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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH(CH3)CH3 (Propanal, 2-methyl-)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-42.311398
Energy at 298.15K-42.320098
Nuclear repulsion energy98.685918
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/CEP-121G*
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' 3260 2945 100.95      
2 A' 3259 2944 77.98      
3 A' 3231 2919 5.36      
4 A' 3181 2874 32.98      
5 A' 3105 2805 99.56      
6 A' 1972 1782 279.62      
7 A' 1641 1482 13.29      
8 A' 1634 1476 3.84      
9 A' 1558 1408 0.65      
10 A' 1541 1392 7.81      
11 A' 1438 1299 4.95      
12 A' 1285 1161 0.35      
13 A' 1278 1155 13.49      
14 A' 994 898 9.82      
15 A' 896 810 14.98      
16 A' 575 519 9.21      
17 A' 377 340 11.04      
18 A' 349 315 0.07      
19 A' 250 226 1.02      
20 A" 3256 2942 26.38      
21 A" 3242 2929 12.46      
22 A" 3175 2868 39.81      
23 A" 1622 1466 1.72      
24 A" 1618 1462 0.37      
25 A" 1539 1390 1.26      
26 A" 1465 1323 1.35      
27 A" 1241 1121 0.84      
28 A" 1054 953 0.02      
29 A" 1037 937 0.60      
30 A" 1001 905 0.23      
31 A" 348 315 0.81      
32 A" 221 200 0.01      
33 A" 73 66 10.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26357.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9034) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23811.3 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/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.25501 0.12422 0.09351

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 -0.236 0.555 2.171
H2 -0.236 0.555 -2.171
H3 -1.681 0.013 -1.323
H4 -1.681 0.013 1.323
H5 -1.226 1.709 1.288
H6 -1.226 1.709 -1.288
C7 -0.834 0.695 -1.274
C8 -0.834 0.695 1.274
H9 0.861 1.124 0.000
C10 0.000 0.462 0.000
C11 0.538 -0.959 0.000
H12 -0.229 -1.750 0.000
O13 1.696 -1.251 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 C7 C8 H9 C10 C11 H12 O13
H14.34123.81941.76091.75793.77843.49921.08692.49772.18532.75703.16613.4216
H24.34121.76093.81943.77841.75791.08693.49922.49772.18532.75703.16613.4216
H33.81941.76092.64613.14671.75601.08862.81573.07352.18622.76052.64023.8419
H41.76093.81942.64611.75603.14672.81571.08863.07352.18622.76052.64023.8419
H51.75793.77843.14671.75602.57672.78341.08662.52112.17183.44783.82354.3546
H63.77841.75791.75603.14672.57671.08662.78342.52112.17183.44783.82354.3546
C73.49921.08691.08862.81572.78341.08662.54832.16341.54082.49852.82333.4377
C81.08693.49922.81571.08861.08662.78342.54832.16341.54082.49852.82333.4377
H92.49772.49773.07353.07352.52112.52112.16342.16341.08562.10783.07372.5180
C102.18532.18532.18622.18622.17182.17181.54081.54081.08561.51952.22432.4113
C112.75702.75702.76052.76053.44783.44782.49852.49852.10781.51951.10161.1951
H123.16613.16612.64022.64023.82353.82352.82332.82333.07372.22431.10161.9888
O133.42163.42163.84193.84194.35464.35463.43773.43772.51802.41131.19511.9888

picture of Propanal, 2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 C8 H4 108.077 H1 C8 H5 107.952
H1 C8 C10 111.368 H2 C7 H3 108.077
H2 C7 H6 107.952 H2 C7 C10 111.368
H3 C7 H6 107.661 H3 C7 C10 111.333
H4 C8 H5 107.661 H4 C8 C10 111.333
H5 C8 C10 110.304 H6 C7 C10 110.304
C7 C10 C8 111.576 C7 C10 H9 109.702
C7 C10 C11 109.456 C8 C10 H9 109.702
C8 C10 C11 109.456 H9 C10 C11 106.831
C10 C11 H12 115.192 C10 C11 O13 124.883
H12 C11 O13 119.926
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.186      
2 H 0.186      
3 H 0.158      
4 H 0.158      
5 H 0.180      
6 H 0.180      
7 C -0.572      
8 C -0.572      
9 H 0.178      
10 C 0.008      
11 C 0.163      
12 H 0.105      
13 O -0.360      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.900 1.394 0.000 3.218
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.771 4.113 0.000
y 4.113 -32.717 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.123
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.851 4.113 0.000
y 4.113 1.730 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.121
Polar
3z2-r28.242
x2-y2-5.054
xy4.113
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.353 -0.473 0.000
y -0.473 6.625 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.328


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 112.521
(<r2>)1/2 10.608