return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CHOCH(CH3)CH3 (Propanal, 2-methyl-)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-231.123033
Energy at 298.15K-231.131608
Nuclear repulsion energy174.974188
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G
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' 3156 3012 17.66      
2 A' 3152 3009 36.80      
3 A' 3123 2982 2.31      
4 A' 3068 2929 14.36      
5 A' 2891 2760 105.19      
6 A' 1778 1698 124.71      
7 A' 1575 1503 25.16      
8 A' 1569 1497 11.53      
9 A' 1471 1404 7.23      
10 A' 1447 1381 2.93      
11 A' 1341 1280 0.53      
12 A' 1215 1160 0.98      
13 A' 1201 1147 3.43      
14 A' 932 889 25.88      
15 A' 862 822 29.02      
16 A' 546 521 5.75      
17 A' 348 332 6.01      
18 A' 343 328 0.61      
19 A' 243 232 0.85      
20 A" 3154 3011 13.06      
21 A" 3139 2996 3.13      
22 A" 3066 2927 16.57      
23 A" 1555 1484 2.39      
24 A" 1551 1481 2.91      
25 A" 1451 1385 12.31      
26 A" 1372 1310 0.49      
27 A" 1157 1104 1.79      
28 A" 1008 963 0.02      
29 A" 996 950 0.50      
30 A" 974 930 4.48      
31 A" 346 330 0.84      
32 A" 228 217 0.15      
33 A" 78 74 3.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25166.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9546) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24024.3 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.25822 0.12274 0.09323

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 -0.254 0.600 2.172
H2 -0.254 0.600 -2.172
H3 -1.685 0.017 -1.290
H4 -1.685 0.017 1.290
H5 -1.267 1.742 1.260
H6 -1.267 1.742 -1.260
C7 -0.851 0.729 -1.264
C8 -0.851 0.729 1.264
H9 0.876 1.159 0.000
C10 0.000 0.504 0.000
C11 0.484 -0.928 0.000
H12 -0.365 -1.645 0.000
O13 1.651 -1.305 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 C7 C8 H9 C10 C11 H12 O13
H14.34323.79031.77901.77743.75563.48901.09432.51102.18852.75613.12553.4602
H24.34321.77903.79033.75561.77741.09433.48902.51102.18852.75613.12553.4602
H33.79031.77902.57913.10621.77441.09662.77853.08602.17682.69472.48393.8128
H41.77903.79032.57911.77443.10622.77851.09663.08602.17682.69472.48393.8128
H51.77743.75563.10621.77442.52022.75081.09462.55292.17353.43223.72434.4022
H63.75561.77741.77443.10622.52021.09462.75082.55292.17353.43223.72434.4022
C73.48901.09431.09662.77852.75081.09462.52712.18251.53992.47482.73303.4629
C81.09433.48902.77851.09661.09462.75082.52712.18251.53992.47482.73303.4629
H92.51102.51103.08603.08602.55292.55292.18252.18251.09372.12343.06632.5828
C102.18852.18852.17682.17682.17352.17351.53991.53991.09371.51162.17982.4488
C112.75612.75612.69472.69473.43223.43222.47482.47482.12341.51161.11121.2259
H123.12553.12552.48392.48393.72433.72432.73302.73303.06632.17981.11122.0440
O133.46023.46023.81283.81284.40224.40223.46293.46292.58282.44881.22592.0440

picture of Propanal, 2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 C8 H4 108.581 H1 C8 H5 108.589
H1 C8 C10 111.236 H2 C7 H3 108.581
H2 C7 H6 108.589 H2 C7 C10 111.236
H3 C7 H6 108.154 H3 C7 C10 110.174
H4 C8 H5 108.154 H4 C8 C10 110.174
H5 C8 C10 110.030 H6 C7 C10 110.030
C7 C10 C8 110.273 C7 C10 H9 110.791
C7 C10 C11 108.390 C8 C10 H9 110.791
C8 C10 C11 108.390 H9 C10 C11 108.116
C10 C11 H12 111.508 C10 C11 O13 126.583
H12 C11 O13 121.909
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.230      
2 H 0.230      
3 H 0.215      
4 H 0.215      
5 H 0.228      
6 H 0.228      
7 C -0.602      
8 C -0.602      
9 H 0.251      
10 C -0.436      
11 C 0.309      
12 H 0.165      
13 O -0.432      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.392 1.408 0.000 2.776
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.788 3.306 0.000
y 3.306 -32.717 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.525
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.167 3.306 0.000
y 3.306 0.440 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.727
Polar
3z2-r27.454
x2-y2-3.071
xy3.306
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.046
(<r2>)1/2 11.621