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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-270.075849
Energy at 298.15K-270.086973
HF Energy-270.075849
Nuclear repulsion energy240.897395
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 HF/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 3268 2955 37.87      
2 A 3260 2948 47.59      
3 A 3249 2939 77.79      
4 A 3236 2927 65.93      
5 A 3198 2893 12.38      
6 A 3197 2891 39.87      
7 A 3180 2876 23.59      
8 A 3169 2866 59.78      
9 A 3144 2843 32.37      
10 A 3095 2799 103.12      
11 A 2007 1815 243.14      
12 A 1644 1487 2.63      
13 A 1639 1483 9.73      
14 A 1631 1475 4.84      
15 A 1629 1473 7.78      
16 A 1620 1465 0.46      
17 A 1569 1419 11.52      
18 A 1554 1406 2.16      
19 A 1545 1398 4.85      
20 A 1517 1372 1.92      
21 A 1491 1349 2.73      
22 A 1437 1300 1.18      
23 A 1398 1264 0.20      
24 A 1300 1175 0.74      
25 A 1263 1142 3.81      
26 A 1219 1102 8.19      
27 A 1121 1014 0.93      
28 A 1092 987 8.04      
29 A 1062 961 3.82      
30 A 1019 922 1.21      
31 A 969 876 12.87      
32 A 850 769 4.87      
33 A 828 749 4.73      
34 A 713 645 14.14      
35 A 433 392 0.88      
36 A 415 376 0.93      
37 A 319 288 6.01      
38 A 281 254 0.93      
39 A 254 230 3.48      
40 A 223 202 0.38      
41 A 101 92 3.88      
42 A 82 74 5.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 33110.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29945.4 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
0.23433 0.07041 0.05868

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.378 -0.691 0.215
C2 -0.090 0.082 0.401
C3 1.048 -0.684 -0.298
C4 2.446 -0.149 0.008
C5 -0.235 1.532 -0.051
O6 -2.374 -0.265 -0.259
H7 -1.342 -1.734 0.560
H8 0.109 0.056 1.474
H9 1.005 -1.729 -0.001
H10 0.879 -0.667 -1.372
H11 3.202 -0.773 -0.455
H12 2.587 0.859 -0.363
H13 2.638 -0.139 1.077
H14 -0.396 1.591 -1.122
H15 -1.083 2.004 0.429
H16 0.649 2.109 0.192

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.51402.48053.86812.51431.18221.09902.08732.60912.76034.63024.29684.14462.82202.71953.4573
C21.51401.54022.57681.52572.40202.21171.09182.15512.15583.50802.89052.81932.16562.16312.1675
C32.48051.54021.52742.57283.44762.74842.13801.08771.08762.16152.17992.17142.81773.50652.8634
C43.86812.57681.52743.16514.82814.14312.76602.13832.15131.08471.08361.08613.51854.15532.8915
C52.51431.52572.57283.16512.80073.50252.15033.48992.79724.15882.91803.51001.08441.08251.0833
O61.18222.40203.44764.82812.80071.97363.04513.69183.46155.60235.08715.18802.84602.69873.8695
H71.09902.21172.74844.14313.50251.97362.47942.41363.13184.75434.79734.31863.84483.74914.3439
H82.08731.09182.13802.76602.15033.04512.47942.48373.03643.73863.18752.56693.05802.51172.4799
H92.60912.15511.08772.13833.48993.69182.41362.48371.73912.43833.05482.52133.77434.29933.8597
H102.76032.15581.08762.15132.79723.46153.13183.03641.73912.49972.50253.06132.60543.77213.1947
H114.63023.50802.16151.08474.15885.60234.75433.73862.43832.49971.74701.75184.35685.18273.9046
H124.29682.89052.17991.08362.91805.08714.79733.18753.05482.50251.74701.75333.16343.92542.3719
H134.14462.81932.17141.08613.51005.18804.31862.56692.52133.06131.75181.75334.12704.34273.1293
H142.82202.16562.81773.51851.08442.84603.84483.05803.77432.60544.35683.16344.12701.74561.7565
H152.71952.16313.50654.15531.08252.69873.74912.51174.29933.77215.18273.92544.34271.74561.7517
H163.45732.16752.86342.89151.08333.86954.34392.47993.85973.19473.90462.37193.12931.75651.7517

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 108.607 C1 C2 C5 111.613
C1 C2 H8 105.303 C2 C1 O6 125.520
C2 C1 H7 114.719 C2 C3 C4 114.277
C2 C3 H9 108.969 C2 C3 H10 109.023
C2 C5 H14 111.009 C2 C5 H15 110.919
C2 C5 H16 111.221 C3 C2 C5 114.101
C3 C2 H8 107.413 C3 C4 H11 110.537
C3 C4 H12 112.087 C3 C4 H13 111.245
C4 C3 H9 108.535 C4 C3 H10 109.560
C5 C2 H8 109.354 O6 C1 H7 119.761
H9 C3 H10 106.161 H11 C4 H12 107.355
H11 C4 H13 107.600 H12 C4 H13 107.816
H14 C5 H15 107.334 H14 C5 H16 108.254
H15 C5 H16 107.952
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.236      
2 C -0.343      
3 C -0.421      
4 C -0.615      
5 C -0.596      
6 O -0.382      
7 H 0.172      
8 H 0.217      
9 H 0.211      
10 H 0.216      
11 H 0.217      
12 H 0.219      
13 H 0.207      
14 H 0.217      
15 H 0.229      
16 H 0.216      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.758 -0.636 1.003 3.002
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.425 0.151 -2.301
y 0.151 -37.373 -0.431
z -2.301 -0.431 -37.838
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.819 0.151 -2.301
y 0.151 5.259 -0.431
z -2.301 -0.431 4.561
Polar
3z2-r29.122
x2-y2-10.052
xy0.151
xz-2.301
yz-0.431


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.123 -0.284 0.294
y -0.284 8.044 -0.251
z 0.294 -0.251 7.003


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 203.090
(<r2>)1/2 14.251