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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-42.297581
Energy at 298.15K-42.306345
Nuclear repulsion energy96.575950
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 HF/CEP-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' 3280 2945 87.49      
2 A' 3249 2918 18.95      
3 A' 3214 2887 72.48      
4 A' 3208 2881 54.61      
5 A' 3162 2839 125.94      
6 A' 1998 1794 247.57      
7 A' 1634 1468 4.71      
8 A' 1617 1452 1.24      
9 A' 1593 1431 9.20      
10 A' 1563 1404 7.90      
11 A' 1538 1382 1.43      
12 A' 1522 1367 22.34      
13 A' 1427 1282 0.60      
14 A' 1219 1095 9.91      
15 A' 1116 1003 1.04      
16 A' 1027 922 4.79      
17 A' 918 824 2.21      
18 A' 729 655 24.02      
19 A' 363 326 1.50      
20 A' 204 183 10.28      
21 A" 3301 2964 124.45      
22 A" 3265 2932 21.76      
23 A" 3240 2910 26.05      
24 A" 1626 1460 5.88      
25 A" 1434 1288 0.41      
26 A" 1362 1223 0.13      
27 A" 1251 1124 0.01      
28 A" 1022 918 0.16      
29 A" 836 751 0.51      
30 A" 712 639 2.04      
31 A" 259 233 0.01      
32 A" 169 152 4.49      
33 A" 89 80 3.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26574.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23863.6 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 HF/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.50666 0.08379 0.07487

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.242 -0.461 0.000
H2 2.729 -1.437 0.000
H3 2.586 0.085 0.883
H4 2.586 0.085 -0.883
C5 0.709 -0.613 0.000
H6 0.391 -1.182 -0.873
H7 0.391 -1.182 0.873
C8 0.000 0.751 0.000
H9 0.287 1.347 0.872
H10 0.287 1.347 -0.872
C11 -1.520 0.669 0.000
H12 -2.039 1.642 0.000
O13 -2.157 -0.349 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.09131.09311.09311.54032.17032.17032.54852.80162.80163.92774.76924.4008
H21.09131.76501.76502.18192.50932.50933.49813.80463.80464.74245.67585.0065
H31.09311.76501.76612.18773.08312.53402.81232.62223.15554.23964.95874.8438
H41.09311.76501.76612.18772.53403.08312.81233.15552.62224.23964.95874.8438
C51.54032.18192.18772.18771.09011.09011.53702.18582.18582.57123.55452.8787
H62.17032.50933.08312.53401.09011.74642.15703.07462.53102.80003.82642.8197
H72.17032.50932.53403.08311.09011.74642.15702.53103.07462.80003.82642.8197
C82.54853.49812.81232.81231.53702.15702.15701.09461.09461.52192.22492.4214
H92.80163.80462.62223.15552.18583.07462.53101.09461.74472.11772.50143.1000
H102.80163.80463.15552.62222.18582.53103.07461.09461.74472.11772.50143.1000
C113.92774.74244.23964.23962.57122.80002.80001.52192.11772.11771.10281.2009
H124.76925.67584.95874.95873.55453.82643.82642.22492.50142.50141.10281.9943
O134.40085.00654.84384.84382.87872.81972.81972.42143.10003.10001.20091.9943

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.014 C1 C5 H7 110.014
C1 C5 C8 111.818 H2 C1 H3 107.809
H2 C1 H4 107.809 H2 C1 C5 110.862
H3 C1 H4 107.771 H3 C1 C5 111.216
H4 C1 C5 111.216 C5 C8 H9 111.208
C5 C8 H10 111.208 C5 C8 C11 114.394
H6 C5 H7 106.458 H6 C5 C8 109.193
H7 C5 C8 109.193 C8 C11 H12 114.984
C8 C11 O13 125.155 H9 C8 H10 105.677
H9 C8 C11 106.927 H10 C8 C11 106.927
H12 C11 O13 119.861
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.321      
2 H 0.146      
3 H 0.089      
4 H 0.089      
5 C -0.130      
6 H 0.099      
7 H 0.099      
8 C -0.095      
9 H 0.100      
10 H 0.100      
11 C -0.124      
12 H 0.150      
13 O -0.201      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.050 2.258 0.000 3.050
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.446 -4.349 0.000
y -4.349 -30.213 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.448
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.116 -4.349 0.000
y -4.349 4.235 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.881
Polar
3z2-r27.763
x2-y2-8.234
xy-4.349
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.206 0.017 0.000
y 0.017 6.393 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.044


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 128.291
(<r2>)1/2 11.327