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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-271.626328
Energy at 298.15K-271.636996
HF Energy-271.626328
Nuclear repulsion energy240.560267
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 B1B95/6-31G*
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 3182 3020 16.03      
2 A 3170 3010 20.81      
3 A 3162 3002 31.14      
4 A 3154 2995 34.66      
5 A 3103 2945 19.17      
6 A 3093 2936 14.23      
7 A 3078 2922 23.19      
8 A 3060 2905 29.55      
9 A 3018 2865 17.38      
10 A 2917 2769 124.28      
11 A 1868 1773 166.24      
12 A 1534 1456 3.74      
13 A 1530 1453 10.14      
14 A 1524 1447 6.35      
15 A 1521 1444 8.67      
16 A 1511 1435 0.30      
17 A 1451 1378 9.10      
18 A 1438 1365 2.87      
19 A 1430 1357 4.79      
20 A 1392 1321 5.20      
21 A 1376 1306 1.60      
22 A 1321 1254 1.59      
23 A 1286 1220 0.29      
24 A 1205 1144 1.89      
25 A 1183 1123 3.83      
26 A 1134 1077 2.74      
27 A 1065 1011 0.11      
28 A 1027 975 13.78      
29 A 985 935 7.91      
30 A 947 899 9.78      
31 A 922 875 10.94      
32 A 805 764 6.63      
33 A 785 745 3.00      
34 A 661 628 7.78      
35 A 401 381 0.72      
36 A 386 367 0.80      
37 A 293 278 6.19      
38 A 257 244 0.42      
39 A 208 197 1.17      
40 A 195 185 1.35      
41 A 97 93 2.60      
42 A 75 71 3.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 31376.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9493) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29785.3 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 B1B95/6-31G*
ABC
0.23828 0.07015 0.05860

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.362 -0.706 0.198
C2 -0.083 0.071 0.387
C3 1.063 -0.676 -0.311
C4 2.444 -0.131 0.025
C5 -0.248 1.514 -0.054
O6 -2.393 -0.246 -0.227
H7 -1.299 -1.780 0.481
H8 0.121 0.033 1.469
H9 1.018 -1.736 -0.033
H10 0.902 -0.636 -1.394
H11 3.224 -0.727 -0.454
H12 2.566 0.901 -0.312
H13 2.623 -0.154 1.104
H14 -0.407 1.568 -1.134
H15 -1.117 1.967 0.424
H16 0.633 2.109 0.194

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.50872.47833.85282.49701.20581.11282.08912.60382.76854.63234.27414.12392.80322.69343.4506
C21.50871.53562.56011.51842.41142.21691.10192.15682.15453.50412.86202.80792.15932.16032.1692
C32.47831.53561.52162.56533.48402.72542.13511.09661.09602.16622.17792.16972.80663.50422.8633
C43.85282.56011.52163.15534.84474.11532.73942.14702.15561.09261.09231.09403.51584.15232.8858
C52.49701.51842.56533.15532.78073.49942.15683.48782.78194.15142.89083.51621.09291.09111.0914
O61.20582.41143.48404.84472.78072.01253.04583.72733.51745.64235.09045.19022.83902.63603.8579
H71.11282.21692.72544.11533.49942.01252.50652.37413.10974.73754.77004.29133.82323.75174.3525
H82.08911.10192.13512.73942.15683.04582.50652.48763.04233.72873.14612.53463.06842.52332.4898
H92.60382.15681.09662.14703.48783.72732.37412.48761.75412.46203.06972.52393.76334.29863.8711
H102.76852.15451.09602.15562.78193.51743.10973.04231.75412.50682.51043.07192.57693.76263.1831
H114.63233.50412.16621.09264.15145.64234.73753.72872.46202.50681.76151.76614.34935.18413.8960
H124.27412.86202.17791.09232.89085.09044.77003.14613.06972.51041.76151.76633.15623.90422.3350
H134.12392.80792.16971.09403.51625.19024.29132.53462.52393.07191.76611.76634.14224.35303.1480
H142.80322.15932.80663.51581.09292.83903.82323.06843.76332.57694.34933.15624.14221.75821.7719
H152.69342.16033.50424.15231.09112.63603.75172.52334.29863.76265.18413.90424.35301.75821.7711
H163.45062.16922.86332.88581.09143.85794.35252.48983.87113.18313.89602.33503.14801.77191.7711

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 108.988 C1 C2 C5 111.149
C1 C2 H8 105.243 C2 C1 O6 124.960
C2 C1 H7 114.646 C2 C3 C4 113.733
C2 C3 H9 108.904 C2 C3 H10 108.764
C2 C5 H14 110.505 C2 C5 H15 110.687
C2 C5 H16 111.383 C3 C2 C5 114.271
C3 C2 H8 106.945 C3 C4 H11 110.847
C3 C4 H12 111.806 C3 C4 H13 111.041
C4 C3 H9 109.098 C4 C3 H10 109.807
C5 C2 H8 109.776 O6 C1 H7 120.394
H9 C3 H10 106.263 H11 C4 H12 107.452
H11 C4 H13 107.741 H12 C4 H13 107.771
H14 C5 H15 107.230 H14 C5 H16 108.421
H15 C5 H16 108.484
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.252      
2 C -0.215      
3 C -0.311      
4 C -0.492      
5 C -0.490      
6 O -0.388      
7 H 0.117      
8 H 0.173      
9 H 0.160      
10 H 0.169      
11 H 0.170      
12 H 0.171      
13 H 0.163      
14 H 0.174      
15 H 0.184      
16 H 0.163      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.545 -0.477 0.764 2.700
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.235 0.005 -1.700
y 0.005 -36.681 -0.268
z -1.700 -0.268 -36.898
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.446 0.005 -1.700
y 0.005 4.386 -0.268
z -1.700 -0.268 4.060
Polar
3z2-r28.120
x2-y2-8.554
xy0.005
xz-1.700
yz-0.268


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.413 -0.230 0.271
y -0.230 8.074 -0.242
z 0.271 -0.242 6.797


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 202.271
(<r2>)1/2 14.222