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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-43.380549
Energy at 298.15K-43.388887
Nuclear repulsion energy97.488464
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 B3LYP/CEP-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' 3118 3011 51.48      
2 A' 3113 3006 95.61      
3 A' 3083 2978 2.79      
4 A' 3039 2935 24.66      
5 A' 2884 2785 122.40      
6 A' 1800 1738 221.17      
7 A' 1511 1459 16.80      
8 A' 1502 1451 10.10      
9 A' 1421 1372 1.69      
10 A' 1407 1358 4.05      
11 A' 1303 1258 1.89      
12 A' 1174 1133 1.60      
13 A' 1165 1125 6.02      
14 A' 917 885 21.31      
15 A' 836 807 21.92      
16 A' 530 512 6.12      
17 A' 342 330 7.38      
18 A' 324 313 0.29      
19 A' 229 221 0.87      
20 A" 3115 3008 26.35      
21 A" 3103 2997 3.61      
22 A" 3036 2932 32.80      
23 A" 1490 1439 1.30      
24 A" 1489 1438 2.17      
25 A" 1399 1351 2.83      
26 A" 1329 1284 0.86      
27 A" 1129 1090 2.48      
28 A" 976 943 0.64      
29 A" 944 912 0.15      
30 A" 920 888 3.08      
31 A" 321 310 1.16      
32 A" 210 203 0.03      
33 A" 66 64 6.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24611.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23767.1 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.25159 0.12109 0.09163

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 -0.252 0.563 2.195
H2 -0.252 0.563 -2.195
H3 -1.692 -0.037 -1.321
H4 -1.692 -0.037 1.321
H5 -1.290 1.700 1.289
H6 -1.290 1.700 -1.289
C7 -0.856 0.685 -1.280
C8 -0.856 0.685 1.280
H9 0.860 1.168 0.000
C10 0.000 0.479 0.000
C11 0.556 -0.946 0.000
H12 -0.231 -1.750 0.000
O13 1.744 -1.246 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 C7 C8 H9 C10 C11 H12 O13
H14.38993.84631.78811.78663.80913.52891.10352.53382.21092.78323.18863.4745
H24.38991.78813.84633.80911.78661.10353.52892.53382.21092.78323.18863.4745
H33.84631.78812.64173.16061.78311.10532.82543.11582.20752.76092.61053.8744
H41.78813.84632.64171.78313.16062.82541.10533.11582.20752.76092.61053.8744
H51.78663.80913.16061.78312.57802.79581.10382.56272.19453.47423.83234.4210
H63.80911.78661.78313.16062.57801.10382.79582.56272.19453.47423.83234.4210
C73.52891.10351.10532.82542.79581.10382.55942.19441.55332.50832.82123.4824
C81.10353.52892.82541.10531.10382.79582.55942.19441.55332.50832.82123.4824
H92.53382.53383.11583.11582.56272.56272.19442.19441.10192.13603.11522.5708
C102.21092.21092.20752.20752.19452.19451.55331.55331.10191.52982.24112.4531
C112.78322.78322.76092.76093.47423.47422.50832.50832.13601.52981.12451.2255
H123.18863.18862.61052.61053.83233.83232.82122.82123.11522.24111.12452.0378
O133.47453.47453.87443.87444.42104.42103.48243.48242.57082.45311.22552.0378

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 108.098 H1 C8 H5 108.083
H1 C8 C10 111.523 H2 C7 H3 108.098
H2 C7 H6 108.083 H2 C7 C10 111.523
H3 C7 H6 107.635 H3 C7 C10 111.144
H4 C8 H5 107.635 H4 C8 C10 111.144
H5 C8 C10 110.218 H6 C7 C10 110.218
C7 C10 C8 110.947 C7 C10 H9 110.315
C7 C10 C11 108.889 C8 C10 H9 110.315
C8 C10 C11 108.889 H9 C10 C11 107.393
C10 C11 H12 114.338 C10 C11 O13 125.465
H12 C11 O13 120.196
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.181      
2 H 0.181      
3 H 0.145      
4 H 0.145      
5 H 0.178      
6 H 0.178      
7 C -0.567      
8 C -0.567      
9 H 0.169      
10 C 0.235      
11 C -0.328      
12 H 0.134      
13 O -0.084      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.793 1.396 0.000 3.123
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.654 3.954 0.000
y 3.954 -32.070 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.635
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.302 3.954 0.000
y 3.954 1.575 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.727
Polar
3z2-r27.454
x2-y2-4.584
xy3.954
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.245 -0.806 0.000
y -0.806 6.476 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.337


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 113.965
(<r2>)1/2 10.675