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

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-270.310301
Energy at 298.15K-270.320824
HF Energy-270.310301
Nuclear repulsion energy241.232305
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 LSDA/6-31G**
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 3099 3041 6.29      
2 A 3081 3023 20.24      
3 A 3079 3022 5.87      
4 A 3067 3009 22.18      
5 A 3006 2950 14.12      
6 A 2997 2941 10.85      
7 A 2985 2929 19.25      
8 A 2961 2905 19.17      
9 A 2903 2848 12.35      
10 A 2769 2717 123.89      
11 A 1822 1788 152.63      
12 A 1450 1423 5.84      
13 A 1440 1413 11.52      
14 A 1438 1411 10.72      
15 A 1429 1402 11.82      
16 A 1419 1392 4.31      
17 A 1374 1348 7.33      
18 A 1360 1334 9.85      
19 A 1348 1323 6.75      
20 A 1319 1294 2.95      
21 A 1311 1287 6.54      
22 A 1252 1229 3.37      
23 A 1213 1191 1.02      
24 A 1157 1135 4.39      
25 A 1149 1128 0.67      
26 A 1094 1074 0.85      
27 A 1046 1026 0.20      
28 A 996 977 18.27      
29 A 938 920 10.10      
30 A 924 907 25.63      
31 A 887 871 2.01      
32 A 798 783 5.04      
33 A 757 743 5.47      
34 A 636 624 4.92      
35 A 396 389 0.91      
36 A 387 379 1.10      
37 A 279 274 5.98      
38 A 260 255 0.45      
39 A 228 224 2.85      
40 A 169 166 0.82      
41 A 86 85 0.77      
42 A 74 72 3.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30190.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29625.4 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
0.24357 0.07065 0.05902

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.352 -0.706 0.167
C2 -0.081 0.057 0.365
C3 1.067 -0.681 -0.311
C4 2.423 -0.119 0.042
C5 -0.232 1.494 -0.062
O6 -2.404 -0.219 -0.183
H7 -1.262 -1.814 0.370
H8 0.109 0.002 1.464
H9 1.018 -1.753 -0.036
H10 0.912 -0.640 -1.407
H11 3.236 -0.683 -0.443
H12 2.519 0.934 -0.272
H13 2.594 -0.154 1.132
H14 -0.326 1.555 -1.160
H15 -1.151 1.929 0.361
H16 0.630 2.106 0.245

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.49612.46533.82242.47911.21121.12992.07812.59872.75774.62794.22654.09982.81502.65023.4412
C21.49611.52262.53061.50642.40312.21291.11582.15522.14753.49272.81622.79062.15172.15642.1717
C32.46531.52261.51012.54533.50382.67762.12891.10801.10762.17302.17222.16652.76753.49032.8748
C43.82242.53061.51013.10824.83344.06952.71842.15672.15731.10181.10311.10433.43554.13142.8641
C52.47911.50642.54533.10822.76833.49122.16043.47942.76954.11202.81483.48281.10381.10111.1010
O61.21122.40313.50384.83342.76832.03853.01253.75333.55985.66485.05655.16882.90132.54533.8460
H71.12992.21292.67764.06953.49122.03852.52512.31653.04314.70844.71784.26703.81643.74494.3544
H82.07811.11582.12892.71842.16043.01252.52512.48113.04893.72563.11232.51193.07922.55252.4861
H92.59872.15521.10802.15673.47943.75332.31652.48111.76942.49593.08702.53093.74334.29203.8884
H102.75772.14751.10762.15732.76953.55983.04313.04891.76942.51602.51913.08442.53173.73913.2163
H114.62793.49272.17301.10184.11205.66484.70843.72562.49592.51601.77721.78144.26685.16833.8777
H124.22652.81622.17221.10312.81485.05654.71783.11233.08702.51911.77721.77873.04363.85422.2813
H134.09982.79062.16651.10433.48285.16884.26702.51192.53093.08441.78141.77874.08694.35443.1227
H142.81502.15172.76753.43551.10382.90133.81643.07923.74332.53174.26683.04364.08691.77041.7863
H152.65022.15643.49034.13141.10112.54533.74492.55254.29203.73915.16833.85424.35441.77041.7937
H163.44122.17172.87482.86411.10103.84604.35442.48613.88843.21633.87772.28133.12271.78631.7937

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 109.507 C1 C2 C5 111.312
C1 C2 H8 104.492 C2 C1 O6 124.818
C2 C1 H7 114.132 C2 C3 C4 113.115
C2 C3 H9 109.011 C2 C3 H10 108.432
C2 C5 H14 110.083 C2 C5 H15 110.616
C2 C5 H16 111.853 C3 C2 C5 114.342
C3 C2 H8 106.567 C3 C4 H11 111.655
C3 C4 H12 111.504 C3 C4 H13 110.974
C4 C3 H9 109.982 C4 C3 H10 110.047
C5 C2 H8 110.058 O6 C1 H7 121.050
H9 C3 H10 105.992 H11 C4 H12 107.426
H11 C4 H13 107.703 H12 C4 H13 107.368
H14 C5 H15 106.825 H14 C5 H16 108.229
H15 C5 H16 109.076
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.219      
2 C -0.151      
3 C -0.252      
4 C -0.425      
5 C -0.420      
6 O -0.343      
7 H 0.079      
8 H 0.149      
9 H 0.131      
10 H 0.142      
11 H 0.145      
12 H 0.146      
13 H 0.140      
14 H 0.148      
15 H 0.159      
16 H 0.134      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.527 -0.393 0.622 2.632
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.056 -0.016 -1.304
y -0.016 -37.020 -0.184
z -1.304 -0.184 -37.096
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.998 -0.016 -1.304
y -0.016 4.056 -0.184
z -1.304 -0.184 3.942
Polar
3z2-r27.885
x2-y2-8.036
xy-0.016
xz-1.304
yz-0.184


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.980 -0.236 0.231
y -0.236 8.574 -0.197
z 0.231 -0.197 7.053


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 200.824
(<r2>)1/2 14.171