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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH(CH3)CH3 (Propanal, 2-methyl-)

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-232.370842
Energy at 298.15K-232.379274
Nuclear repulsion energy175.301320
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' 3142 3006 23.62      
2 A' 3133 2997 52.25      
3 A' 3090 2956 5.64      
4 A' 3056 2924 17.87      
5 A' 2873 2749 119.66      
6 A' 1851 1771 182.95      
7 A' 1536 1469 16.74      
8 A' 1529 1463 8.78      
9 A' 1446 1384 2.04      
10 A' 1430 1368 3.48      
11 A' 1326 1269 1.08      
12 A' 1193 1142 0.21      
13 A' 1190 1138 8.54      
14 A' 934 893 20.41      
15 A' 855 818 23.51      
16 A' 546 523 5.91      
17 A' 355 339 6.97      
18 A' 330 315 0.22      
19 A' 233 223 0.83      
20 A" 3141 3005 16.21      
21 A" 3128 2992 2.80      
22 A" 3053 2921 23.75      
23 A" 1516 1451 1.77      
24 A" 1512 1447 1.28      
25 A" 1422 1360 3.99      
26 A" 1358 1300 0.98      
27 A" 1148 1098 0.39      
28 A" 998 955 0.16      
29 A" 962 921 0.83      
30 A" 942 902 1.54      
31 A" 325 311 0.66      
32 A" 216 207 0.07      
33 A" 67 64 4.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24918.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23839.3 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
0.25639 0.12388 0.09359

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)
H1 -0.222 0.605 2.173
H2 -0.222 0.605 -2.173
H3 -1.697 0.105 -1.324
H4 -1.697 0.105 1.324
H5 -1.177 1.796 1.271
H6 -1.177 1.796 -1.271
C7 -0.819 0.761 -1.268
C8 -0.819 0.761 1.268
H9 0.907 1.100 0.000
C10 0.000 0.484 0.000
C11 0.450 -0.960 0.000
H12 -0.389 -1.698 0.000
O13 1.599 -1.336 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 C7 C8 H9 C10 C11 H12 O13
H14.34663.82811.77421.77303.76773.49601.09532.49842.18802.76143.17113.4363
H24.34661.77423.82813.76771.77301.09533.49602.49842.18802.76143.17113.4363
H33.82811.77422.64723.14051.76971.09742.81373.08562.18522.73822.59113.8333
H41.77423.82812.64721.76973.14052.81371.09743.08562.18522.73822.59113.8333
H51.77303.76773.14051.76972.54272.76551.09562.53802.17313.44383.80064.3740
H63.76771.77301.76973.14052.54271.09562.76552.53802.17313.44383.80064.3740
C73.49601.09531.09742.81372.76551.09562.53592.16781.53432.48562.79943.4422
C81.09533.49602.81371.09741.09562.76552.53592.16781.53432.48562.79943.4422
H92.49842.49843.08563.08562.53802.53802.16782.16781.09622.11033.08372.5328
C102.18802.18802.18522.18522.17312.17311.53431.53431.09621.51272.21652.4229
C112.76142.76142.73822.73823.44383.44382.48562.48562.11031.51271.11771.2089
H123.17113.17112.59112.59113.80063.80062.79942.79943.08372.21651.11772.0211
O133.43633.43633.83333.83334.37404.37403.44223.44222.53282.42291.20892.0211

picture of Propanal, 2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 C8 H4 108.022 H1 C8 H5 108.037
H1 C8 C10 111.528 H2 C7 H3 108.022
H2 C7 H6 108.037 H2 C7 C10 111.528
H3 C7 H6 107.595 H3 C7 C10 111.183
H4 C8 H5 107.595 H4 C8 C10 111.183
H5 C8 C10 110.326 H6 C7 C10 110.326
C7 C10 C8 111.461 C7 C10 H9 109.874
C7 C10 C11 109.320 C8 C10 H9 109.874
C8 C10 C11 109.320 H9 C10 C11 106.881
C10 C11 H12 113.998 C10 C11 O13 125.436
H12 C11 O13 120.566
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 H 0.187     0.116
2 H 0.187     0.116
3 H 0.172     0.110
4 H 0.172     0.110
5 H 0.181     0.129
6 H 0.181     0.129
7 C -0.524     -0.461
8 C -0.524     -0.461
9 H 0.187     -0.011
10 C -0.203     0.304
11 C 0.261     0.370
12 H 0.113     -0.014
13 O -0.390     -0.433


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.377 1.471 0.000 2.795
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -2.413 1.474 0.000 2.828


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.432 3.408 0.000
y 3.408 -32.512 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.348
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.002 3.408 0.000
y 3.408 0.377 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.625
Polar
3z2-r27.249
x2-y2-2.920
xy3.408
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> 134.712
(<r2>)1/2 11.607