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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G(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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.419047
Energy at 298.15K-232.427643
Nuclear repulsion energy172.403231
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(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' 3143 3001 27.83      
2 A' 3078 2939 16.80      
3 A' 3056 2917 23.58      
4 A' 3031 2894 19.66      
5 A' 2896 2765 141.97      
6 A' 1862 1777 146.95      
7 A' 1509 1440 5.40      
8 A' 1489 1421 2.92      
9 A' 1451 1385 10.13      
10 A' 1426 1361 9.34      
11 A' 1417 1353 3.67      
12 A' 1401 1338 19.34      
13 A' 1313 1254 4.48      
14 A' 1145 1093 10.72      
15 A' 1071 1023 0.09      
16 A' 970 926 6.90      
17 A' 868 829 8.10      
18 A' 701 670 14.59      
19 A' 346 330 0.78      
20 A' 192 183 8.10      
21 A" 3138 2995 45.61      
22 A" 3112 2971 0.22      
23 A" 3062 2923 6.95      
24 A" 1503 1435 6.55      
25 A" 1325 1265 0.13      
26 A" 1255 1199 0.04      
27 A" 1160 1107 0.11      
28 A" 952 909 0.01      
29 A" 787 751 1.81      
30 A" 665 635 3.76      
31 A" 252 241 0.01      
32 A" 184 176 1.54      
33 A" 77 74 1.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24917.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9547) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23788.5 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.50660 0.08557 0.07626

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.273 -0.368 0.000
H2 2.795 -1.328 0.000
H3 2.604 0.189 0.882
H4 2.604 0.189 -0.882
C5 0.763 -0.563 0.000
H6 0.456 -1.150 -0.871
H7 0.456 -1.150 0.871
C8 0.000 0.752 0.000
H9 0.263 1.373 0.869
H10 0.263 1.373 -0.869
C11 -1.496 0.601 0.000
H12 -2.058 1.562 0.000
O13 -2.078 -0.449 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.09261.09441.09441.52272.16132.16132.53372.79682.79683.89124.74154.3517
H21.09261.76511.76512.17092.50162.50163.48353.80193.80194.70395.64804.9511
H31.09441.76511.76482.17543.07862.53052.80602.62263.15354.21334.93914.8065
H41.09441.76511.76482.17542.53053.07862.80603.15352.62264.21334.93914.8065
C51.52272.17092.17542.17541.09421.09421.52032.17982.17982.54103.53192.8431
H62.16132.50163.07862.53051.09421.74212.14103.07052.53002.76323.79962.7698
H72.16132.50162.53053.07861.09421.74212.14102.53003.07052.76323.79962.7698
C82.53373.48352.80602.80601.52032.14102.14101.09971.09971.50322.21182.4003
H92.79683.80192.62263.15352.17983.07052.53001.09971.73762.10802.48583.0914
H102.79683.80193.15352.62262.17982.53003.07051.09971.73762.10802.48583.0914
C113.89124.70394.21334.21332.54102.76322.76321.50322.10802.10801.11351.2014
H124.74155.64804.93914.93913.53193.79963.79962.21182.48582.48581.11352.0120
O134.35174.95114.80654.80652.84312.76982.76982.40033.09143.09141.20142.0120

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.288 C1 C5 H7 110.288
C1 C5 C8 112.743 H2 C1 H3 107.620
H2 C1 H4 107.620 H2 C1 C5 111.142
H3 C1 H4 107.470 H3 C1 C5 111.396
H4 C1 C5 111.396 C5 C8 H9 111.598
C5 C8 H10 111.598 C5 C8 C11 114.366
H6 C5 H7 105.520 H6 C5 C8 108.866
H7 C5 C8 108.866 C8 C11 H12 114.580
C8 C11 O13 124.747 H9 C8 H10 104.372
H9 C8 C11 107.144 H10 C8 C11 107.144
H12 C11 O13 120.674
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.457      
2 H 0.146      
3 H 0.140      
4 H 0.140      
5 C -0.225      
6 H 0.145      
7 H 0.145      
8 C -0.337      
9 H 0.152      
10 H 0.152      
11 C 0.155      
12 H 0.100      
13 O -0.258      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.718 1.786 0.000 2.478
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.993 -3.372 0.000
y -3.372 -30.276 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.138
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.786 -3.372 0.000
y -3.372 2.789 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.996
Polar
3z2-r25.992
x2-y2-5.717
xy-3.372
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.950 -0.151 0.000
y -0.151 7.056 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.558


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 153.848
(<r2>)1/2 12.404