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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.424151
Energy at 298.15K-232.432749
Nuclear repulsion energy172.076611
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3110 2994 40.87      
2 A' 3056 2942 20.48      
3 A' 3033 2920 30.37      
4 A' 3008 2896 26.16      
5 A' 2871 2763 171.78      
6 A' 1835 1767 163.38      
7 A' 1519 1462 9.37      
8 A' 1501 1445 3.46      
9 A' 1459 1405 16.24      
10 A' 1427 1374 5.41      
11 A' 1422 1369 8.63      
12 A' 1407 1354 19.03      
13 A' 1320 1270 9.19      
14 A' 1142 1100 11.97      
15 A' 1064 1025 0.18      
16 A' 969 933 6.42      
17 A' 864 832 8.72      
18 A' 701 674 14.64      
19 A' 347 334 0.72      
20 A' 194 186 8.57      
21 A" 3107 2991 66.79      
22 A" 3082 2967 0.01      
23 A" 3031 2918 10.97      
24 A" 1516 1459 9.87      
25 A" 1337 1287 0.16      
26 A" 1262 1215 0.10      
27 A" 1156 1113 0.02      
28 A" 955 919 0.00      
29 A" 790 760 1.65      
30 A" 665 641 4.88      
31 A" 252 242 0.04      
32 A" 184 177 1.65      
33 A" 78 75 1.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24830.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23903.8 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.50854 0.08490 0.07577

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.279 -0.366 0.000
H2 2.805 -1.324 0.000
H3 2.612 0.190 0.883
H4 2.612 0.190 -0.883
C5 0.768 -0.566 0.000
H6 0.465 -1.156 -0.871
H7 0.465 -1.156 0.871
C8 0.000 0.747 0.000
H9 0.266 1.369 0.869
H10 0.266 1.369 -0.869
C11 -1.498 0.602 0.000
H12 -2.061 1.565 0.000
O13 -2.091 -0.444 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.09351.09511.09511.52392.16162.16162.53622.79622.79623.89874.74994.3706
H21.09351.76371.76372.17352.50222.50223.48723.80263.80264.71455.65924.9746
H31.09511.76371.76532.17973.08172.53412.81292.62613.15644.22364.95044.8271
H41.09511.76371.76532.17972.53413.08172.81293.15642.62614.22364.95044.8271
C51.52392.17352.17972.17971.09491.09491.52152.18002.18002.54933.54182.8618
H62.16162.50223.08172.53411.09491.74202.14453.07322.53352.77583.81382.7930
H72.16162.50222.53413.08171.09491.74202.14452.53353.07322.77583.81382.7930
C82.53623.48722.81292.81291.52152.14452.14451.10091.10091.50462.21722.4067
H92.79623.80262.62613.15642.18003.07322.53351.10091.73732.10992.49123.0979
H102.79623.80263.15642.62612.18002.53353.07321.10091.73732.10992.49123.0979
C113.89874.71454.22364.22362.54932.77582.77581.50462.10992.10991.11501.2032
H124.74995.65924.95044.95043.54183.81383.81382.21722.49122.49121.11502.0091
O134.37064.97464.82714.82712.86182.79302.79302.40673.09793.09791.20322.0091

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.181 C1 C5 H7 110.181
C1 C5 C8 112.776 H2 C1 H3 107.380
H2 C1 H4 107.380 H2 C1 C5 111.215
H3 C1 H4 107.410 H3 C1 C5 111.612
H4 C1 C5 111.612 C5 C8 H9 111.460
C5 C8 H10 111.460 C5 C8 C11 114.798
H6 C5 H7 105.411 H6 C5 C8 109.009
H7 C5 C8 109.009 C8 C11 H12 114.825
C8 C11 O13 125.077 H9 C8 H10 104.193
H9 C8 C11 107.131 H10 C8 C11 107.131
H12 C11 O13 120.097
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.651      
2 H 0.229      
3 H 0.217      
4 H 0.217      
5 C -0.438      
6 H 0.232      
7 H 0.232      
8 C -0.524      
9 H 0.238      
10 H 0.238      
11 C 0.133      
12 H 0.163      
13 O -0.287      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.752 1.847 0.000 2.546
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.832 -3.591 0.000
y -3.591 -30.932 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.711
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.010 -3.591 0.000
y -3.591 2.840 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.171
Polar
3z2-r26.341
x2-y2-5.900
xy-3.591
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> 155.092
(<r2>)1/2 12.454