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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.378412
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.052790
Nuclear repulsion energy68.579093
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 CCD/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' 3143 3056 10.89      
2 A' 3042 2958 2.45      
3 A' 2946 2865 103.40      
4 A' 1730 1682 43.99      
5 A' 1550 1507 16.14      
6 A' 1476 1436 3.76      
7 A' 1454 1414 25.49      
8 A' 1142 1110 24.67      
9 A' 882 858 10.02      
10 A' 496 482 11.16      
11 A" 3099 3013 9.71      
12 A" 1561 1518 11.21      
13 A" 1172 1139 0.29      
14 A" 824 801 2.43      
15 A" 169 164 0.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12342.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9723) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12000.9 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 CCD/3-21G
ABC
1.86447 0.32623 0.29306

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.470 0.000
C2 -0.963 -0.715 0.000
O3 1.235 0.376 0.000
H4 -0.499 1.457 0.000
H5 -0.389 -1.648 0.000
H6 -1.608 -0.673 0.890
H7 -1.608 -0.673 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.52671.23841.10592.15352.16412.1641
C21.52672.45312.22091.09561.09981.0998
O31.23842.45312.04342.59433.15773.1577
H41.10592.22092.04343.10712.56112.5611
H52.15351.09562.59433.10711.79661.7966
H62.16411.09983.15772.56111.79661.7797
H72.16411.09983.15772.56111.79661.7797

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 109.317 C1 C2 H6 109.903
C1 C2 H7 109.903 C2 C1 O3 124.709
C2 C1 H4 114.094 O3 C1 H4 121.197
H5 C2 H6 109.844 H5 C2 H7 109.844
H6 C2 H7 108.015
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability