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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.175379
Energy at 298.15K-232.183840
Nuclear repulsion energy170.570844
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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
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' 3055 3020 31.62      
2 A' 2992 2958 18.49      
3 A' 2971 2937 30.38      
4 A' 2937 2903 25.60      
5 A' 2795 2763 163.25      
6 A' 1750 1730 172.10      
7 A' 1462 1445 8.68      
8 A' 1445 1429 2.79      
9 A' 1399 1383 16.53      
10 A' 1373 1357 2.92      
11 A' 1367 1351 6.41      
12 A' 1347 1331 25.52      
13 A' 1266 1252 7.15      
14 A' 1105 1092 10.39      
15 A' 1035 1023 0.17      
16 A' 941 930 6.93      
17 A' 837 827 11.58      
18 A' 677 669 10.75      
19 A' 337 333 0.42      
20 A' 186 184 8.36      
21 A" 3049 3014 50.38      
22 A" 3025 2990 0.22      
23 A" 2965 2931 7.39      
24 A" 1458 1442 9.82      
25 A" 1279 1264 0.28      
26 A" 1209 1195 0.19      
27 A" 1107 1095 0.04      
28 A" 917 907 0.03      
29 A" 765 756 1.52      
30 A" 642 635 4.64      
31 A" 249 246 0.04      
32 A" 175 173 1.28      
33 A" 79 78 1.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24096.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23821.5 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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
ABC
0.50108 0.08339 0.07447

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.298 -0.361 0.000
H2 2.833 -1.326 0.000
H3 2.628 0.202 0.891
H4 2.628 0.202 -0.891
C5 0.779 -0.572 0.000
H6 0.476 -1.167 -0.879
H7 0.476 -1.167 0.879
C8 0.000 0.745 0.000
H9 0.264 1.376 0.876
H10 0.264 1.376 -0.876
C11 -1.505 0.609 0.000
H12 -2.066 1.584 0.000
O13 -2.116 -0.451 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.10251.10431.10431.53352.17762.17762.55042.81422.81423.92504.77804.4148
H21.10251.78001.78002.18792.52072.52073.50903.82893.82894.75005.69785.0256
H31.10431.78001.78112.19333.10452.55052.82722.63893.17544.24754.97354.8707
H41.10431.78001.78112.19332.55053.10452.82723.17542.63894.24754.97354.8707
C51.53352.18792.19332.19331.10431.10431.53012.19632.19632.57133.56952.8974
H62.17762.52073.10452.55051.10431.75882.15783.09662.55132.80233.84752.8291
H72.17762.52072.55053.10451.10431.75882.15782.55133.09662.80233.84752.8291
C82.55043.50902.82722.82721.53012.15782.15781.11081.11081.51142.22992.4309
H92.81423.82892.63893.17542.19633.09662.55131.11081.75132.11782.49813.1255
H102.81423.82893.17542.63892.19632.55133.09661.11081.75132.11782.49813.1255
C113.92504.75004.24754.24752.57132.80232.80231.51142.11782.11781.12471.2237
H124.77805.69784.97354.97353.56953.84753.84752.22992.49812.49811.12472.0359
O134.41485.02564.87074.87072.89742.82912.82912.43093.12553.12551.22372.0359

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.228 C1 C5 H7 110.228
C1 C5 C8 112.715 H2 C1 H3 107.528
H2 C1 H4 107.528 H2 C1 C5 111.147
H3 C1 H4 107.502 H3 C1 C5 111.465
H4 C1 C5 111.465 C5 C8 H9 111.554
C5 C8 H10 111.554 C5 C8 C11 115.433
H6 C5 H7 105.566 H6 C5 C8 108.921
H7 C5 C8 108.921 C8 C11 H12 114.744
C8 C11 O13 125.109 H9 C8 H10 104.063
H9 C8 C11 106.733 H10 C8 C11 106.733
H12 C11 O13 120.147
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.671      
2 H 0.174      
3 H 0.168      
4 H 0.168      
5 C -0.218      
6 H 0.185      
7 H 0.185      
8 C -0.210      
9 H 0.187      
10 H 0.187      
11 C 0.050      
12 H 0.121      
13 O -0.327      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.978 1.878 0.000 2.728
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.875 -3.720 0.000
y -3.720 -31.646 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.306
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.399 -3.720 0.000
y -3.720 2.944 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.455
Polar
3z2-r26.910
x2-y2-6.228
xy-3.720
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.260 0.030 0.000
y 0.030 8.330 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.225


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 157.880
(<r2>)1/2 12.565