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

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-231.061881
Energy at 298.15K-231.070437
Nuclear repulsion energy175.100758
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 B1B95/3-21G
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' 3151 3015 17.90      
2 A' 3147 3011 37.78      
3 A' 3119 2984 2.67      
4 A' 3063 2930 14.88      
5 A' 2868 2744 108.67      
6 A' 1771 1694 124.98      
7 A' 1567 1500 25.68      
8 A' 1561 1493 10.85      
9 A' 1463 1400 7.77      
10 A' 1437 1375 2.00      
11 A' 1329 1271 0.48      
12 A' 1206 1154 1.02      
13 A' 1190 1138 3.58      
14 A' 925 885 24.84      
15 A' 857 820 28.39      
16 A' 541 517 5.48      
17 A' 343 328 5.79      
18 A' 338 323 0.86      
19 A' 244 234 0.91      
20 A" 3150 3014 13.66      
21 A" 3135 2999 3.28      
22 A" 3062 2929 16.23      
23 A" 1548 1481 2.59      
24 A" 1543 1477 2.20      
25 A" 1443 1381 11.42      
26 A" 1362 1303 0.56      
27 A" 1148 1098 1.60      
28 A" 1002 959 0.02      
29 A" 989 946 0.29      
30 A" 967 926 4.51      
31 A" 344 329 0.68      
32 A" 228 218 0.15      
33 A" 83 80 3.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25061.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23976.7 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 B1B95/3-21G
ABC
0.25922 0.12278 0.09340

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.304 0.581 2.171
H2 0.304 0.581 -2.171
H3 -1.052 1.307 -1.280
H4 -1.052 1.307 1.280
H5 0.541 2.085 1.255
H6 0.541 2.085 -1.255
C7 0.027 1.120 -1.261
C8 0.027 1.120 1.261
H9 1.457 0.054 0.000
C10 0.397 0.318 0.000
C11 -0.411 -0.960 0.000
H12 -1.503 -0.747 0.000
O13 0.027 -2.104 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 C7 C8 H9 C10 C11 H12 O13
H14.34113.77831.77811.77693.74863.48421.09332.51352.18842.75633.12083.4640
H24.34111.77813.77833.74861.77691.09333.48422.51352.18842.75633.12083.4640
H33.77831.77812.56013.09361.77351.09592.76683.08352.17232.68122.46183.8004
H41.77813.77832.56011.77353.09362.76681.09593.08352.17232.68122.46183.8004
H51.77693.74863.09361.77352.50962.74281.09372.55742.17233.42833.71104.4035
H63.74861.77691.77353.09362.50961.09372.74282.55742.17233.42833.71104.4035
C73.48421.09331.09592.76682.74281.09372.52112.18411.53922.47102.72273.4618
C81.09333.48422.76681.09591.09372.74282.52112.18411.53922.47102.72273.4618
H92.51352.51353.08353.08352.55742.55742.18412.18411.09252.12563.06622.5890
C102.18842.18842.17232.17232.17232.17231.53921.53921.09251.51172.17762.4502
C112.75632.75632.68122.68123.42833.42832.47102.47102.12561.51171.11201.2256
H123.12083.12082.46182.46183.71103.71102.72272.72273.06622.17761.11202.0452
O133.46403.46403.80043.80044.40354.40353.46183.46182.58902.45021.22562.0452

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 108.625 H1 C8 H5 108.673
H1 C8 C10 111.335 H2 C7 H3 108.625
H2 C7 H6 108.673 H2 C7 C10 111.335
H3 C7 H6 108.188 H3 C7 C10 109.908
H4 C8 H5 108.188 H4 C8 C10 109.908
H5 C8 C10 110.039 H6 C7 C10 110.039
C7 C10 C8 109.961 C7 C10 H9 111.048
C7 C10 C11 108.169 C8 C10 H9 111.048
C8 C10 C11 108.169 H9 C10 C11 108.340
C10 C11 H12 111.282 C10 C11 O13 126.726
H12 C11 O13 121.992
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.222      
2 H 0.222      
3 H 0.207      
4 H 0.207      
5 H 0.220      
6 H 0.220      
7 C -0.577      
8 C -0.577      
9 H 0.243      
10 C -0.427      
11 C 0.306      
12 H 0.156      
13 O -0.423      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.381 2.697 0.000 2.724
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.750 0.794 0.000
y 0.794 -37.665 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.506
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.336 0.794 0.000
y 0.794 -7.037 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.701
Polar
3z2-r27.402
x2-y26.915
xy0.794
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.780 -0.137 0.000
y -0.137 7.062 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.611


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 134.809
(<r2>)1/2 11.611