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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CHO (Propanal)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.808972
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-191.671342
Nuclear repulsion energy117.828154
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/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' 3165 3165 17.39      
2 A' 3095 3095 13.35      
3 A' 3063 3063 16.51      
4 A' 2943 2943 135.45      
5 A' 1700 1700 56.62      
6 A' 1584 1584 7.24      
7 A' 1532 1532 20.13      
8 A' 1491 1491 10.03      
9 A' 1451 1451 5.12      
10 A' 1381 1381 11.06      
11 A' 1130 1130 19.81      
12 A' 1025 1025 1.89      
13 A' 850 850 19.82      
14 A' 687 687 2.75      
15 A' 274 274 10.03      
16 A" 3165 3165 18.83      
17 A" 3091 3091 6.31      
18 A" 1586 1586 7.72      
19 A" 1336 1336 0.26      
20 A" 1188 1188 0.72      
21 A" 945 945 2.05      
22 A" 717 717 6.33      
23 A" 237 237 0.48      
24 A" 123 123 1.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18879.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18879.3 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/3-21G*
ABC
0.53329 0.20004 0.15376

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.444 0.417 0.000
C2 0.000 0.945 0.000
C3 -1.005 -0.193 0.000
O4 -0.696 -1.391 0.000
H5 2.160 1.242 0.000
H6 1.618 -0.203 0.881
H7 1.618 -0.203 -0.881
H8 -0.197 1.572 0.879
H9 -0.197 1.572 -0.879
H10 -2.060 0.134 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.53692.52392.80191.09201.09201.09202.19032.19033.5155
C21.53691.51792.43742.17992.17082.17081.09791.09792.2140
C32.52391.51791.23783.47492.76752.76752.13082.13081.1045
O42.80192.43741.23783.88462.74672.74673.13103.13102.0465
H51.09202.17993.47493.88461.77731.77732.53682.53684.3629
H61.09202.17082.76752.74671.77731.76262.53893.08963.7976
H71.09202.17082.76752.74671.77731.76263.08962.53893.7976
H82.19031.09792.13083.13102.53682.53893.08961.75852.5124
H92.19031.09792.13083.13102.53683.08962.53891.75852.5124
H103.51552.21401.10452.04654.36293.79763.79762.51242.5124

picture of Propanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 111.417 C1 C2 H8 111.378
C1 C2 H9 111.378 C2 C1 H5 110.906
C2 C1 H6 110.184 C2 C1 H7 110.184
C2 C3 O4 124.064 C2 C3 H10 114.259
C3 C2 H8 108.014 C3 C2 H9 108.014
O4 C3 H10 121.676 H5 C1 H6 108.935
H5 C1 H7 108.935 H6 C1 H7 107.620
H8 C2 H9 106.421
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability