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All results from a given calculation for C5H10O (2-methylbutyraldehyde)

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 C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-271.671098
Energy at 298.15K-271.681782
HF Energy-271.671098
Nuclear repulsion energy239.510895
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 3158 3021 17.33      
2 A 3149 3013 21.86      
3 A 3140 3004 34.13      
4 A 3131 2995 34.88      
5 A 3080 2947 20.72      
6 A 3073 2940 14.08      
7 A 3057 2925 24.21      
8 A 3039 2907 30.91      
9 A 2995 2865 18.47      
10 A 2888 2763 130.76      
11 A 1847 1767 165.99      
12 A 1534 1467 4.11      
13 A 1527 1461 10.19      
14 A 1522 1456 5.92      
15 A 1517 1452 8.77      
16 A 1508 1442 0.57      
17 A 1447 1385 9.45      
18 A 1439 1376 2.58      
19 A 1425 1364 4.03      
20 A 1390 1330 5.69      
21 A 1372 1312 1.17      
22 A 1321 1264 2.08      
23 A 1283 1228 0.43      
24 A 1203 1151 1.91      
25 A 1175 1124 3.75      
26 A 1128 1080 3.31      
27 A 1058 1012 0.02      
28 A 1027 982 12.81      
29 A 985 943 8.81      
30 A 943 903 6.48      
31 A 915 875 16.65      
32 A 798 763 6.90      
33 A 785 751 2.66      
34 A 661 632 7.32      
35 A 404 386 0.97      
36 A 388 371 0.65      
37 A 287 274 5.36      
38 A 266 254 0.38      
39 A 228 218 2.57      
40 A 193 185 0.52      
41 A 94 90 2.34      
42 A 74 71 3.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 31226.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29874.0 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
0.23476 0.06952 0.05802

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.366 -0.706 0.204
C2 -0.085 0.080 0.384
C3 1.065 -0.670 -0.319
C4 2.456 -0.145 0.030
C5 -0.249 1.530 -0.055
O6 -2.405 -0.264 -0.228
H7 -1.293 -1.778 0.507
H8 0.124 0.042 1.469
H9 1.010 -1.736 -0.055
H10 0.909 -0.616 -1.406
H11 3.231 -0.740 -0.465
H12 2.590 0.895 -0.285
H13 2.637 -0.194 1.111
H14 -0.429 1.589 -1.134
H15 -1.107 1.992 0.442
H16 0.642 2.120 0.178

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.51432.48703.86672.51331.20931.11622.09282.60192.78874.64534.29634.13632.81742.72133.4674
C21.51431.54252.57481.52412.42412.22021.10502.16502.16233.51942.87542.83022.16812.16892.1754
C32.48701.54251.52702.57633.49452.73362.14211.09951.09882.17172.18592.17782.82823.51902.8654
C43.86672.57481.52703.18274.86874.11712.74602.15162.16191.09561.09511.09693.56144.17482.9053
C52.51331.52412.57633.18272.80943.51452.16243.50012.78734.17532.91873.55841.09551.09391.0942
O61.20932.42413.49454.86872.80942.01783.06103.72223.53425.66045.12805.21702.85542.68733.8897
H71.11622.22022.73364.11713.51452.01782.49952.37073.14044.74224.78104.28033.84433.77554.3648
H82.09281.10502.14212.74602.16243.06102.49952.50313.05123.74193.14392.54913.07792.52412.5003
H92.60192.16501.09952.15163.50013.72222.37072.50311.75782.46833.07812.52673.77994.31543.8803
H102.78872.16231.09882.16192.78733.53423.14043.05121.75782.50792.52303.08132.59303.77883.1722
H114.64533.51942.17171.09564.17535.66044.74223.74192.46832.50791.76591.77034.38955.20623.9111
H124.29632.87542.18591.09512.91875.12804.78103.14393.07812.52301.76591.77083.21263.92452.3473
H134.13632.83022.17781.09693.55845.21704.28032.54912.52673.08131.77031.77084.19764.38663.1943
H142.81742.16812.82823.56141.09552.85543.84433.07793.77992.59304.38953.21264.19761.76281.7755
H152.72132.16893.51904.17481.09392.68733.77552.52414.31543.77885.20623.92454.38661.76281.7736
H163.46742.17542.86542.90531.09423.88974.36482.50033.88033.17223.91112.34733.19431.77551.7736

picture of 2-methylbutyraldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 108.900 C1 C2 C5 111.624
C1 C2 H8 104.999 C2 C1 O6 125.384
C2 C1 H7 114.287 C2 C3 C4 114.033
C2 C3 H9 108.906 C2 C3 H10 108.735
C2 C5 H14 110.655 C2 C5 H15 110.808
C2 C5 H16 111.316 C3 C2 C5 114.304
C3 C2 H8 106.859 C3 C4 H11 110.729
C3 C4 H12 111.897 C3 C4 H13 111.131
C4 C3 H9 108.919 C4 C3 H10 109.764
C5 C2 H8 109.639 O6 C1 H7 120.329
H9 C3 H10 106.188 H11 C4 H12 107.432
H11 C4 H13 107.690 H12 C4 H13 107.774
H14 C5 H15 107.255 H14 C5 H16 108.364
H15 C5 H16 108.306
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.245      
2 C -0.207      
3 C -0.319      
4 C -0.511      
5 C -0.510      
6 O -0.388      
7 H 0.121      
8 H 0.176      
9 H 0.165      
10 H 0.174      
11 H 0.175      
12 H 0.176      
13 H 0.168      
14 H 0.179      
15 H 0.188      
16 H 0.168      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.574 -0.431 0.770 2.721
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.323 -0.081 -1.723
y -0.081 -36.677 -0.277
z -1.723 -0.277 -36.892
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.539 -0.081 -1.723
y -0.081 4.431 -0.277
z -1.723 -0.277 4.108
Polar
3z2-r28.216
x2-y2-8.647
xy-0.081
xz-1.723
yz-0.277


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.511 -0.228 0.274
y -0.228 8.128 -0.252
z 0.274 -0.252 6.854


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 204.081
(<r2>)1/2 14.286