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All results from a given calculation for C5H10O (2-methylbutyraldehyde)

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 C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-270.089984
Energy at 298.15K-270.101103
HF Energy-270.089984
Nuclear repulsion energy240.804525
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 3253 2955 32.23      
2 A 3244 2947 42.13      
3 A 3234 2938 65.46      
4 A 3222 2927 57.61      
5 A 3182 2891 27.43      
6 A 3179 2888 20.56      
7 A 3163 2873 22.49      
8 A 3151 2863 50.81      
9 A 3125 2839 27.81      
10 A 3070 2789 98.16      
11 A 2004 1820 242.12      
12 A 1626 1478 3.06      
13 A 1623 1474 8.37      
14 A 1615 1467 4.49      
15 A 1611 1463 7.69      
16 A 1605 1458 1.01      
17 A 1555 1413 11.47      
18 A 1541 1400 2.67      
19 A 1532 1391 3.78      
20 A 1505 1368 1.47      
21 A 1482 1347 2.74      
22 A 1425 1295 0.94      
23 A 1388 1261 0.22      
24 A 1293 1175 0.83      
25 A 1259 1144 4.07      
26 A 1214 1103 7.77      
27 A 1116 1014 0.77      
28 A 1088 988 9.10      
29 A 1057 960 3.40      
30 A 1016 923 1.33      
31 A 967 878 13.29      
32 A 848 770 5.38      
33 A 826 751 4.79      
34 A 710 645 13.99      
35 A 431 392 0.95      
36 A 415 377 0.91      
37 A 316 287 6.38      
38 A 281 255 0.85      
39 A 251 228 3.19      
40 A 220 200 0.44      
41 A 100 90 4.24      
42 A 82 74 5.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 32910.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29899.4 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
0.23477 0.07027 0.05856

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.376 -0.696 0.209
C2 -0.090 0.082 0.395
C3 1.053 -0.678 -0.305
C4 2.450 -0.148 0.017
C5 -0.241 1.533 -0.053
O6 -2.378 -0.266 -0.248
H7 -1.327 -1.745 0.539
H8 0.107 0.052 1.469
H9 1.006 -1.727 -0.016
H10 0.890 -0.649 -1.380
H11 3.207 -0.766 -0.455
H12 2.588 0.868 -0.338
H13 2.634 -0.157 1.088
H14 -0.405 1.591 -1.124
H15 -1.092 1.997 0.431
H16 0.643 2.110 0.191

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.51382.48253.86922.51491.18251.09992.08432.60512.76854.63144.29674.14002.82022.71693.4574
C21.51381.54052.57801.52622.40102.21021.09252.15422.15523.50902.88632.82102.16442.16172.1669
C32.48251.54051.52812.57453.45582.74082.13811.08841.08842.16132.17932.17032.81903.50702.8617
C43.86922.57801.52813.17344.83594.13332.76302.13952.15261.08561.08461.08703.53164.16112.8968
C52.51491.52622.57453.17342.79933.50292.15183.49042.79314.16382.92103.52461.08541.08341.0842
O61.18252.40103.45584.83592.79931.97723.03663.69313.47995.61105.09475.18752.84752.68913.8682
H71.09992.21022.74084.13333.50291.97722.47982.39833.13054.74394.78794.30253.83963.75024.3432
H82.08431.09252.13812.76302.15183.03662.47982.48513.03653.73883.17602.56363.05862.50942.4815
H92.60512.15421.08842.13953.49043.69312.39832.48511.74272.44153.05592.51653.77184.29743.8597
H102.76852.15521.08842.15262.79313.47993.13053.03651.74272.49752.50383.06172.59973.76973.1844
H114.63143.50902.16131.08564.16385.61104.74393.73882.44152.49751.75041.75524.36435.18673.9066
H124.29672.88632.17931.08462.92105.09474.78793.17603.05592.50381.75041.75643.17833.92632.3681
H134.14002.82102.17031.08703.52465.18754.30252.56362.51653.06171.75521.75644.14514.35333.1475
H142.82022.16442.81903.53161.08542.84753.83963.05863.77182.59974.36433.17834.14511.74871.7600
H152.71692.16173.50704.16111.08342.68913.75022.50944.29743.76975.18673.92634.35331.74871.7558
H163.45742.16692.86172.89681.08423.86824.34322.48153.85973.18443.90662.36813.14751.76001.7558

picture of 2-methylbutyraldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 108.736 C1 C2 C5 111.634
C1 C2 H8 105.054 C2 C1 O6 125.424
C2 C1 H7 114.553 C2 C3 C4 114.304
C2 C3 H9 108.848 C2 C3 H10 108.917
C2 C5 H14 110.811 C2 C5 H15 110.716
C2 C5 H16 111.086 C3 C2 C5 114.172
C3 C2 H8 107.372 C3 C4 H11 110.417
C3 C4 H12 111.927 C3 C4 H13 111.054
C4 C3 H9 108.539 C4 C3 H10 109.561
C5 C2 H8 109.394 O6 C1 H7 120.023
H9 C3 H10 106.373 H11 C4 H12 107.528
H11 C4 H13 107.783 H12 C4 H13 107.962
H14 C5 H15 107.473 H14 C5 H16 108.434
H15 C5 H16 108.197
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 0.321      
2 C -0.285      
3 C -0.210      
4 C -0.223      
5 C -0.186      
6 O -0.379      
7 H 0.069      
8 H 0.112      
9 H 0.096      
10 H 0.104      
11 H 0.098      
12 H 0.097      
13 H 0.087      
14 H 0.098      
15 H 0.108      
16 H 0.094      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.789 -0.626 0.965 3.017
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.317 0.138 -2.211
y 0.138 -37.212 -0.424
z -2.211 -0.424 -37.737
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.842 0.138 -2.211
y 0.138 5.314 -0.424
z -2.211 -0.424 4.528
Polar
3z2-r29.055
x2-y2-10.104
xy0.138
xz-2.211
yz-0.424


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.315 -0.288 0.276
y -0.288 8.190 -0.242
z 0.276 -0.242 7.091


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 203.254
(<r2>)1/2 14.257