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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-48.950854
Energy at 298.15K-48.961868
HF Energy-48.950854
Nuclear repulsion energy134.300228
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 HF/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 3309 2972 56.37      
2 A 3305 2968 58.48      
3 A 3294 2958 102.53      
4 A 3281 2946 81.45      
5 A 3251 2919 35.05      
6 A 3233 2904 19.59      
7 A 3220 2891 39.49      
8 A 3209 2882 85.05      
9 A 3204 2877 41.25      
10 A 3160 2837 100.38      
11 A 1997 1793 270.08      
12 A 1637 1470 2.13      
13 A 1633 1467 6.99      
14 A 1624 1459 3.67      
15 A 1622 1456 7.27      
16 A 1615 1450 0.81      
17 A 1566 1406 4.79      
18 A 1554 1395 0.94      
19 A 1532 1375 8.13      
20 A 1510 1356 2.78      
21 A 1489 1337 2.34      
22 A 1427 1281 0.99      
23 A 1386 1245 0.93      
24 A 1291 1159 0.66      
25 A 1259 1131 3.94      
26 A 1211 1088 6.07      
27 A 1120 1006 0.32      
28 A 1090 979 7.72      
29 A 1053 945 3.85      
30 A 1012 909 0.89      
31 A 973 874 10.57      
32 A 842 756 5.45      
33 A 821 737 2.46      
34 A 702 631 14.86      
35 A 423 380 0.87      
36 A 407 366 1.16      
37 A 311 280 5.32      
38 A 275 247 1.42      
39 A 248 222 4.25      
40 A 222 199 0.23      
41 A 95 86 4.17      
42 A 79 71 8.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 33245.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29854.2 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 HF/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.23072 0.06946 0.05796

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.384 -0.696 0.224
C2 -0.086 0.084 0.412
C3 1.051 -0.688 -0.305
C4 2.462 -0.152 0.007
C5 -0.236 1.543 -0.051
O6 -2.392 -0.267 -0.268
H7 -1.348 -1.740 0.578
H8 0.119 0.058 1.487
H9 1.008 -1.739 -0.009
H10 0.878 -0.658 -1.383
H11 3.219 -0.778 -0.468
H12 2.599 0.866 -0.359
H13 2.652 -0.153 1.083
H14 -0.414 1.591 -1.126
H15 -1.081 2.020 0.444
H16 0.662 2.117 0.178

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.52562.49143.89002.53071.20091.10332.10212.61952.77484.65494.31754.16112.82762.74113.4783
C21.52561.54982.59081.53742.42922.22501.09502.16782.16843.52702.90062.82882.17762.17612.1786
C32.49141.54981.54122.58753.46842.76482.15281.09351.09252.17592.19392.18492.83053.52622.8725
C43.89002.59081.54123.18654.86284.16752.77942.15312.16761.09121.09031.09273.54824.17822.9015
C52.53071.53742.58753.18652.82313.52312.16733.51012.80374.18292.93073.53561.09051.08921.0901
O61.20092.42923.46844.86282.82311.99363.08013.71353.47665.63735.11855.22232.84662.73023.8996
H71.10332.22502.76484.16753.52311.99362.49242.42793.15774.78304.82204.33293.85703.77194.3682
H82.10211.09502.15282.77942.16733.08012.49242.50153.05383.75903.19542.57343.07612.52502.5000
H92.61952.16781.09352.15313.51013.71352.42792.50151.75292.45423.07302.53213.78944.32403.8766
H102.77482.16841.09252.16762.80373.47663.15773.05381.75292.51642.51733.07962.60673.78783.1919
H114.65493.52702.17591.09124.18295.63734.78303.75902.45422.51641.76101.76584.38655.21033.9167
H124.31752.90062.19391.09032.93075.11854.82203.19543.07302.51731.76101.76643.19203.93892.3676
H134.16112.82882.18491.09273.53565.22234.33292.57342.53213.07961.76581.76644.16134.36573.1517
H142.82762.17762.83053.54821.09052.84663.85703.07613.78942.60674.38653.19204.16131.75901.7699
H152.74112.17613.52624.17821.08922.73023.77192.52504.32403.78785.21033.93894.36571.75901.7654
H163.47832.17862.87252.90151.09013.89964.36822.50003.87663.19193.91672.36763.15171.76991.7654

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 108.215 C1 C2 C5 111.426
C1 C2 H8 105.496 C2 C1 O6 125.565
C2 C1 H7 114.685 C2 C3 C4 113.897
C2 C3 H9 108.967 C2 C3 H10 109.073
C2 C5 H14 110.772 C2 C5 H15 110.732
C2 C5 H16 110.878 C3 C2 C5 113.883
C3 C2 H8 107.729 C3 C4 H11 110.330
C3 C4 H12 111.825 C3 C4 H13 110.955
C4 C3 H9 108.418 C4 C3 H10 109.604
C5 C2 H8 109.691 O6 C1 H7 119.748
H9 C3 H10 106.627 H11 C4 H12 107.652
H11 C4 H13 107.904 H12 C4 H13 108.022
H14 C5 H15 107.609 H14 C5 H16 108.525
H15 C5 H16 108.213
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.115      
2 C 0.123      
3 C -0.215      
4 C -0.311      
5 C -0.436      
6 O -0.189      
7 H 0.125      
8 H 0.091      
9 H 0.097      
10 H 0.104      
11 H 0.141      
12 H 0.104      
13 H 0.095      
14 H 0.116      
15 H 0.146      
16 H 0.123      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.977 -0.708 1.127 3.261
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.830 0.110 -2.458
y 0.110 -36.846 -0.579
z -2.458 -0.579 -37.228
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.793 0.110 -2.458
y 0.110 5.683 -0.579
z -2.458 -0.579 5.110
Polar
3z2-r210.219
x2-y2-10.984
xy0.110
xz-2.458
yz-0.579


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.955 -0.181 0.301
y -0.181 7.550 -0.239
z 0.301 -0.239 6.544


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 167.844
(<r2>)1/2 12.955