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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-230.187084
Energy at 298.15K-230.195695
HF Energy-229.693056
Nuclear repulsion energy173.417405
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 MP2/3-21G
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' 3161 3017 23.28      
2 A' 3157 3013 42.60      
3 A' 3123 2981 1.34      
4 A' 3078 2938 12.45      
5 A' 2907 2775 109.36      
6 A' 1646 1571 61.92      
7 A' 1608 1535 18.11      
8 A' 1604 1531 3.41      
9 A' 1498 1430 3.77      
10 A' 1464 1398 0.74      
11 A' 1360 1298 0.64      
12 A' 1237 1181 0.77      
13 A' 1207 1152 4.46      
14 A' 924 882 23.30      
15 A' 852 814 22.21      
16 A' 540 516 3.83      
17 A' 350 334 4.53      
18 A' 345 330 1.46      
19 A' 247 236 0.75      
20 A" 3159 3016 11.94      
21 A" 3149 3005 4.56      
22 A" 3077 2937 16.54      
23 A" 1594 1521 2.88      
24 A" 1590 1518 0.29      
25 A" 1481 1413 5.64      
26 A" 1404 1340 0.81      
27 A" 1163 1110 1.82      
28 A" 1013 967 0.02      
29 A" 1001 955 0.87      
30 A" 973 929 1.99      
31 A" 347 331 0.49      
32 A" 237 226 0.06      
33 A" 82 79 3.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25288.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24137.9 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
0.25415 0.12005 0.09123

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 -0.246 0.605 2.180
H2 -0.246 0.605 -2.180
H3 -1.703 0.076 -1.302
H4 -1.703 0.076 1.302
H5 -1.220 1.788 1.274
H6 -1.220 1.788 -1.274
C7 -0.845 0.759 -1.276
C8 -0.845 0.759 1.276
H9 0.896 1.129 0.000
C10 0.000 0.499 0.000
C11 0.463 -0.953 0.000
H12 -0.389 -1.664 0.000
O13 1.648 -1.349 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 C7 C8 H9 C10 C11 H12 O13
H14.35993.81131.78181.78043.77833.51101.09532.51572.19632.77163.15003.4866
H24.35991.78183.81133.77831.78041.09533.51102.51572.19632.77163.15003.4866
H33.81131.78182.60363.12971.77861.09692.80143.09122.18472.72872.53973.8670
H41.78183.81132.60361.77863.12972.80141.09693.09122.18472.72872.53973.8670
H51.78043.77833.12971.77862.54722.77501.09522.55632.18463.45933.77214.4370
H63.77831.78041.77863.12972.54721.09522.77502.55632.18463.45933.77214.4370
C73.51101.09531.09692.80142.77501.09522.55222.18971.55232.50392.77623.5050
C81.09533.51102.80141.09691.09522.77502.55222.18971.55232.50392.77623.5050
H92.51572.51573.09123.09122.55632.55632.18972.18971.09512.12573.07392.5890
C102.19632.19632.18472.18472.18462.18461.55231.55231.09511.52372.19752.4759
C112.77162.77162.72872.72873.45933.45932.50392.50392.12571.52371.11001.2492
H123.15003.15002.53972.53973.77213.77212.77622.77623.07392.19751.11002.0611
O133.48663.48663.86703.86704.43704.43703.50503.50502.58902.47591.24922.0611

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 108.742 H1 C8 H5 108.738
H1 C8 C10 110.924 H2 C7 H3 108.742
H2 C7 H6 108.738 H2 C7 C10 110.924
H3 C7 H6 108.463 H3 C7 C10 109.916
H4 C8 H5 108.463 H4 C8 C10 109.916
H5 C8 C10 110.004 H6 C7 C10 110.004
C7 C10 C8 110.582 C7 C10 H9 110.418
C7 C10 C11 108.973 C8 C10 H9 110.418
C8 C10 C11 108.973 H9 C10 C11 107.397
C10 C11 H12 112.151 C10 C11 O13 126.188
H12 C11 O13 121.661
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at MP2/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.195     0.114
2 H 0.195     0.114
3 H 0.183     0.117
4 H 0.183     0.117
5 H 0.195     0.133
6 H 0.195     0.133
7 C -0.511     -0.470
8 C -0.511     -0.470
9 H 0.217     -0.009
10 C -0.393     0.258
11 C 0.306     0.423
12 H 0.137     -0.050
13 O -0.391     -0.408


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.139 1.279 0.000 2.492
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -2.157 1.276 0.000 2.506


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.427 3.125 0.000
y 3.125 -33.792 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.584
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.738 3.125 0.000
y 3.125 0.213 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.525
Polar
3z2-r27.051
x2-y2-2.634
xy3.125
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.516 -0.524 0.000
y -0.524 6.030 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.428


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.057
(<r2>)1/2 11.750