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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/3-21G

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/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.860341
Energy at 298.15K-190.863867
Nuclear repulsion energy101.479210
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/3-21G
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' 3197 3085 6.41      
2 A' 3125 3015 15.41      
3 A' 3044 2937 31.33      
4 A' 2195 2118 440.93      
5 A' 1572 1517 6.97      
6 A' 1473 1421 9.03      
7 A' 1416 1367 1.54      
8 A' 1190 1149 4.23      
9 A' 1111 1072 12.19      
10 A' 900 869 3.53      
11 A' 677 653 6.50      
12 A' 229 221 1.31      
13 A" 3092 2983 23.31      
14 A" 1555 1501 8.12      
15 A" 1092 1054 0.06      
16 A" 633 611 80.03      
17 A" 542 523 10.43      
18 A" 143 138 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13593.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13116.2 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 B3LYP/3-21G
ABC
1.30044 0.14718 0.13560

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.673 -0.381 0.000
C2 0.000 0.741 0.000
C3 1.520 0.816 0.000
O4 -1.280 -1.404 0.000
H5 -0.568 1.665 0.000
H6 1.967 -0.183 0.000
H7 1.880 1.348 0.889
H8 1.880 1.348 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.30822.49881.18992.04912.64723.20893.2089
C21.30821.52222.49811.08512.17272.16602.1660
C32.49881.52223.57392.25451.09391.09651.0965
O41.18992.49813.57393.15133.46904.28384.2838
H52.04911.08512.25453.15133.13682.62312.6231
H62.64722.17271.09393.46903.13681.77251.7725
H73.20892.16601.09654.28382.62311.77251.7774
H83.20892.16601.09654.28382.62311.77251.7774

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.798 C1 C2 H5 117.472
C2 C1 O4 179.708 C2 C3 H6 111.244
C2 C3 H7 110.557 C2 C3 H8 110.557
C3 C2 H5 118.730 H6 C3 H7 108.042
H6 C3 H8 108.042 H7 C3 H8 108.290
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.409      
2 C -0.267      
3 C -0.568      
4 O -0.439      
5 H 0.240      
6 H 0.204      
7 H 0.211      
8 H 0.211      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.102 1.472 0.000 1.839
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.224 -2.255 0.000
y -2.255 -24.465 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.771
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.393 -2.255 0.000
y -2.255 -0.467 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.926
Polar
3z2-r2-1.852
x2-y21.240
xy-2.255
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.884 1.704 0.000
y 1.704 5.624 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.486


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 87.999
(<r2>)1/2 9.381