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

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-268.517580
Energy at 298.15K-268.528738
HF Energy-268.517580
Nuclear repulsion energy240.351568
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/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 3287 2967 22.25      
2 A 3279 2960 24.67      
3 A 3272 2953 44.91      
4 A 3256 2939 37.60      
5 A 3229 2914 12.40      
6 A 3218 2904 9.73      
7 A 3200 2889 17.32      
8 A 3193 2882 42.10      
9 A 3186 2875 10.57      
10 A 3138 2832 84.93      
11 A 1920 1733 125.73      
12 A 1682 1518 4.77      
13 A 1675 1512 12.70      
14 A 1668 1506 9.90      
15 A 1668 1505 4.79      
16 A 1653 1492 0.15      
17 A 1587 1433 12.27      
18 A 1576 1422 6.89      
19 A 1561 1409 3.05      
20 A 1512 1365 3.40      
21 A 1479 1335 2.74      
22 A 1454 1312 3.11      
23 A 1416 1278 0.22      
24 A 1313 1185 1.07      
25 A 1261 1138 2.72      
26 A 1235 1114 12.02      
27 A 1118 1009 8.72      
28 A 1102 995 5.94      
29 A 1074 969 9.85      
30 A 1033 933 2.06      
31 A 953 860 14.91      
32 A 872 787 6.06      
33 A 827 746 5.12      
34 A 720 650 11.68      
35 A 439 396 0.85      
36 A 422 380 1.19      
37 A 324 293 9.15      
38 A 287 259 1.24      
39 A 249 225 2.92      
40 A 216 195 0.56      
41 A 105 95 3.90      
42 A 88 79 4.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 33371.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30121.4 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.23808 0.06982 0.05850

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.365 -0.710 0.202
C2 -0.083 0.064 0.412
C3 1.062 -0.679 -0.319
C4 2.456 -0.123 0.023
C5 -0.257 1.512 -0.058
O6 -2.392 -0.244 -0.233
H7 -1.301 -1.761 0.477
H8 0.131 0.040 1.479
H9 1.032 -1.731 -0.050
H10 0.893 -0.615 -1.389
H11 3.227 -0.707 -0.468
H12 2.561 0.905 -0.299
H13 2.631 -0.167 1.093
H14 -0.433 1.536 -1.127
H15 -1.110 1.967 0.426
H16 0.621 2.104 0.165

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.51182.48213.87012.49601.20861.08912.10472.61742.76344.64004.27384.12952.77092.69813.4440
C21.51181.54812.57571.53222.41702.19511.08892.16292.15793.51022.86362.80722.15842.16312.1724
C32.48211.54811.53992.57013.48222.71822.14901.08661.08532.17012.18072.17232.79163.50372.8590
C43.87012.57571.53993.16874.85674.12392.74872.14952.16411.08421.08251.08493.52494.15392.8897
C52.49601.53222.57013.16872.77013.47712.16363.48952.75954.15002.89173.53261.08351.08221.0819
O61.20862.41703.48224.85672.77011.99913.06193.73733.50195.64265.08455.19522.79422.63933.8405
H71.08912.19512.71824.12393.47711.99912.50932.39183.10014.74394.75634.28703.76843.73364.3281
H82.10471.08892.14902.74872.16363.06192.50932.50743.03943.73293.13272.53793.05782.52282.4961
H92.61742.16291.08662.14953.48953.73732.39182.50741.74912.45793.05752.51223.73914.30053.8633
H102.76342.15791.08532.16412.75953.50193.10013.03941.74912.51102.50643.06362.54023.73833.1436
H114.64003.51022.17011.08424.15005.64264.74393.73292.45792.51101.75231.75664.34245.17303.8849
H124.27382.86362.18071.08252.89175.08454.75633.13273.05752.50641.75231.75823.16933.88972.3270
H134.12952.80722.17231.08493.53265.19524.28702.53792.51223.06361.75661.75824.14904.35823.1714
H142.77092.15842.79163.52491.08352.79423.76843.05783.73912.54024.34243.16934.14901.74851.7611
H152.69812.16313.50374.15391.08222.63933.73362.52284.30053.73835.17303.88974.35821.74851.7563
H163.44402.17242.85902.88971.08193.84054.32812.49613.86333.14363.88492.32703.17141.76111.7563

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 108.418 C1 C2 C5 110.163
C1 C2 H8 106.929 C2 C1 O6 125.001
C2 C1 H7 114.148 C2 C3 C4 113.046
C2 C3 H9 109.101 C2 C3 H10 108.785
C2 C5 H14 110.023 C2 C5 H15 110.474
C2 C5 H16 111.241 C3 C2 C5 113.097
C3 C2 H8 107.898 C3 C4 H11 110.379
C3 C4 H12 111.324 C3 C4 H13 110.512
C4 C3 H9 108.624 C4 C3 H10 109.841
C5 C2 H8 110.117 O6 C1 H7 120.851
H9 C3 H10 107.282 H11 C4 H12 107.945
H11 C4 H13 108.157 H12 C4 H13 108.421
H14 C5 H15 107.680 H14 C5 H16 108.835
H15 C5 H16 108.496
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.405      
2 C -0.461      
3 C -0.404      
4 C -0.583      
5 C -0.547      
6 O -0.531      
7 H 0.187      
8 H 0.242      
9 H 0.210      
10 H 0.220      
11 H 0.208      
12 H 0.211      
13 H 0.201      
14 H 0.213      
15 H 0.225      
16 H 0.203      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.793 -0.696 0.910 3.019
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.582 0.382 -2.098
y 0.382 -37.312 -0.382
z -2.098 -0.382 -37.970
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.941 0.382 -2.098
y 0.382 5.464 -0.382
z -2.098 -0.382 4.477
Polar
3z2-r28.955
x2-y2-10.270
xy0.382
xz-2.098
yz-0.382


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.396 -0.351 0.325
y -0.351 7.205 -0.234
z 0.325 -0.234 6.186


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 203.433
(<r2>)1/2 14.263