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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-231.720573
Energy at 298.15K-231.729249
HF Energy-230.984833
Nuclear repulsion energy171.837143
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 CCD/6-31G*
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' 3155 2986 30.70      
2 A' 3094 2928 15.72      
3 A' 3071 2906 22.37      
4 A' 3050 2887 19.86      
5 A' 2974 2815 118.54      
6 A' 1867 1768 101.81      
7 A' 1561 1477 6.58      
8 A' 1546 1463 2.00      
9 A' 1521 1439 10.62      
10 A' 1475 1396 6.85      
11 A' 1468 1389 1.89      
12 A' 1454 1376 14.70      
13 A' 1356 1284 5.36      
14 A' 1172 1109 10.85      
15 A' 1094 1035 0.12      
16 A' 998 944 5.26      
17 A' 892 844 5.04      
18 A' 711 673 16.00      
19 A' 357 338 1.07      
20 A' 206 195 8.47      
21 A" 3151 2983 53.28      
22 A" 3129 2962 0.40      
23 A" 3083 2918 9.16      
24 A" 1554 1471 6.99      
25 A" 1359 1286 0.20      
26 A" 1295 1226 0.09      
27 A" 1195 1131 0.00      
28 A" 975 922 0.00      
29 A" 815 772 0.97      
30 A" 698 661 3.18      
31 A" 255 241 0.02      
32 A" 169 160 2.03      
33 A" 89 84 1.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25393.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24034.6 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
0.49824 0.08556 0.07610

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.279 -0.361 0.000
H2 2.805 -1.323 0.000
H3 2.604 0.198 0.886
H4 2.604 0.198 -0.886
C5 0.762 -0.562 0.000
H6 0.458 -1.149 -0.875
H7 0.458 -1.149 0.875
C8 0.000 0.761 0.000
H9 0.269 1.375 0.875
H10 0.269 1.375 -0.875
C11 -1.501 0.604 0.000
H12 -2.086 1.548 0.000
O13 -2.078 -0.466 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.09631.09751.09751.52962.16822.16822.54012.79632.79633.90124.76404.3578
H21.09631.77201.77202.17972.51042.51043.49433.80463.80464.71735.67114.9572
H31.09751.77201.77242.18093.08622.53422.80812.61523.15294.21984.96054.8114
H41.09751.77201.77242.18092.53423.08622.80813.15292.61524.21984.96054.8114
C51.52962.17972.18092.18091.09711.09711.52672.18162.18162.54593.54452.8417
H62.16822.51043.08622.53421.09711.75032.15063.07732.53122.77093.80962.7684
H72.16822.51042.53423.08621.09711.75032.15062.53123.07732.77093.80962.7684
C82.54013.49432.80812.80811.52672.15062.15061.10221.10221.50952.22942.4129
H92.79633.80462.61523.15292.18163.07732.53121.10221.75002.12002.51823.1082
H102.79633.80463.15292.61522.18162.53123.07731.10221.75002.12002.51823.1082
C113.90124.71734.21984.21982.54592.77092.77091.50952.12002.12001.11071.2148
H124.76405.67114.96054.96053.54453.80963.80962.22942.51822.51821.11072.0137
O134.35784.95724.81144.81142.84172.76842.76842.41293.10823.10821.21482.0137

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.181 C1 C5 H7 110.181
C1 C5 C8 112.428 H2 C1 H3 107.754
H2 C1 H4 107.754 H2 C1 C5 111.139
H3 C1 H4 107.701 H3 C1 C5 111.163
H4 C1 C5 111.163 C5 C8 H9 111.142
C5 C8 H10 111.142 C5 C8 C11 113.968
H6 C5 H7 105.825 H6 C5 C8 109.000
H7 C5 C8 109.000 C8 C11 H12 115.776
C8 C11 O13 124.319 H9 C8 H10 105.100
H9 C8 C11 107.507 H10 C8 C11 107.507
H12 C11 O13 119.904
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

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