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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: G4

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.299630
Energy at 298.15K-232.292381
HF Energy-232.478080
Nuclear repulsion energy171.682498
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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3105 2996 32.88      
2 A' 3048 2941 19.18      
3 A' 3029 2923 23.49      
4 A' 2999 2894 20.76      
5 A' 2858 2758 148.23      
6 A' 1831 1767 142.12      
7 A' 1508 1455 4.19      
8 A' 1488 1436 2.57      
9 A' 1450 1399 10.39      
10 A' 1423 1373 7.54      
11 A' 1416 1366 1.78      
12 A' 1393 1344 19.01      
13 A' 1312 1266 3.31      
14 A' 1134 1094 10.64      
15 A' 1050 1014 0.41      
16 A' 961 928 8.13      
17 A' 854 824 7.53      
18 A' 693 669 14.47      
19 A' 345 333 0.68      
20 A' 193 186 7.91      
21 A" 3100 2991 54.16      
22 A" 3074 2966 0.36      
23 A" 3021 2915 8.96      
24 A" 1502 1449 5.20      
25 A" 1321 1275 0.14      
26 A" 1254 1210 0.03      
27 A" 1158 1117 0.09      
28 A" 950 916 0.06      
29 A" 788 760 1.54      
30 A" 668 645 2.73      
31 A" 252 243 0.01      
32 A" 182 175 1.38      
33 A" 76 74 1.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24717.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23852.1 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.50464 0.08455 0.07542

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.286 -0.372 0.000
H2 2.807 -1.334 0.000
H3 2.617 0.185 0.884
H4 2.617 0.185 -0.884
C5 0.768 -0.568 0.000
H6 0.463 -1.156 -0.872
H7 0.463 -1.156 0.872
C8 0.000 0.753 0.000
H9 0.264 1.374 0.870
H10 0.264 1.374 -0.870
C11 -1.503 0.606 0.000
H12 -2.060 1.572 0.000
O13 -2.093 -0.445 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.09421.09591.09591.53032.16762.16762.54772.80932.80933.91304.76094.3790
H21.09421.76771.76772.17812.50762.50763.49793.81533.81534.72645.66874.9796
H31.09591.76771.76742.18333.08592.53752.82012.63623.16634.23484.95804.8331
H41.09591.76771.76742.18332.53753.08592.82013.16632.63624.23484.95804.8331
C51.53032.17812.18332.18331.09541.09541.52802.18682.18682.55643.54652.8633
H62.16762.50763.08592.53751.09541.74502.14923.07842.53752.78003.81662.7922
H72.16762.50762.53753.08591.09541.74502.14922.53753.07842.78003.81662.7922
C82.54773.49792.82012.82011.52802.14922.14921.10131.10131.51022.21702.4113
H92.80933.81532.63623.16632.18683.07842.53751.10131.74052.11462.49003.1019
H102.80933.81533.16632.63622.18682.53753.07841.10131.74052.11462.49003.1019
C113.91304.72644.23484.23482.55642.78002.78001.51022.11462.11461.11531.2048
H124.76095.66874.95804.95803.54653.81663.81662.21702.49002.49001.11532.0171
O134.37904.97964.83314.83312.86332.79222.79222.41133.10193.10191.20482.0171

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.098 C1 C5 H7 110.098
C1 C5 C8 112.719 H2 C1 H3 107.647
H2 C1 H4 107.647 H2 C1 C5 111.081
H3 C1 H4 107.547 H3 C1 C5 111.365
H4 C1 C5 111.365 C5 C8 H9 111.344
C5 C8 H10 111.344 C5 C8 C11 114.403
H6 C5 H7 105.775 H6 C5 C8 108.952
H7 C5 C8 108.952 C8 C11 H12 114.211
C8 C11 O13 124.854 H9 C8 H10 104.721
H9 C8 C11 107.229 H10 C8 C11 107.229
H12 C11 O13 120.935
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.386      
2 H 0.118      
3 H 0.114      
4 H 0.114      
5 C -0.153      
6 H 0.114      
7 H 0.114      
8 C -0.269      
9 H 0.122      
10 H 0.122      
11 C 0.152      
12 H 0.074      
13 O -0.235      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.710 1.738 0.000 2.438
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 155.452
(<r2>)1/2 12.468