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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CHO (Propanal)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-193.069538
Energy at 298.15K-193.075745
HF Energy-193.069538
Nuclear repulsion energy117.183281
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/6-31G**
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' 3057 3033 22.93      
2 A' 2988 2965 18.84      
3 A' 2934 2912 25.41      
4 A' 2771 2750 164.57      
5 A' 1749 1735 123.75      
6 A' 1478 1467 5.97      
7 A' 1424 1413 12.59      
8 A' 1394 1384 9.37      
9 A' 1382 1371 2.15      
10 A' 1323 1313 8.30      
11 A' 1079 1070 14.78      
12 A' 974 967 1.28      
13 A' 822 816 22.52      
14 A' 651 646 3.75      
15 A' 249 247 8.10      
16 A" 3059 3035 23.69      
17 A" 2955 2933 13.22      
18 A" 1472 1461 4.74      
19 A" 1246 1236 0.20      
20 A" 1111 1102 0.09      
21 A" 875 868 2.89      
22 A" 653 648 2.95      
23 A" 222 220 0.16      
24 A" 123 122 1.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17994.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17856.1 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.54782 0.19147 0.14976

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.468 0.467 0.000
C2 0.000 0.921 0.000
C3 -1.008 -0.220 0.000
O4 -0.717 -1.409 0.000
H5 2.147 1.333 0.000
H6 1.688 -0.148 0.886
H7 1.688 -0.148 -0.886
H8 -0.234 1.559 0.876
H9 -0.234 1.559 -0.876
H10 -2.083 0.109 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.53682.56922.87971.10041.10021.10022.20362.20363.5690
C21.53681.52242.43792.18582.18562.18561.10831.10832.2357
C32.56921.52241.22403.51592.83862.83862.12872.12871.1244
O42.87972.43791.22403.96462.85662.85663.13223.13222.0419
H51.10042.18583.51593.96461.78521.78522.54632.54634.4031
H61.10022.18562.83862.85661.78521.77142.57043.11593.8822
H71.10022.18562.83862.85661.78521.77143.11592.57043.8822
H82.20361.10832.12873.13222.54632.57043.11591.75122.5081
H92.20361.10832.12873.13222.54633.11592.57041.75122.5081
H103.56902.23571.12442.04194.40313.88223.88222.50812.5081

picture of Propanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 114.246 C1 C2 H8 111.813
C1 C2 H9 111.813 C2 C1 H5 110.874
C2 C1 H6 110.871 C2 C1 H7 110.871
C2 C3 O4 124.816 C2 C3 H10 114.444
C3 C2 H8 106.980 C3 C2 H9 106.980
O4 C3 H10 120.740 H5 C1 H6 108.435
H5 C1 H7 108.435 H6 C1 H7 107.232
H8 C2 H9 104.375
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.276      
2 C -0.216      
3 C 0.282      
4 O -0.364      
5 H 0.089      
6 H 0.111      
7 H 0.111      
8 H 0.109      
9 H 0.109      
10 H 0.044      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.038 2.435 0.000 2.435
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.187 -1.527 0.000
y -1.527 -27.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.095
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.822 -1.527 0.000
y -1.527 -3.782 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.960
Polar
3z2-r23.920
x2-y23.736
xy-1.527
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.816 0.059 0.000
y 0.059 5.898 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.085


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 86.125
(<r2>)1/2 9.280