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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS trans 1A'
1 2 no CS cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS trans)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.379100
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.775207
Nuclear repulsion energy102.774109
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/6-31+G**
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' 3323 3131 7.36      
2 A' 3269 3081 1.30      
3 A' 3225 3039 5.04      
4 A' 3028 2854 72.82      
5 A' 1837 1731 179.17      
6 A' 1727 1627 6.76      
7 A' 1504 1417 6.66      
8 A' 1433 1350 2.54      
9 A' 1331 1254 1.83      
10 A' 1210 1140 32.56      
11 A' 948 893 17.49      
12 A' 579 546 4.78      
13 A' 326 308 11.75      
14 A" 1032 972 6.52      
15 A" 1020 962 26.89      
16 A" 976 920 35.99      
17 A" 598 563 12.47      
18 A" 151 142 6.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13758.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12964.6 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 CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
1.59276 0.15427 0.14065

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.145 -0.751 0.000
C2 0.000 0.722 0.000
C3 1.214 1.291 0.000
O4 -1.219 -1.326 0.000
H5 0.799 -1.322 0.000
H6 -0.914 1.302 0.000
H7 1.343 2.364 0.000
H8 2.115 0.690 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47942.45251.21811.10372.19183.45212.6800
C21.47941.34042.38292.19441.08282.12172.1151
C32.45251.34043.57282.64592.12781.08081.0835
O41.21812.38293.57282.01792.64534.49223.8957
H51.10372.19442.64592.01793.13373.72622.4039
H62.19181.08282.12782.64533.13372.49483.0903
H73.45212.12171.08084.49223.72622.49481.8437
H82.68002.11511.08353.89572.40393.09031.8437

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.772 C1 C2 H6 116.762
C2 C1 O4 123.816 C2 C1 H5 115.550
C2 C3 H7 122.024 C2 C3 H8 121.151
C3 C2 H6 122.466 O4 C1 H5 120.635
H7 C3 H8 116.825
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.375967
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.772013
Nuclear repulsion energy104.327607
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/6-31+G**
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' 3335 3143 3.34      
2 A' 3255 3067 10.51      
3 A' 3234 3047 5.12      
4 A' 3048 2873 109.05      
5 A' 1832 1727 108.21      
6 A' 1734 1634 28.75      
7 A' 1485 1400 28.97      
8 A' 1469 1385 2.69      
9 A' 1344 1267 1.20      
10 A' 1099 1035 3.85      
11 A' 959 904 55.48      
12 A' 692 652 15.00      
13 A' 293 276 7.05      
14 A" 1028 968 0.86      
15 A" 1018 960 49.60      
16 A" 980 923 11.85      
17 A" 554 522 12.23      
18 A" 111 105 7.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13735.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12942.9 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/6-31+G**
ABC
0.76068 0.20693 0.16268

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.894 -0.292 0.000
C2 0.000 0.899 0.000
C3 1.334 0.778 0.000
O4 -0.496 -1.443 0.000
H5 -1.975 -0.082 0.000
H6 -0.480 1.871 0.000
H7 1.981 1.644 0.000
H8 1.796 -0.200 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48902.47151.21841.10152.20183.46552.6920
C21.48901.33992.39412.20591.08372.11602.1063
C32.47151.33992.87743.41972.11811.08091.0818
O41.21842.39412.87742.01033.31403.95742.6072
H51.10152.20593.41972.01032.46024.31633.7737
H62.20181.08372.11813.31402.46022.47083.0777
H73.46552.11601.08093.95744.31632.47081.8536
H82.69202.10631.08182.60723.77373.07771.8536

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.689 C1 C2 H6 116.825
C2 C1 O4 124.017 C2 C1 H5 115.953
C2 C3 H7 121.515 C2 C3 H8 120.499
C3 C2 H6 121.486 O4 C1 H5 120.030
H7 C3 H8 117.986
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability