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All results from a given calculation for CH3COCH2CH3 (2-Butanone)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at BLYP/6-311G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.420990
Energy at 298.15K-232.429081
Nuclear repulsion energy174.318592
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/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 3060 3052 18.11      
2 A 3038 3030 31.89      
3 A 3029 3021 32.89      
4 A 3004 2997 18.97      
5 A 2972 2965 28.14      
6 A 2955 2948 13.12      
7 A 2948 2941 13.27      
8 A 2930 2922 20.09      
9 A 1713 1709 127.55      
10 A 1483 1480 8.45      
11 A 1476 1472 8.56      
12 A 1458 1454 10.52      
13 A 1448 1445 20.65      
14 A 1432 1429 8.28      
15 A 1392 1389 7.21      
16 A 1356 1353 33.10      
17 A 1331 1328 18.08      
18 A 1261 1258 0.03      
19 A 1146 1143 79.69      
20 A 1104 1101 0.31      
21 A 1076 1074 2.09      
22 A 972 969 1.58      
23 A 936 933 3.36      
24 A 908 906 21.19      
25 A 741 739 2.68      
26 A 724 723 4.36      
27 A 569 568 5.90      
28 A 462 461 0.17      
29 A 389 388 3.74      
30 A 242 241 4.66      
31 A 189 189 0.21      
32 A 104 103 0.06      
33 A 48 48 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23947.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23887.8 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.31281 0.11705 0.08951

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.903 -0.512 0.031
C2 0.533 0.172 -0.018
C3 -0.693 -0.756 -0.054
C4 -2.038 -0.021 0.044
O5 0.424 1.389 -0.021
H6 2.695 0.226 -0.146
H7 2.059 -0.965 1.024
H8 1.980 -1.327 -0.705
H9 -2.876 -0.730 -0.015
H10 -2.121 0.529 0.991
H11 -2.148 0.711 -0.766
H12 -0.634 -1.345 -0.989
H13 -0.586 -1.505 0.752

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
C11.53222.60893.97192.40941.09611.10261.10094.78494.26664.30612.85872.7749
C21.53221.53832.57931.22202.16572.16942.19403.52702.86212.83522.14622.1577
C32.60891.53831.53612.41923.52792.96272.80962.18412.18772.18591.10581.1050
C43.97192.57931.53612.83874.74284.31704.29101.09951.09871.09802.18812.1932
O52.40941.22202.41922.83872.55403.05073.20423.92282.87112.76233.08733.1609
H61.09612.16573.52794.74282.55401.78611.79855.65384.95734.90593.77603.8156
H71.10262.16942.96274.31703.05071.78611.76855.04894.43954.86943.38352.7127
H81.10092.19402.80964.29103.20421.79851.76854.94144.81104.60412.62982.9561
H94.78493.52702.18411.09953.92285.65385.04894.94141.78051.78162.52022.5366
H104.26662.86212.18771.09872.87114.95734.43954.81101.78051.76683.10522.5598
H114.30612.83522.18591.09802.76234.90594.86944.60411.78161.76682.56263.1072
H122.85872.14621.10582.18813.08733.77603.38352.62982.52023.10522.56261.7486
H132.77492.15771.10502.19323.16093.81562.71272.95612.53662.55983.10721.7486

picture of 2-Butanone state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 116.352 C1 C2 O5 121.636
C2 C1 H6 109.859 C2 C1 H7 109.772
C2 C1 H8 111.821 C2 C3 C4 114.064
C2 C3 H12 107.394 C2 C3 H13 108.314
C3 C2 O5 122.012 C3 C4 H9 110.837
C3 C4 H10 111.177 C3 C4 H11 111.074
C4 C3 H12 110.779 C4 C3 H13 111.235
H6 C1 H7 108.644 H6 C1 H8 109.891
H7 C1 H8 106.759 H9 C4 H10 108.183
H9 C4 H11 108.341 H10 C4 H11 107.084
H12 C3 H13 104.546
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.654      
2 C 0.289      
3 C -0.460      
4 C -0.579      
5 O -0.266      
6 H 0.221      
7 H 0.218      
8 H 0.209      
9 H 0.193      
10 H 0.204      
11 H 0.208      
12 H 0.211      
13 H 0.206      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.197 -2.614 0.031 2.622
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.016 -1.011 0.154
y -1.011 -35.523 0.027
z 0.154 0.027 -31.108
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.300 -1.011 0.154
y -1.011 -4.461 0.027
z 0.154 0.027 2.161
Polar
3z2-r24.322
x2-y24.507
xy-1.011
xz0.154
yz0.027


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.552 -0.187 0.040
y -0.187 7.647 0.002
z 0.040 0.002 5.888


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 140.046
(<r2>)1/2 11.834