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

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 C1 1A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-271.727196
Energy at 298.15K-271.737891
HF Energy-271.727196
Nuclear repulsion energy240.281957
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 3165 3022 14.49      
2 A 3155 3012 18.82      
3 A 3148 3005 27.45      
4 A 3140 2998 29.54      
5 A 3088 2948 17.48      
6 A 3075 2935 13.56      
7 A 3061 2923 22.16      
8 A 3045 2907 26.30      
9 A 3005 2869 15.35      
10 A 2881 2751 117.56      
11 A 1863 1778 167.82      
12 A 1509 1441 3.63      
13 A 1503 1435 8.76      
14 A 1497 1429 5.75      
15 A 1492 1424 8.00      
16 A 1483 1415 0.89      
17 A 1435 1370 8.01      
18 A 1416 1352 2.45      
19 A 1406 1343 5.13      
20 A 1376 1314 5.03      
21 A 1364 1302 1.28      
22 A 1310 1250 1.73      
23 A 1274 1216 0.32      
24 A 1198 1144 1.77      
25 A 1176 1123 3.84      
26 A 1127 1076 2.30      
27 A 1057 1009 0.07      
28 A 1022 975 13.68      
29 A 978 934 6.89      
30 A 944 901 6.88      
31 A 916 874 14.80      
32 A 798 762 6.79      
33 A 781 745 2.72      
34 A 659 629 7.59      
35 A 401 382 0.94      
36 A 390 372 0.63      
37 A 284 271 5.05      
38 A 265 253 0.47      
39 A 227 217 2.41      
40 A 186 178 0.53      
41 A 93 89 2.74      
42 A 75 72 2.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 31133.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9547) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29722.8 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
0.23628 0.06997 0.05836

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.363 -0.706 0.199
C2 -0.085 0.079 0.379
C3 1.063 -0.667 -0.321
C4 2.449 -0.144 0.035
C5 -0.249 1.526 -0.057
O6 -2.397 -0.262 -0.220
H7 -1.282 -1.779 0.491
H8 0.120 0.037 1.461
H9 1.004 -1.731 -0.061
H10 0.911 -0.609 -1.405
H11 3.225 -0.733 -0.460
H12 2.581 0.896 -0.271
H13 2.625 -0.199 1.113
H14 -0.417 1.587 -1.135
H15 -1.114 1.980 0.430
H16 0.635 2.118 0.188

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.51062.48083.85602.50771.20051.11502.08502.59262.78404.63474.28274.12272.81602.70763.4592
C21.51061.53742.56621.52072.41252.21281.10242.15792.15603.50942.86312.82122.16262.16282.1710
C32.48081.53741.52362.56973.48452.71882.13581.09691.09652.16762.18022.17202.81613.50892.8638
C43.85602.56621.52363.17434.85344.09842.73652.14842.15771.09281.09261.09423.54574.16662.9036
C52.50771.52072.56973.17432.79943.50592.15853.49062.77924.16352.90743.55081.09311.09131.0915
O61.20052.41253.48454.85342.79942.01233.04183.70813.53055.64635.11105.19612.85942.66373.8757
H71.11502.21282.71884.09843.50592.01232.49132.35233.12604.72334.76024.25993.83663.76344.3534
H82.08501.10242.13582.73652.15853.04182.49132.49573.04323.73133.12972.53983.07112.52252.4932
H92.59262.15791.09692.14843.49063.70812.35232.49571.75352.46733.07182.52093.76564.30173.8753
H102.78402.15601.09652.15772.77923.53053.12603.04321.75352.50282.51843.07422.57963.76473.1706
H114.63473.50942.16761.09284.16355.64634.72333.73132.46732.50281.76191.76634.36965.19413.9059
H124.28272.86312.18021.09262.90745.11104.76023.12973.07182.51841.76191.76623.19483.91402.3434
H134.12272.82122.17201.09423.55085.19614.25992.53982.52093.07421.76631.76624.18284.38163.1919
H142.81602.16262.81613.54571.09312.85943.83663.07113.76562.57964.36963.19484.18281.75841.7717
H152.70762.16283.50894.16661.09132.66373.76342.52254.30173.76475.19413.91404.38161.75841.7708
H163.45922.17102.86382.90361.09153.87574.35342.49323.87533.17063.90592.34343.19191.77171.7708

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 108.956 C1 C2 C5 111.636
C1 C2 H8 104.789 C2 C1 O6 125.325
C2 C1 H7 114.022 C2 C3 C4 113.937
C2 C3 H9 108.856 C2 C3 H10 108.732
C2 C5 H14 110.593 C2 C5 H15 110.718
C2 C5 H16 111.358 C3 C2 C5 114.341
C3 C2 H8 106.859 C3 C4 H11 110.811
C3 C4 H12 111.834 C3 C4 H13 111.078
C4 C3 H9 109.056 C4 C3 H10 109.806
C5 C2 H8 109.721 O6 C1 H7 120.653
H9 C3 H10 106.161 H11 C4 H12 107.460
H11 C4 H13 107.731 H12 C4 H13 107.742
H14 C5 H15 107.219 H14 C5 H16 108.385
H15 C5 H16 108.433
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 0.162      
2 C -0.127      
3 C -0.248      
4 C -0.455      
5 C -0.458      
6 O -0.266      
7 H 0.096      
8 H 0.130      
9 H 0.131      
10 H 0.140      
11 H 0.147      
12 H 0.150      
13 H 0.143      
14 H 0.153      
15 H 0.160      
16 H 0.141      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.519 -0.428 0.732 2.658
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.057 -0.090 -1.640
y -0.090 -36.556 -0.275
z -1.640 -0.275 -36.695
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.432 -0.090 -1.640
y -0.090 4.320 -0.275
z -1.640 -0.275 4.112
Polar
3z2-r28.223
x2-y2-8.502
xy-0.090
xz-1.640
yz-0.275


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.798 -0.178 0.221
y -0.178 8.416 -0.216
z 0.221 -0.216 7.071


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 202.869
(<r2>)1/2 14.243