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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G*

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-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-42.311330
Energy at 298.15K-42.320116
Nuclear repulsion energy96.847247
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-121G*
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' 3247 2933 75.80      
2 A' 3211 2901 18.13      
3 A' 3176 2870 57.11      
4 A' 3170 2864 46.71      
5 A' 3117 2816 123.78      
6 A' 1972 1781 236.58      
7 A' 1639 1480 5.30      
8 A' 1621 1464 1.58      
9 A' 1597 1442 9.84      
10 A' 1557 1407 7.00      
11 A' 1542 1393 1.96      
12 A' 1529 1381 22.76      
13 A' 1430 1292 1.32      
14 A' 1216 1098 10.03      
15 A' 1108 1001 1.50      
16 A' 1021 923 5.45      
17 A' 911 823 2.41      
18 A' 730 659 24.15      
19 A' 364 329 1.26      
20 A' 206 186 10.08      
21 A" 3260 2945 106.36      
22 A" 3227 2915 14.62      
23 A" 3197 2888 20.71      
24 A" 1629 1472 5.71      
25 A" 1433 1295 0.34      
26 A" 1363 1232 0.00      
27 A" 1265 1143 0.00      
28 A" 1023 924 0.39      
29 A" 848 766 0.53      
30 A" 723 653 1.21      
31 A" 257 232 0.03      
32 A" 168 152 3.45      
33 A" 85 77 3.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26419.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9034) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23867.8 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 HF/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.51078 0.08408 0.07516

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.237 -0.468 0.000
H2 2.717 -1.444 0.000
H3 2.584 0.071 0.879
H4 2.584 0.071 -0.879
C5 0.707 -0.612 0.000
H6 0.388 -1.180 -0.869
H7 0.388 -1.180 0.869
C8 0.000 0.749 0.000
H9 0.288 1.344 0.868
H10 0.288 1.344 -0.868
C11 -1.516 0.672 0.000
H12 -2.030 1.645 0.000
O13 -2.153 -0.339 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.08711.08851.08851.53612.16302.16302.54632.79882.79883.92214.76074.3920
H21.08711.75631.75632.17492.49932.49933.49103.79753.79754.73215.66264.9940
H31.08851.75631.75812.18243.07342.52772.81272.62533.15374.23654.95354.8362
H41.08851.75631.75812.18242.52773.07342.81273.15372.62534.23654.95354.8362
C51.53612.17492.18242.18241.08651.08651.53332.18012.18012.56723.54692.8737
H62.16302.49933.07342.52771.08651.73852.15123.06592.52592.79513.81862.8150
H72.16302.49932.52773.07341.08651.73852.15122.52593.06592.79513.81862.8150
C82.54633.49102.81272.81271.53332.15122.15121.09131.09131.51802.21852.4125
H92.79883.79752.62533.15372.18013.06592.52591.09131.73682.11212.49333.0897
H102.79883.79753.15372.62532.18012.52593.06591.09131.73682.11212.49333.0897
C113.92214.73214.23654.23652.56722.79512.79511.51802.11212.11211.10001.1948
H124.76075.66264.95354.95353.54693.81863.81862.21852.49332.49331.10001.9872
O134.39204.99404.83624.83622.87372.81502.81502.41253.08973.08971.19481.9872

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 109.943 C1 C5 H7 109.943
C1 C5 C8 112.113 H2 C1 H3 107.665
H2 C1 H4 107.665 H2 C1 C5 110.858
H3 C1 H4 107.729 H3 C1 C5 111.373
H4 C1 C5 111.373 C5 C8 H9 111.213
C5 C8 H10 111.213 C5 C8 C11 114.565
H6 C5 H7 106.260 H6 C5 C8 109.203
H7 C5 C8 109.203 C8 C11 H12 114.922
C8 C11 O13 125.142 H9 C8 H10 105.442
H9 C8 C11 106.939 H10 C8 C11 106.939
H12 C11 O13 119.936
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.509      
2 H 0.179      
3 H 0.150      
4 H 0.150      
5 C -0.238      
6 H 0.159      
7 H 0.159      
8 C -0.329      
9 H 0.169      
10 H 0.169      
11 C 0.183      
12 H 0.124      
13 O -0.367      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.024 2.126 0.000 2.936
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.445 -4.177 0.000
y -4.177 -30.558 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.773
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.780 -4.177 0.000
y -4.177 4.051 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.729
Polar
3z2-r27.457
x2-y2-7.887
xy-4.177
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.495 -0.012 0.000
y -0.012 7.140 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.679


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 127.998
(<r2>)1/2 11.314