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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.371720
Energy at 298.15K-232.380301
Nuclear repulsion energy171.818818
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3134 2998 33.38      
2 A' 3073 2940 18.45      
3 A' 3052 2919 26.28      
4 A' 3022 2891 22.79      
5 A' 2901 2776 159.36      
6 A' 1848 1768 144.41      
7 A' 1532 1465 6.13      
8 A' 1513 1448 2.83      
9 A' 1475 1411 13.67      
10 A' 1441 1379 3.54      
11 A' 1434 1372 6.82      
12 A' 1416 1355 18.96      
13 A' 1325 1268 5.33      
14 A' 1147 1098 12.16      
15 A' 1070 1024 0.11      
16 A' 974 931 6.56      
17 A' 869 831 8.79      
18 A' 700 670 13.50      
19 A' 347 332 0.78      
20 A' 195 187 8.52      
21 A" 3129 2994 55.81      
22 A" 3105 2970 0.11      
23 A" 3051 2919 9.27      
24 A" 1527 1461 7.66      
25 A" 1335 1277 0.16      
26 A" 1264 1210 0.07      
27 A" 1162 1111 0.15      
28 A" 955 914 0.02      
29 A" 794 759 1.98      
30 A" 673 644 4.36      
31 A" 253 242 0.03      
32 A" 178 170 1.23      
33 A" 80 76 1.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24986.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23904.3 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.50324 0.08499 0.07575

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.280 -0.366 0.000
H2 2.802 -1.328 0.000
H3 2.612 0.191 0.885
H4 2.612 0.191 -0.885
C5 0.767 -0.563 0.000
H6 0.462 -1.151 -0.874
H7 0.462 -1.151 0.874
C8 0.000 0.754 0.000
H9 0.265 1.375 0.872
H10 0.265 1.375 -0.872
C11 -1.499 0.603 0.000
H12 -2.066 1.563 0.000
O13 -2.087 -0.455 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.09551.09701.09701.52622.16482.16482.54022.80162.80163.90124.75464.3681
H21.09551.76901.76902.17522.50482.50483.49173.80883.80884.71525.66224.9671
H31.09701.76901.76962.18133.08532.53522.81482.62853.16134.22554.95474.8254
H41.09701.76901.76962.18132.53523.08532.81483.16132.62854.22554.95474.8254
C51.52622.17522.18132.18131.09661.09661.52392.18312.18312.54783.54122.8558
H62.16482.50483.08532.53521.09661.74732.14653.07682.53402.77193.81012.7830
H72.16482.50482.53523.08531.09661.74732.14652.53403.07682.77193.81012.7830
C82.54023.49172.81482.81481.52392.14652.14651.10241.10241.50692.21852.4123
H92.80163.80882.62853.16132.18313.07682.53401.10241.74312.11422.49603.1054
H102.80163.80883.16132.62852.18312.53403.07681.10241.74312.11422.49603.1054
C113.90124.71524.22554.22552.54782.77192.77191.50692.11422.11421.11491.2100
H124.75465.66224.95474.95473.54123.81013.81012.21852.49602.49601.11492.0176
O134.36814.96714.82544.82542.85582.78302.78302.41233.10543.10541.21002.0176

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.180 C1 C5 H7 110.180
C1 C5 C8 112.780 H2 C1 H3 107.571
H2 C1 H4 107.571 H2 C1 C5 111.068
H3 C1 H4 107.512 H3 C1 C5 111.460
H4 C1 C5 111.460 C5 C8 H9 111.447
C5 C8 H10 111.447 C5 C8 C11 114.414
H6 C5 H7 105.630 H6 C5 C8 108.904
H7 C5 C8 108.904 C8 C11 H12 114.777
C8 C11 O13 124.864 H9 C8 H10 104.479
H9 C8 C11 107.227 H10 C8 C11 107.227
H12 C11 O13 120.359
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.513     -0.410
2 H 0.174     0.100
3 H 0.165     0.100
4 H 0.165     0.100
5 C -0.303     0.228
6 H 0.180     -0.010
7 H 0.180     -0.010
8 C -0.405     -0.188
9 H 0.187     0.055
10 H 0.187     0.055
11 C 0.242     0.458
12 H 0.125     -0.033
13 O -0.385     -0.444


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.749 1.840 0.000 2.538
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 1.774 1.856 0.000 2.567


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.193 -3.466 0.000
y -3.466 -30.424 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.307
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.827 -3.466 0.000
y -3.466 2.825 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.002
Polar
3z2-r26.003
x2-y2-5.768
xy-3.466
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 154.841
(<r2>)1/2 12.444