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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.443123
Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy170.536869
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/cc-pVTZ
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' 3013 3004 39.22      
2 A' 2968 2959 21.10      
3 A' 2952 2943 25.53      
4 A' 2913 2904 25.28      
5 A' 2748 2740 178.07      
6 A' 1726 1721 147.81      
7 A' 1475 1471 5.93      
8 A' 1458 1454 2.14      
9 A' 1412 1408 15.25      
10 A' 1385 1381 0.48      
11 A' 1378 1374 6.72      
12 A' 1350 1346 18.21      
13 A' 1281 1277 6.97      
14 A' 1098 1095 10.66      
15 A' 1006 1003 1.17      
16 A' 933 930 9.59      
17 A' 821 819 10.58      
18 A' 672 670 12.77      
19 A' 337 336 0.37      
20 A' 189 188 7.85      
21 A" 3010 3001 61.02      
22 A" 2984 2975 0.13      
23 A" 2924 2915 10.50      
24 A" 1470 1466 6.01      
25 A" 1293 1289 0.23      
26 A" 1224 1220 0.06      
27 A" 1121 1118 0.02      
28 A" 926 924 0.00      
29 A" 773 770 1.42      
30 A" 651 649 3.26      
31 A" 245 244 0.01      
32 A" 175 174 1.24      
33 A" 74 74 1.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23992.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.997) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23920.9 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/cc-pVTZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.306 -0.371 0.000
H2 2.833 -1.334 0.000
H3 2.636 0.187 0.886
H4 2.636 0.187 -0.886
C5 0.781 -0.577 0.000
H6 0.481 -1.169 -0.875
H7 0.481 -1.169 0.875
C8 0.000 0.744 0.000
H9 0.266 1.370 0.871
H10 0.266 1.370 -0.871
C11 -1.510 0.614 0.000
H12 -2.058 1.591 0.000
O13 -2.125 -0.436 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.09691.09841.09841.53852.17482.17482.56152.81982.81983.94094.78424.4311
H21.09691.77121.77122.18652.51422.51423.51313.82803.82804.75935.69795.0382
H31.09841.77121.77232.19323.09552.54572.83592.64823.17834.26084.97814.8824
H41.09841.77121.77232.19322.54573.09552.83593.17832.64824.26084.97814.8824
C51.53852.18652.19322.19321.09781.09781.53542.19452.19452.58223.57202.9094
H62.17482.51423.09552.54571.09781.74992.15843.08882.54782.81233.85082.8453
H72.17482.51422.54573.09551.09781.74992.15842.54783.08882.81233.85082.8453
C82.56153.51312.83592.83591.53542.15842.15841.10491.10491.51582.22492.4309
H92.81983.82802.64823.17832.19453.08882.54781.10491.74272.11792.49143.1203
H102.81983.82803.17832.64822.19452.54783.08881.10491.74272.11792.49143.1203
C113.94094.75934.26084.26082.58222.81232.81231.51582.11792.11791.12031.2164
H124.78425.69794.97814.97813.57203.85083.85082.22492.49142.49141.12032.0281
O134.43115.03824.88244.88242.90942.84532.84532.43093.12033.12031.21642.0281

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.037 C1 C5 H7 110.037
C1 C5 C8 112.880 H2 C1 H3 107.574
H2 C1 H4 107.574 H2 C1 C5 111.018
H3 C1 H4 107.563 H3 C1 C5 111.457
H4 C1 C5 111.457 C5 C8 H9 111.390
C5 C8 H10 111.390 C5 C8 C11 115.617
H6 C5 H7 105.687 H6 C5 C8 108.969
H7 C5 C8 108.969 C8 C11 H12 114.293
C8 C11 O13 125.319 H9 C8 H10 104.110
H9 C8 C11 106.781 H10 C8 C11 106.781
H12 C11 O13 120.387
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.282      
2 H 0.095      
3 H 0.083      
4 H 0.083      
5 C -0.115      
6 H 0.087      
7 H 0.087      
8 C -0.129      
9 H 0.089      
10 H 0.089      
11 C 0.107      
12 H 0.042      
13 O -0.235      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.834 1.713 0.000 2.509
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.647 -3.369 0.000
y -3.369 -31.695 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.333
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.133 -3.369 0.000
y -3.369 2.794 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.339
Polar
3z2-r26.677
x2-y2-5.951
xy-3.369
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 158.498
(<r2>)1/2 12.590