7961
H51.09342.13803.14651.79611.7679
H61.09342.13803.14651.79611.7679

picture of Acetyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 129.980 C2 C1 H4 111.617
C2 C1 H5 108.229 C2 C1 H6 108.229
H4 C1 H5 110.380 H4 C1 H6 110.380
H5 C1 H6 107.891
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.703      
2 C 0.355      
3 O -0.392      
4 H 0.237      
5 H 0.251      
6 H 0.251      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.146 -1.451 0.000 2.591
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.152 -0.188 0.000
y -0.188 -18.570 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.863
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.435 -0.188 0.000
y -0.188 -0.562 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.998
Polar
3z2-r23.995
x2-y2-0.582
xy-0.188
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.833 0.418 0.000
y 0.418 2.781 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.313


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 45.224
(<r2>)1/2 6.725