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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCD/cc-pVTZ

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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.556870
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.834034
Nuclear repulsion energy103.318517
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/cc-pVTZ
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' 3268 3051 4.64      
2 A' 3224 3010 0.68      
3 A' 3173 2962 3.42      
4 A' 2965 2769 74.03      
5 A' 1850 1727 175.95      
6 A' 1716 1602 3.07      
7 A' 1482 1383 9.19      
8 A' 1417 1323 4.58      
9 A' 1314 1227 2.85      
10 A' 1190 1111 33.19      
11 A' 934 872 16.88      
12 A' 578 540 4.57      
13 A' 321 300 10.89      
14 A" 1049 980 3.72      
15 A" 1039 970 15.85      
16 A" 1006 939 38.67      
17 A" 618 577 10.28      
18 A" 163 152 5.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13652.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9337) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12747.2 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.60091 0.15597 0.14213

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.151 -0.748 0.000
C2 0.000 0.723 0.000
C3 1.210 1.280 0.000
O4 -1.212 -1.318 0.000
H5 0.799 -1.311 0.000
H6 -0.910 1.307 0.000
H7 1.350 2.351 0.000
H8 2.102 0.665 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47812.44181.20411.10472.19033.44262.6591
C21.47811.33222.37312.18481.08132.11472.1026
C32.44181.33223.55132.62262.12021.08011.0829
O41.20412.37313.55132.01102.64224.47423.8614
H51.10472.18482.62262.01103.12633.70242.3663
H62.19031.08132.12022.64223.12632.48893.0793
H73.44262.11471.08014.47423.70242.48891.8459
H82.65912.10261.08293.86142.36633.07931.8459

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.576 C1 C2 H6 116.844
C2 C1 O4 124.131 C2 C1 H5 114.776
C2 C3 H7 122.128 C2 C3 H8 120.709
C3 C2 H6 122.580 O4 C1 H5 121.092
H7 C3 H8 117.163
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.553760
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.830396
Nuclear repulsion energy104.876441
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/cc-pVTZ
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' 3280 3062 1.77      
2 A' 3213 3000 8.42      
3 A' 3182 2971 3.39      
4 A' 2990 2791 112.03      
5 A' 1845 1723 100.18      
6 A' 1720 1606 28.43      
7 A' 1464 1367 37.30      
8 A' 1455 1359 0.75      
9 A' 1331 1242 1.45      
10 A' 1084 1012 3.95      
11 A' 948 885 55.15      
12 A' 691 645 14.25      
13 A' 291 271 6.67      
14 A" 1051 981 4.51      
15 A" 1037 968 31.55      
16 A" 1017 949 15.56      
17 A" 573 535 10.24      
18 A" 140 131 6.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13655.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9337) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12749.7 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.76999 0.20890 0.16432

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.889 -0.297 0.000
C2 0.000 0.897 0.000
C3 1.326 0.775 0.000
O4 -0.491 -1.434 0.000
H5 -1.970 -0.085 0.000
H6 -0.478 1.868 0.000
H7 1.974 1.640 0.000
H8 1.780 -0.206 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48832.46081.20481.10192.20293.45632.6704
C21.48831.33172.38222.20181.08202.10922.0940
C32.46081.33172.86083.40712.10921.08011.0812
O41.20482.38222.86082.00153.30163.94012.5819
H51.10192.20183.40712.00152.45794.30533.7523
H62.20291.08202.10923.30162.45792.46303.0658
H73.45632.10921.08013.94014.30532.46301.8557
H82.67042.09401.08122.58193.75233.06581.8557

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.431 C1 C2 H6 117.101
C2 C1 O4 124.056 C2 C1 H5 115.622
C2 C3 H7 121.630 C2 C3 H8 120.056
C3 C2 H6 121.468 O4 C1 H5 120.321
H7 C3 H8 118.314
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability