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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.507399
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.781999
Nuclear repulsion energy103.315258
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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3300 3107 3.73      
2 A' 3251 3061 0.64      
3 A' 3205 3018 2.69      
4 A' 2974 2800 73.71      
5 A' 1844 1736 173.54      
6 A' 1710 1611 2.12      
7 A' 1487 1400 8.74      
8 A' 1427 1344 5.17      
9 A' 1316 1239 2.32      
10 A' 1195 1125 31.46      
11 A' 936 882 17.52      
12 A' 576 542 4.97      
13 A' 320 301 9.96      
14 A" 1058 996 1.41      
15 A" 1046 985 16.60      
16 A" 1006 948 29.94      
17 A" 621 585 7.81      
18 A" 167 157 4.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13719.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9416) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12918.1 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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.60573 0.15590 0.14210

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.153 -0.745 0.000
C2 0.000 0.722 0.000
C3 1.211 1.279 0.000
O4 -1.212 -1.319 0.000
H5 0.803 -1.303 0.000
H6 -0.912 1.305 0.000
H7 1.355 2.350 0.000
H8 2.105 0.667 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47532.44031.20471.10672.18613.44262.6633
C21.47531.33252.37402.17861.08232.11752.1059
C32.44031.33253.55222.61362.12291.08091.0835
O41.20472.37403.55222.01512.64114.47753.8664
H51.10672.17862.61362.01513.12133.69432.3615
H62.18611.08232.12292.64113.12132.49573.0839
H73.44262.11751.08094.47753.69432.49571.8427
H82.66332.10591.08353.86642.36153.08391.8427

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.629 C1 C2 H6 116.631
C2 C1 O4 124.398 C2 C1 H5 114.322
C2 C3 H7 122.323 C2 C3 H8 120.955
C3 C2 H6 122.740 O4 C1 H5 121.280
H7 C3 H8 116.722
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.505053
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.778850
Nuclear repulsion energy104.945510
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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3311 3118 1.28      
2 A' 3242 3053 7.27      
3 A' 3213 3026 2.50      
4 A' 2997 2822 110.89      
5 A' 1835 1728 91.24      
6 A' 1710 1610 34.77      
7 A' 1468 1382 26.33      
8 A' 1458 1372 12.43      
9 A' 1336 1258 1.71      
10 A' 1087 1023 4.67      
11 A' 955 899 52.82      
12 A' 689 649 12.97      
13 A' 290 273 6.85      
14 A" 1062 1000 5.84      
15 A" 1044 983 23.55      
16 A" 1017 957 13.35      
17 A" 579 545 7.54      
18 A" 167 158 6.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13729.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9416) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12927.9 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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.76614 0.21018 0.16493

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.887 -0.291 0.000
C2 0.000 0.899 0.000
C3 1.326 0.766 0.000
O4 -0.493 -1.431 0.000
H5 -1.970 -0.072 0.000
H6 -0.477 1.871 0.000
H7 1.988 1.621 0.000
H8 1.770 -0.220 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48432.45271.20591.10432.20063.45272.6585
C21.48431.33222.38092.19581.08292.11492.0941
C32.45271.33222.85193.40032.11401.08091.0820
O41.20592.38092.85192.00683.30153.93232.5664
H51.10432.19583.40032.00682.45014.30423.7428
H62.20061.08292.11403.30152.45012.47743.0695
H73.45272.11491.08093.93234.30422.47741.8536
H82.65852.09411.08202.56643.74283.06951.8536

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.014 C1 C2 H6 117.156
C2 C1 O4 124.184 C2 C1 H5 115.266
C2 C3 H7 122.080 C2 C3 H8 119.961
C3 C2 H6 121.830 O4 C1 H5 120.550
H7 C3 H8 117.959
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability