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All results from a given calculation for CH3COCH2CH3 (2-Butanone)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at BLYP/6-311G**
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.431860
Energy at 298.15K-232.439927
Nuclear repulsion energy174.365736
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 BLYP/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 3060 3048 14.38      
2 A 3036 3025 27.62      
3 A 3029 3017 28.45      
4 A 3005 2993 15.40      
5 A 2970 2959 25.98      
6 A 2954 2943 11.75      
7 A 2950 2938 10.45      
8 A 2930 2918 18.11      
9 A 1711 1704 129.96      
10 A 1467 1462 7.54      
11 A 1459 1453 7.67      
12 A 1443 1437 9.76      
13 A 1432 1427 19.65      
14 A 1416 1411 6.01      
15 A 1380 1375 6.23      
16 A 1341 1336 33.09      
17 A 1320 1315 18.33      
18 A 1249 1244 0.04      
19 A 1141 1137 81.04      
20 A 1096 1092 0.23      
21 A 1070 1066 1.83      
22 A 967 964 1.67      
23 A 927 923 3.30      
24 A 903 899 20.96      
25 A 737 734 2.62      
26 A 723 720 4.53      
27 A 569 567 6.07      
28 A 460 459 0.14      
29 A 388 387 3.78      
30 A 242 241 4.75      
31 A 183 182 0.21      
32 A 101 100 0.04      
33 A 43 42 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23850.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23757.3 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.31313 0.11711 0.08957

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.904 -0.511 0.028
C2 0.533 0.171 -0.016
C3 -0.692 -0.758 -0.049
C4 -2.038 -0.021 0.040
O5 0.423 1.388 -0.019
H6 2.693 0.235 -0.125
H7 2.049 -0.990 1.010
H8 1.983 -1.305 -0.730
H9 -2.875 -0.731 -0.012
H10 -2.118 0.540 0.981
H11 -2.143 0.702 -0.779
H12 -0.628 -1.350 -0.979
H13 -0.585 -1.497 0.765

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
C11.53212.60933.97302.40931.09571.10211.10054.78484.26574.30182.85152.7770
C21.53211.53802.57931.22222.16302.16712.18883.52592.85672.83342.14272.1546
C32.60931.53801.53712.41873.52802.94742.81412.18352.18602.18411.10511.1043
C43.97302.57931.53712.83674.74064.31084.29081.09911.09841.09772.18972.1946
O52.40931.22222.41872.83672.54833.05883.19293.92062.85942.76303.08653.1551
H61.09572.16303.52804.74062.54831.78921.80025.65214.94594.90223.77723.8121
H71.10212.16712.94744.31083.05881.78921.76975.03544.43924.86173.35442.6933
H81.10052.18882.81414.29083.19291.80021.76974.94424.81174.58862.62302.9773
H94.78483.52592.18351.09913.92065.65215.03544.94421.78171.78342.52382.5364
H104.26572.85672.18601.09842.85944.94594.43924.81171.78171.76773.10432.5590
H114.30182.83342.18411.09772.76304.90224.86174.58861.78341.76772.55883.1062
H122.85152.14271.10512.18973.08653.77723.35442.62302.52383.10432.55881.7507
H132.77702.15461.10432.19463.15513.81212.69332.97732.53642.55903.10621.7507

picture of 2-Butanone state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 116.404 C1 C2 O5 121.623
C2 C1 H6 109.684 C2 C1 H7 109.631
C2 C1 H8 111.440 C2 C3 C4 114.015
C2 C3 H12 107.186 C2 C3 H13 108.138
C3 C2 O5 121.972 C3 C4 H9 110.746
C3 C4 H10 110.986 C3 C4 H11 110.882
C4 C3 H12 110.874 C4 C3 H13 111.317
H6 C1 H7 108.994 H6 C1 H8 110.107
H7 C1 H8 106.918 H9 C4 H10 108.346
H9 C4 H11 108.552 H10 C4 H11 107.208
H12 C3 H13 104.813
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.291      
2 C 0.158      
3 C -0.251      
4 C -0.270      
5 O -0.265      
6 H 0.125      
7 H 0.122      
8 H 0.113      
9 H 0.098      
10 H 0.109      
11 H 0.112      
12 H 0.123      
13 H 0.118      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.192 -2.615 0.029 2.622
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.835 -1.057 0.138
y -1.057 -35.455 0.028
z 0.138 0.028 -31.093
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.439 -1.057 0.138
y -1.057 -4.492 0.028
z 0.138 0.028 2.052
Polar
3z2-r24.105
x2-y24.621
xy-1.057
xz0.138
yz0.028


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.689 -0.204 0.034
y -0.204 7.715 0.001
z 0.034 0.001 5.967


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 139.881
(<r2>)1/2 11.827