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

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 C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-271.693776
Energy at 298.15K-271.704438
HF Energy-271.693776
Nuclear repulsion energy239.788200
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 3147 3025 15.28      
2 A 3136 3015 19.23      
3 A 3129 3008 29.15      
4 A 3121 3000 30.24      
5 A 3069 2950 18.14      
6 A 3058 2940 13.84      
7 A 3044 2927 22.87      
8 A 3027 2910 26.88      
9 A 2985 2870 15.85      
10 A 2855 2745 122.67      
11 A 1845 1773 165.83      
12 A 1502 1444 3.51      
13 A 1495 1438 8.50      
14 A 1489 1432 5.55      
15 A 1484 1427 7.66      
16 A 1475 1418 0.84      
17 A 1427 1372 7.64      
18 A 1408 1353 2.00      
19 A 1398 1344 5.00      
20 A 1367 1315 5.90      
21 A 1354 1302 0.92      
22 A 1302 1252 1.85      
23 A 1266 1217 0.37      
24 A 1191 1145 1.76      
25 A 1167 1122 3.78      
26 A 1119 1076 2.33      
27 A 1049 1008 0.05      
28 A 1015 976 13.57      
29 A 974 936 6.91      
30 A 938 902 5.91      
31 A 908 873 16.63      
32 A 792 761 6.91      
33 A 777 747 2.51      
34 A 656 630 7.20      
35 A 399 383 0.97      
36 A 387 372 0.59      
37 A 282 271 4.89      
38 A 264 254 0.53      
39 A 226 217 2.27      
40 A 184 177 0.54      
41 A 93 89 2.38      
42 A 75 72 3.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30937.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29743.6 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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.23496 0.06966 0.05809

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.364 -0.707 0.201
C2 -0.085 0.082 0.378
C3 1.065 -0.665 -0.324
C4 2.454 -0.147 0.037
C5 -0.252 1.532 -0.057
O6 -2.402 -0.268 -0.220
H7 -1.280 -1.781 0.499
H8 0.122 0.040 1.462
H9 1.003 -1.732 -0.069
H10 0.915 -0.602 -1.410
H11 3.230 -0.737 -0.462
H12 2.592 0.895 -0.264
H13 2.631 -0.210 1.116
H14 -0.424 1.594 -1.136
H15 -1.115 1.987 0.435
H16 0.635 2.124 0.185

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.51332.48563.86312.51371.20291.11722.08742.59342.79294.64194.29364.12882.82262.71603.4661
C21.51331.54062.57271.52332.41822.21571.10402.16152.15983.51662.87062.82952.16662.16662.1744
C32.48561.54061.52622.57523.49112.72362.13901.09841.09792.17082.18412.17602.82473.51592.8679
C43.86312.57271.52623.18634.86474.10172.73972.15122.16091.09441.09401.09573.56274.17792.9146
C52.51371.52332.57523.18632.80883.51262.16143.49652.78324.17562.92123.56621.09451.09281.0930
O61.20292.41823.49114.86472.80882.01623.04843.70933.53975.65675.12765.20752.86672.67763.8867
H71.11722.21572.72364.10173.51262.01622.49112.35263.13824.72734.76764.25923.84613.77184.3601
H82.08741.10402.13902.73972.16143.04842.49112.50153.04753.73673.13212.54473.07582.52492.4976
H92.59342.16151.09842.15123.49653.70932.35262.50151.75542.47043.07632.52433.77284.30903.8818
H102.79292.15981.09792.16092.78323.53973.13823.04751.75542.50552.52353.07912.58663.77203.1710
H114.64193.51662.17081.09444.17565.65674.72733.73672.47042.50551.76411.76854.38655.20623.9170
H124.29362.87062.18411.09402.92125.12764.76763.13213.07632.52351.76411.76853.21613.92682.3542
H134.12882.82952.17601.09573.56625.20754.25922.54472.52433.07911.76851.76854.20204.39533.2092
H142.82262.16662.82473.56271.09452.86673.84613.07583.77282.58664.38653.21614.20201.76071.7737
H152.71602.16663.51594.17791.09282.67763.77182.52494.30903.77205.20623.92684.39531.76071.7726
H163.46612.17442.86792.91461.09303.88674.36012.49763.88183.17103.91702.35423.20921.77371.7726

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 108.955 C1 C2 C5 111.746
C1 C2 H8 104.711 C2 C1 O6 125.428
C2 C1 H7 113.919 C2 C3 C4 114.048
C2 C3 H9 108.829 C2 C3 H10 108.729
C2 C5 H14 110.651 C2 C5 H15 110.747
C2 C5 H16 111.359 C3 C2 C5 114.389
C3 C2 H8 106.801 C3 C4 H11 110.784
C3 C4 H12 111.878 C3 C4 H13 111.119
C4 C3 H9 109.011 C4 C3 H10 109.798
C5 C2 H8 109.681 O6 C1 H7 120.653
H9 C3 H10 106.121 H11 C4 H12 107.438
H11 C4 H13 107.702 H12 C4 H13 107.731
H14 C5 H15 107.210 H14 C5 H16 108.354
H15 C5 H16 108.382
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 0.158      
2 C -0.115      
3 C -0.239      
4 C -0.449      
5 C -0.453      
6 O -0.260      
7 H 0.091      
8 H 0.126      
9 H 0.127      
10 H 0.136      
11 H 0.144      
12 H 0.147      
13 H 0.140      
14 H 0.151      
15 H 0.157      
16 H 0.138      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.513 -0.402 0.724 2.646
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.065 -0.129 -1.634
y -0.129 -36.621 -0.265
z -1.634 -0.265 -36.726
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.392 -0.129 -1.634
y -0.129 4.275 -0.265
z -1.634 -0.265 4.117
Polar
3z2-r28.235
x2-y2-8.444
xy-0.129
xz-1.634
yz-0.265


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.895 -0.175 0.220
y -0.175 8.487 -0.222
z 0.220 -0.222 7.121


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 203.713
(<r2>)1/2 14.273