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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-230.185957
Energy at 298.15K-230.194663
HF Energy-229.692953
Nuclear repulsion energy170.450605
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 MP2/3-21G*
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' 3156 3002 28.05      
2 A' 3108 2956 11.95      
3 A' 3080 2930 18.10      
4 A' 3065 2916 11.88      
5 A' 2957 2813 143.13      
6 A' 1637 1558 26.91      
7 A' 1605 1527 6.34      
8 A' 1587 1510 3.84      
9 A' 1553 1478 18.78      
10 A' 1496 1423 1.64      
11 A' 1459 1388 3.45      
12 A' 1431 1361 5.84      
13 A' 1354 1288 15.72      
14 A' 1161 1105 15.41      
15 A' 1046 995 0.89      
16 A' 980 932 6.67      
17 A' 860 819 8.02      
18 A' 700 666 10.60      
19 A' 356 339 0.89      
20 A' 209 199 8.34      
21 A" 3162 3008 45.65      
22 A" 3139 2986 0.49      
23 A" 3101 2950 5.67      
24 A" 1604 1526 6.92      
25 A" 1390 1323 0.23      
26 A" 1320 1256 0.25      
27 A" 1207 1148 0.00      
28 A" 1000 951 0.12      
29 A" 833 793 0.65      
30 A" 716 681 6.06      
31 A" 257 244 0.02      
32 A" 187 178 1.34      
33 A" 77 73 1.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25396.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24159.6 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
0.47507 0.08544 0.07547

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.289 -0.356 0.000
H2 2.800 -1.324 0.000
H3 2.606 0.202 0.888
H4 2.606 0.202 -0.888
C5 0.753 -0.549 0.000
H6 0.445 -1.125 -0.879
H7 0.445 -1.125 0.879
C8 0.000 0.799 0.000
H9 0.274 1.395 0.883
H10 0.274 1.395 -0.883
C11 -1.510 0.603 0.000
H12 -2.101 1.538 0.000
O13 -2.067 -0.518 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.09521.09591.09591.54802.18252.18252.56332.81132.81133.91834.78064.3587
H21.09521.77671.77672.18952.52162.52163.51393.81523.81524.72205.67564.9335
H31.09591.77671.77652.18813.09112.53592.81712.61943.16184.23024.97274.8108
H41.09591.77671.77652.18812.53593.09112.81713.16182.61944.23024.97274.8108
C51.54802.18952.18812.18811.09541.09541.54332.18802.18802.53953.53512.8198
H62.18252.52163.09112.53591.09541.75842.16153.08002.52632.75423.78782.7300
H72.18252.52162.53593.09111.09541.75842.16152.52633.08002.75423.78782.7300
C82.56333.51392.81712.81711.54332.16152.16151.10021.10021.52292.22722.4506
H92.81133.81522.61943.16182.18803.08002.52631.10021.76542.14262.53783.1497
H102.81133.81523.16182.61942.18802.52633.08001.10021.76542.14262.53783.1497
C113.91834.72204.23024.23022.53952.75422.75421.52292.14262.14261.10531.2519
H124.78065.67564.97274.97273.53513.78783.78782.22722.53782.53781.10532.0560
O134.35874.93354.81084.81082.81982.73002.73002.45063.14973.14971.25192.0560

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.127 C1 C5 H7 110.127
C1 C5 C8 112.030 H2 C1 H3 108.357
H2 C1 H4 108.357 H2 C1 C5 110.684
H3 C1 H4 108.293 H3 C1 C5 110.534
H4 C1 C5 110.534 C5 C8 H9 110.607
C5 C8 H10 110.607 C5 C8 C11 111.828
H6 C5 H7 106.770 H6 C5 C8 108.816
H7 C5 C8 108.816 C8 C11 H12 114.929
C8 C11 O13 123.760 H9 C8 H10 106.704
H9 C8 C11 108.462 H10 C8 C11 108.462
H12 C11 O13 121.311
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

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