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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CHO (Propanal)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-193.194620
Energy at 298.15K-193.200939
HF Energy-193.194620
Nuclear repulsion energy118.313891
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/6-311G*
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' 3112 3008 27.77      
2 A' 3049 2947 21.22      
3 A' 3007 2906 30.99      
4 A' 2864 2768 164.37      
5 A' 1820 1759 156.04      
6 A' 1519 1468 9.51      
7 A' 1468 1418 16.93      
8 A' 1436 1387 15.77      
9 A' 1420 1372 2.02      
10 A' 1373 1326 12.03      
11 A' 1114 1077 15.76      
12 A' 1006 972 0.87      
13 A' 849 820 22.15      
14 A' 675 653 5.66      
15 A' 257 248 8.72      
16 A" 3116 3011 29.32      
17 A" 3025 2923 14.40      
18 A" 1513 1462 8.78      
19 A" 1291 1248 0.22      
20 A" 1150 1111 0.25      
21 A" 907 876 2.21      
22 A" 674 651 3.70      
23 A" 230 223 0.54      
24 A" 132 128 1.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18503.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17880.1 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 B3LYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.56054 0.19441 0.15237

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.457 0.463 0.000
C2 0.000 0.912 0.000
C3 -0.999 -0.222 0.000
O4 -0.715 -1.392 0.000
H5 2.131 1.324 0.000
H6 1.681 -0.145 0.878
H7 1.681 -0.145 -0.878
H8 -0.230 1.545 0.869
H9 -0.230 1.545 -0.869
H10 -2.067 0.096 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.52492.55002.85681.09241.09171.09172.18422.18423.5432
C21.52491.51082.41222.17002.17142.17141.09931.09932.2219
C32.55001.51081.20433.49022.82122.82122.11352.11351.1140
O42.85682.41221.20433.93342.84012.84013.10083.10082.0103
H51.09242.17003.49023.93341.76961.76962.52482.52484.3731
H61.09172.17142.82122.84011.76961.75662.55103.09203.8568
H71.09172.17142.82122.84011.76961.75663.09202.55103.8568
H82.18421.09932.11353.10082.52482.55103.09201.73792.4957
H92.18421.09932.11353.10082.52483.09202.55101.73792.4957
H103.54322.22191.11402.01034.37313.85683.85682.49572.4957

picture of Propanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 114.286 C1 C2 H8 111.656
C1 C2 H9 111.656 C2 C1 H5 110.938
C2 C1 H6 111.085 C2 C1 H7 111.085
C2 C3 O4 124.971 C2 C3 H10 114.824
C3 C2 H8 107.089 C3 C2 H9 107.089
O4 C3 H10 120.206 H5 C1 H6 108.232
H5 C1 H7 108.232 H6 C1 H7 107.120
H8 C2 H9 104.455
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.610      
2 C -0.480      
3 C 0.120      
4 O -0.278      
5 H 0.209      
6 H 0.219      
7 H 0.219      
8 H 0.224      
9 H 0.224      
10 H 0.155      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.086 2.578 0.000 2.579
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -0.065 2.559 0.000 2.559


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.438 -1.573 0.000
y -1.573 -28.600 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.428
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.076 -1.573 0.000
y -1.573 -4.167 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.091
Polar
3z2-r24.182
x2-y24.162
xy-1.573
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.909 -0.047 0.000
y -0.047 5.972 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.259


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 85.217
(<r2>)1/2 9.231