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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.931563
Energy at 298.15K-191.935002
HF Energy-191.931563
Nuclear repulsion energy102.208272
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 B3LYP/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 3190 3078 6.29      
2 A 3118 3009 15.95      
3 A 3078 2971 23.03      
4 A 3027 2921 37.90      
5 A 2234 2156 590.45      
6 A 1512 1459 3.80      
7 A 1483 1431 4.30      
8 A 1420 1370 13.41      
9 A 1415 1365 3.10      
10 A 1158 1117 0.43      
11 A 1082 1044 9.82      
12 A 1057 1020 0.18      
13 A 903 872 2.92      
14 A 656 633 5.55      
15 A 559 540 34.47      
16 A 525 507 20.19      
17 A 212 204 1.97      
18 A 156 151 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13391.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12922.8 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.31731 0.14914 0.13742

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.765 0.126 -0.000
C2 0.467 0.570 0.000
C3 1.683 -0.330 -0.000
O4 -1.863 -0.268 -0.000
H5 0.584 1.648 0.000
H6 1.417 -1.357 -0.264
H7 2.431 0.016 -0.722
H8 2.158 -0.353 0.987

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.30942.48941.16692.03312.65113.27773.1217
C21.30941.51212.47631.08462.16392.16392.1639
C32.48941.51213.54572.26311.09261.09581.0958
O41.16692.47633.54573.10763.46554.36284.1409
H52.03311.08462.26313.10763.12952.56862.7303
H62.65112.16391.09263.46553.12951.76691.7669
H73.27772.16391.09584.36282.56861.76691.7694
H83.12172.16391.09584.14092.73031.76691.7694

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.680 C1 C2 H5 115.938
C2 C1 O4 179.985 C2 C3 H6 111.338
C2 C3 H7 111.140 C2 C3 H8 111.139
C3 C2 H5 120.382 H6 C3 H7 107.685
H6 C3 H8 107.684 H7 C3 H8 107.679
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability