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All results from a given calculation for CH3CO (Acetyl radical)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.222414
Energy at 298.15K-153.224672
HF Energy-153.222414
Nuclear repulsion energy62.924006
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' 847 819 5.31      
2 A' 468 452 4.96      
3 A" 3118 3013 4.26      
4 A" 1469 1420 14.52      
5 A" 962 929 0.00      
6 A" 108 104 1.26      
7 A' 3112 3007 13.07      
8 A' 3021 2920 12.95      
9 A' 1934 1869 149.22      
10 A' 1476 1427 23.47      
11 A' 1370 1323 16.92      
12 A' 1053 1018 14.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9468.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9149.5 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 B3LYP/6-311G*
ABC
2.80296 0.33206 0.31410

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 -0.965 -0.667 0.000
C2 0.000 0.501 0.000
O3 1.180 0.475 0.000
H4 -0.432 -1.623 0.000
H5 -1.609 -0.592 0.879
H6 -1.609 -0.592 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6
C11.51462.42941.09481.09231.0923
C21.51461.17992.16792.13462.1346
O32.42941.17992.64623.11273.1127
H41.09482.16792.64621.79471.7947
H51.09232.13463.11271.79471.7574
H61.09232.13463.11271.79471.7574

picture of Acetyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 128.308 C2 C1 H4 111.348
C2 C1 H5 108.854 C2 C1 H6 108.854
H4 C1 H5 110.280 H4 C1 H6 110.280
H5 C1 H6 107.113
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 -0.677      
2 C 0.177      
3 O -0.207      
4 H 0.225      
5 H 0.241      
6 H 0.241      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.015 -1.312 0.000 2.405
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.038 -0.161 0.000
y -0.161 -18.828 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.015
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.116 -0.161 0.000
y -0.161 -0.801 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.918
Polar
3z2-r23.835
x2-y2-0.210
xy-0.161
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.408 0.461 0.000
y 0.461 3.601 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.823


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 44.368
(<r2>)1/2 6.661