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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-271.409713
Energy at 298.15K-271.420249
HF Energy-271.409713
Nuclear repulsion energy238.150219
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3083 3032 15.75      
2 A 3073 3022 20.68      
3 A 3065 3014 30.78      
4 A 3057 3007 33.59      
5 A 3002 2953 20.78      
6 A 2999 2950 13.27      
7 A 2984 2935 24.03      
8 A 2962 2913 28.34      
9 A 2910 2862 17.56      
10 A 2775 2729 144.92      
11 A 1774 1745 152.82      
12 A 1490 1465 3.92      
13 A 1484 1459 9.38      
14 A 1478 1453 5.68      
15 A 1473 1449 9.19      
16 A 1463 1439 0.28      
17 A 1401 1377 8.20      
18 A 1391 1368 1.50      
19 A 1378 1355 4.57      
20 A 1340 1318 7.54      
21 A 1325 1303 0.60      
22 A 1278 1257 2.46      
23 A 1238 1218 0.85      
24 A 1167 1147 2.11      
25 A 1138 1119 3.30      
26 A 1092 1074 2.68      
27 A 1029 1012 0.03      
28 A 996 980 13.52      
29 A 955 940 9.11      
30 A 913 898 10.74      
31 A 886 872 16.21      
32 A 775 762 6.42      
33 A 764 752 2.77      
34 A 640 629 5.40      
35 A 394 388 0.98      
36 A 378 372 0.57      
37 A 280 276 4.78      
38 A 262 257 0.45      
39 A 225 221 2.04      
40 A 185 182 0.62      
41 A 92 91 1.34      
42 A 74 72 2.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30334.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29833.6 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.23261 0.06876 0.05739

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.371 -0.711 0.203
C2 -0.084 0.080 0.383
C3 1.072 -0.672 -0.323
C4 2.467 -0.145 0.033
C5 -0.249 1.537 -0.056
O6 -2.422 -0.263 -0.224
H7 -1.287 -1.796 0.501
H8 0.129 0.038 1.475
H9 1.013 -1.747 -0.061
H10 0.916 -0.613 -1.418
H11 3.250 -0.736 -0.472
H12 2.598 0.907 -0.272
H13 2.649 -0.205 1.121
H14 -0.427 1.596 -1.143
H15 -1.118 1.998 0.441
H16 0.646 2.133 0.183

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.52122.49943.88282.52531.22041.12772.10382.61232.80504.67024.31174.15362.83322.73143.4865
C21.52121.54972.58451.53012.44022.23181.11392.17692.17303.53752.88142.84492.17802.17972.1878
C32.49941.54971.53302.58833.51972.74012.15171.10781.10702.18422.19632.18852.83993.53742.8823
C43.88282.58451.53303.19624.89744.12752.75352.16552.17431.10331.10301.10483.57614.19652.9202
C52.52531.53012.58833.19622.82673.53442.17603.51812.79914.19382.92403.58031.10351.10171.1019
O61.22042.44023.51974.89742.82672.04023.08003.74533.56255.69775.15475.24672.87812.69443.9144
H71.12772.23182.74014.12753.53442.04022.51292.36823.15214.76024.79514.29013.86613.79814.3900
H82.10381.11392.15172.75352.17603.08002.51292.51543.06813.75963.14712.55643.09742.54312.5157
H92.61232.17691.10782.16553.51813.74532.36822.51541.77092.48963.09832.53983.79734.33813.9049
H102.80502.17301.10702.17432.79913.56253.15213.06811.77092.52172.53973.10042.59963.79613.1897
H114.67023.53752.18421.10334.19385.69774.76023.75962.48962.52171.77901.78324.40585.23363.9295
H124.31172.88142.19631.10302.92405.15474.79513.14713.09832.53971.77901.78293.22213.93752.3491
H134.15362.84492.18851.10483.58035.24674.29012.55642.53983.10041.78321.78294.22254.41633.2183
H142.83322.17802.83993.57611.10352.87813.86613.09743.79732.59964.40583.22214.22251.77471.7882
H152.73142.17973.53744.19651.10172.69443.79812.54314.33813.79615.23363.93754.41631.77471.7878
H163.48652.18782.88232.92021.10193.91444.39002.51573.90493.18973.92952.34913.21831.78821.7878

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 108.948 C1 C2 C5 111.708
C1 C2 H8 104.893 C2 C1 O6 125.408
C2 C1 H7 113.991 C2 C3 C4 113.938
C2 C3 H9 108.860 C2 C3 H10 108.611
C2 C5 H14 110.537 C2 C5 H15 110.778
C2 C5 H16 111.406 C3 C2 C5 114.364
C3 C2 H8 106.618 C3 C4 H11 110.834
C3 C4 H12 111.820 C3 C4 H13 111.094
C4 C3 H9 109.112 C4 C3 H10 109.844
C5 C2 H8 109.765 O6 C1 H7 120.600
H9 C3 H10 106.183 H11 C4 H12 107.470
H11 C4 H13 107.721 H12 C4 H13 107.717
H14 C5 H15 107.182 H14 C5 H16 108.358
H15 C5 H16 108.441
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.219      
2 C -0.172      
3 C -0.294      
4 C -0.486      
5 C -0.486      
6 O -0.353      
7 H 0.102      
8 H 0.162      
9 H 0.152      
10 H 0.162      
11 H 0.164      
12 H 0.167      
13 H 0.159      
14 H 0.169      
15 H 0.176      
16 H 0.158      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.477 -0.343 0.701 2.597
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.064 -0.173 -1.567
y -0.173 -37.043 -0.218
z -1.567 -0.218 -37.104
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.990 -0.173 -1.567
y -0.173 4.040 -0.218
z -1.567 -0.218 3.950
Polar
3z2-r27.900
x2-y2-8.020
xy-0.173
xz-1.567
yz-0.218


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.964 -0.214 0.263
y -0.214 8.412 -0.256
z 0.263 -0.256 6.987


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 206.072
(<r2>)1/2 14.355