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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-231.602891
Energy at 298.15K-231.611656
HF Energy-230.986365
Nuclear repulsion energy172.709971
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 CID/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3239 2992 34.23      
2 A' 3183 2940 15.30      
3 A' 3156 2916 24.74      
4 A' 3138 2899 24.91      
5 A' 3072 2838 117.34      
6 A' 1941 1793 143.84      
7 A' 1604 1481 6.36      
8 A' 1588 1466 1.99      
9 A' 1559 1440 10.91      
10 A' 1520 1404 7.93      
11 A' 1511 1395 2.32      
12 A' 1497 1383 16.45      
13 A' 1398 1291 5.04      
14 A' 1203 1111 11.73      
15 A' 1117 1032 0.24      
16 A' 1022 944 5.18      
17 A' 914 844 4.53      
18 A' 729 673 18.65      
19 A' 365 337 1.22      
20 A' 210 194 9.32      
21 A" 3237 2990 58.33      
22 A" 3215 2970 0.28      
23 A" 3170 2928 9.80      
24 A" 1597 1475 7.05      
25 A" 1399 1292 0.19      
26 A" 1333 1231 0.04      
27 A" 1235 1140 0.07      
28 A" 1006 929 0.09      
29 A" 838 774 1.11      
30 A" 715 660 2.85      
31 A" 259 239 0.03      
32 A" 172 159 2.46      
33 A" 89 82 2.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26113.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24121.4 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.50581 0.08610 0.07666

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.268 -0.358 0.000
H2 2.791 -1.313 0.000
H3 2.592 0.198 0.880
H4 2.592 0.198 -0.880
C5 0.759 -0.561 0.000
H6 0.458 -1.144 -0.870
H7 0.458 -1.144 0.870
C8 0.000 0.757 0.000
H9 0.266 1.366 0.869
H10 0.266 1.366 -0.869
C11 -1.495 0.598 0.000
H12 -2.070 1.539 0.000
O13 -2.068 -0.460 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.08881.09011.09011.52312.15642.15642.52752.78192.78193.88304.73504.3381
H21.08881.75981.75982.16702.49512.49513.47483.78303.78304.69285.63594.9338
H31.09011.75981.76052.17063.06842.52052.79412.60343.13674.20014.93064.7884
H41.09011.75981.76052.17062.52053.06842.79413.13672.60344.20014.93064.7884
C51.52312.16702.17062.17061.08931.08931.52042.17072.17072.53423.52282.8291
H62.15642.49513.06842.52051.08931.73932.14003.05982.51762.75803.78772.7585
H72.15642.49512.52053.06841.08931.73932.14002.51763.05982.75803.78772.7585
C82.52753.47482.79412.79411.52042.14002.14001.09441.09441.50342.21282.3998
H92.78193.78302.60343.13672.17073.05982.51761.09441.73862.10872.49843.0886
H102.78193.78303.13672.60342.17072.51763.05981.09441.73862.10872.49843.0886
C113.88304.69284.20014.20012.53422.75802.75801.50342.10872.10871.10261.2033
H124.73505.63594.93064.93063.52283.78773.78772.21282.49842.49841.10261.9987
O134.33814.93384.78844.78842.82912.75852.75852.39983.08863.08861.20331.9987

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.153 C1 C5 H7 110.153
C1 C5 C8 112.290 H2 C1 H3 107.731
H2 C1 H4 107.731 H2 C1 C5 111.035
H3 C1 H4 107.698 H3 C1 C5 111.238
H4 C1 C5 111.238 C5 C8 H9 111.180
C5 C8 H10 111.180 C5 C8 C11 113.874
H6 C5 H7 105.942 H6 C5 C8 109.047
H7 C5 C8 109.047 C8 C11 H12 115.371
C8 C11 O13 124.524 H9 C8 H10 105.181
H9 C8 C11 107.480 H10 C8 C11 107.480
H12 C11 O13 120.105
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

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