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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.391063
Energy at 298.15K-232.399635
Nuclear repulsion energy172.039568
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(2df,p)
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' 3124 3003 29.08      
2 A' 3061 2942 17.42      
3 A' 3038 2921 24.18      
4 A' 3012 2896 20.13      
5 A' 2868 2758 148.71      
6 A' 1844 1773 144.90      
7 A' 1501 1443 5.20      
8 A' 1481 1424 2.83      
9 A' 1443 1387 10.61      
10 A' 1418 1363 8.81      
11 A' 1408 1354 2.45      
12 A' 1390 1337 20.07      
13 A' 1306 1255 4.43      
14 A' 1137 1093 10.78      
15 A' 1062 1021 0.10      
16 A' 964 926 7.18      
17 A' 861 827 8.48      
18 A' 697 670 14.08      
19 A' 343 330 0.71      
20 A' 191 183 7.99      
21 A" 3119 2998 47.38      
22 A" 3093 2974 0.29      
23 A" 3041 2924 7.38      
24 A" 1496 1438 6.34      
25 A" 1317 1267 0.13      
26 A" 1248 1200 0.04      
27 A" 1152 1108 0.10      
28 A" 947 910 0.01      
29 A" 783 753 1.82      
30 A" 662 636 3.74      
31 A" 252 242 0.01      
32 A" 183 176 1.40      
33 A" 76 73 1.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24758.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23802.4 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(2df,p)
ABC
0.50588 0.08506 0.07585

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.279 -0.369 0.000
H2 2.801 -1.331 0.000
H3 2.611 0.188 0.884
H4 2.611 0.188 -0.884
C5 0.766 -0.565 0.000
H6 0.460 -1.153 -0.872
H7 0.460 -1.153 0.872
C8 0.000 0.751 0.000
H9 0.263 1.374 0.870
H10 0.263 1.374 -0.870
C11 -1.498 0.603 0.000
H12 -2.058 1.569 0.000
O13 -2.086 -0.447 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.09421.09591.09591.52532.16422.16422.53932.80272.80273.90044.74994.3657
H21.09421.76731.76732.17422.50442.50443.49003.80913.80914.71435.65814.9663
H31.09591.76731.76712.17943.08322.53452.81312.62973.16054.22354.94804.8212
H41.09591.76731.76712.17942.53453.08322.81313.16052.62974.22354.94804.8212
C51.52532.17422.17942.17941.09571.09571.52292.18332.18332.54803.53932.8547
H62.16422.50443.08322.53451.09571.74432.14463.07532.53452.77143.80892.7824
H72.16422.50442.53453.08321.09571.74432.14462.53453.07532.77143.80892.7824
C82.53933.49002.81312.81311.52292.14462.14461.10141.10141.50582.21432.4060
H92.80273.80912.62973.16052.18333.07532.53451.10141.73922.11062.48663.0974
H102.80273.80913.16052.62972.18332.53453.07531.10141.73922.11062.48663.0974
C113.90044.71434.22354.22352.54802.77142.77141.50582.11062.11061.11581.2037
H124.74995.65814.94804.94803.53933.80893.80892.21432.48662.48661.11582.0161
O134.36574.96634.82124.82122.85472.78242.78242.40603.09743.09741.20372.0161

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.242 C1 C5 H7 110.242
C1 C5 C8 112.829 H2 C1 H3 107.593
H2 C1 H4 107.593 H2 C1 C5 111.123
H3 C1 H4 107.456 H3 C1 C5 111.438
H4 C1 C5 111.438 C5 C8 H9 111.598
C5 C8 H10 111.598 C5 C8 C11 114.554
H6 C5 H7 105.505 H6 C5 C8 108.874
H7 C5 C8 108.874 C8 C11 H12 114.446
C8 C11 O13 124.872 H9 C8 H10 104.286
H9 C8 C11 107.079 H10 C8 C11 107.079
H12 C11 O13 120.681
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.450      
2 H 0.143      
3 H 0.138      
4 H 0.138      
5 C -0.217      
6 H 0.142      
7 H 0.142      
8 C -0.330      
9 H 0.149      
10 H 0.149      
11 C 0.153      
12 H 0.095      
13 O -0.252      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.729 1.759 0.000 2.466
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.050 -3.324 0.000
y -3.324 -30.320 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.164
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.808 -3.324 0.000
y -3.324 2.787 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.021
Polar
3z2-r26.043
x2-y2-5.730
xy-3.324
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.033 -0.162 0.000
y -0.162 7.114 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.594


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 154.572
(<r2>)1/2 12.433