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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.920393
Energy at 298.15K-191.923757
HF Energy-191.920393
Nuclear repulsion energy101.700167
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 TPSSh/6-31G*
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 3208 3077 4.69      
2 A 3140 3012 20.75      
3 A 3096 2971 31.16      
4 A 3043 2919 45.26      
5 A 2212 2122 556.31      
6 A 1549 1486 4.64      
7 A 1525 1463 4.47      
8 A 1449 1390 16.95      
9 A 1421 1363 1.84      
10 A 1167 1119 0.59      
11 A 1094 1049 12.03      
12 A 1065 1021 0.17      
13 A 907 871 2.70      
14 A 640 614 6.00      
15 A 521 500 68.36      
16 A 513 492 0.41      
17 A 207 199 1.86      
18 A 148 142 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13451.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12905.5 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 TPSSh/6-31G*
ABC
1.30138 0.14786 0.13618

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.768 0.130 -0.000
C2 0.475 0.574 -0.000
C3 1.687 -0.335 0.000
O4 -1.872 -0.270 0.000
H5 0.601 1.653 0.000
H6 1.392 -1.388 -0.000
H7 2.309 -0.160 -0.887
H8 2.308 -0.161 0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.32032.49961.17332.04792.64023.21553.2153
C21.32031.51552.49361.08632.16562.16532.1653
C32.49961.51553.55962.26591.09361.09681.0968
O41.17332.49363.55963.13193.44954.27464.2743
H52.04791.08632.26593.13193.14232.64442.6446
H62.64022.16561.09363.44953.14231.77021.7702
H73.21552.16531.09684.27462.64441.77021.7741
H83.21532.16531.09684.27432.64461.77021.7741

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.489 C1 C2 H5 116.291
C2 C1 O4 179.723 C2 C3 H6 111.170
C2 C3 H7 110.950 C2 C3 H8 110.953
C3 C2 H5 120.219 H6 C3 H7 107.832
H6 C3 H8 107.833 H7 C3 H8 107.959
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.434      
2 C -0.289      
3 C -0.491      
4 O -0.389      
5 H 0.204      
6 H 0.176      
7 H 0.178      
8 H 0.178      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.774 0.448 0.000 1.830
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.366 0.672 0.000
y 0.672 4.033 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.020


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 87.515
(<r2>)1/2 9.355