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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-231.047331
Energy at 298.15K-231.056197
Nuclear repulsion energy172.855693
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 HF/6-311G**
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' 3224 2929 59.66      
2 A' 3185 2894 17.10      
3 A' 3155 2867 39.30      
4 A' 3146 2858 37.79      
5 A' 3076 2794 127.33      
6 A' 2006 1822 221.17      
7 A' 1626 1477 6.42      
8 A' 1609 1461 1.52      
9 A' 1578 1433 9.69      
10 A' 1546 1405 10.62      
11 A' 1537 1397 8.47      
12 A' 1527 1387 14.72      
13 A' 1429 1298 3.26      
14 A' 1219 1107 11.92      
15 A' 1111 1009 1.15      
16 A' 1027 933 6.43      
17 A' 916 832 2.84      
18 A' 740 672 25.13      
19 A' 369 335 1.33      
20 A' 210 191 9.96      
21 A" 3230 2935 89.82      
22 A" 3199 2907 7.10      
23 A" 3166 2877 15.84      
24 A" 1616 1468 6.54      
25 A" 1433 1301 0.20      
26 A" 1362 1238 0.02      
27 A" 1267 1151 0.05      
28 A" 1032 937 0.23      
29 A" 854 776 0.93      
30 A" 728 661 1.76      
31 A" 263 239 0.03      
32 A" 183 166 3.67      
33 A" 89 81 2.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26327.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23918.8 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.51598 0.08515 0.07612

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.278 -0.371 0.000
H2 2.796 -1.325 0.000
H3 2.603 0.182 0.878
H4 2.603 0.182 -0.878
C5 0.764 -0.573 0.000
H6 0.468 -1.154 -0.868
H7 0.468 -1.154 0.868
C8 0.000 0.747 0.000
H9 0.262 1.354 0.867
H10 0.262 1.354 -0.867
C11 -1.500 0.602 0.000
H12 -2.055 1.551 0.000
O13 -2.083 -0.427 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.08551.08721.08721.52732.15462.15462.53762.79192.79193.90104.73974.3614
H21.08551.75431.75432.16662.49002.49003.47993.78853.78854.70785.63884.9607
H31.08721.75431.75612.17323.06442.51872.80512.61913.14744.21704.93384.8066
H41.08721.75431.75612.17322.51873.06442.80513.14742.61914.21704.93384.8066
C51.52732.16662.17322.17321.08551.08551.52482.17192.17192.55033.52892.8508
H62.15462.49003.06442.51871.08551.73502.14143.05682.51682.77623.79892.7908
H72.15462.49002.51873.06441.08551.73502.14142.51683.05682.77623.79892.7908
C82.53763.47992.80512.80511.52482.14142.14141.09061.09061.50682.20622.3911
H92.79193.78852.61913.14742.17193.05682.51681.09061.73462.10262.48103.0696
H102.79193.78853.14742.61912.17192.51683.05681.09061.73462.10262.48103.0696
C113.90104.70784.21704.21702.55032.77622.77621.50682.10262.10261.09931.1826
H124.73975.63884.93384.93383.52893.79893.79892.20622.48102.48101.09931.9780
O134.36144.96074.80664.80662.85082.79082.79082.39113.06963.06961.18261.9780

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 109.943 C1 C5 H7 109.943
C1 C5 C8 112.489 H2 C1 H3 107.693
H2 C1 H4 107.693 H2 C1 C5 110.900
H3 C1 H4 107.728 H3 C1 C5 111.327
H4 C1 C5 111.327 C5 C8 H9 111.201
C5 C8 H10 111.201 C5 C8 C11 114.539
H6 C5 H7 106.098 H6 C5 C8 109.080
H7 C5 C8 109.080 C8 C11 H12 114.777
C8 C11 O13 125.085 H9 C8 H10 105.362
H9 C8 C11 107.004 H10 C8 C11 107.004
H12 C11 O13 120.138
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.236      
2 H 0.098      
3 H 0.085      
4 H 0.085      
5 C -0.185      
6 H 0.105      
7 H 0.105      
8 C -0.264      
9 H 0.113      
10 H 0.113      
11 C 0.291      
12 H 0.068      
13 O -0.379      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.838 2.123 0.000 2.808
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.538 -4.238 0.000
y -4.238 -31.031 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.873
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.586 -4.238 0.000
y -4.238 3.175 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.411
Polar
3z2-r26.822
x2-y2-6.507
xy-4.238
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.445 -0.035 0.000
y -0.035 6.997 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.499


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 154.600
(<r2>)1/2 12.434