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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2CH2CH3 (Butanal)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-231.184345
Energy at 298.15K-231.193007
Nuclear repulsion energy171.168669
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/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' 3114 3004 32.40      
2 A' 3071 2964 12.38      
3 A' 3045 2938 21.27      
4 A' 3023 2917 16.27      
5 A' 2895 2794 151.35      
6 A' 1739 1678 78.34      
7 A' 1571 1516 7.00      
8 A' 1551 1497 4.31      
9 A' 1507 1454 20.43      
10 A' 1467 1416 1.69      
11 A' 1442 1391 5.31      
12 A' 1402 1353 8.00      
13 A' 1336 1289 17.84      
14 A' 1146 1106 16.52      
15 A' 1038 1002 0.80      
16 A' 974 940 7.43      
17 A' 857 827 9.14      
18 A' 697 673 11.67      
19 A' 354 342 0.90      
20 A' 206 198 9.20      
21 A" 3119 3010 48.19      
22 A" 3091 2982 1.35      
23 A" 3046 2939 5.86      
24 A" 1570 1515 8.46      
25 A" 1364 1316 0.23      
26 A" 1292 1247 0.36      
27 A" 1182 1140 0.08      
28 A" 985 951 0.12      
29 A" 817 788 1.39      
30 A" 697 672 7.39      
31 A" 251 242 0.03      
32 A" 192 186 1.10      
33 A" 69 67 1.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25054.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24175.2 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/3-21G
ABC
0.48443 0.08565 0.07586

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 2.282 -0.366 0.000
H2 2.792 -1.335 0.000
H3 2.606 0.190 0.888
H4 2.606 0.190 -0.888
C5 0.752 -0.555 0.000
H6 0.443 -1.132 -0.878
H7 0.443 -1.132 0.878
C8 0.000 0.786 0.000
H9 0.271 1.391 0.880
H10 0.271 1.391 -0.880
C11 -1.503 0.603 0.000
H12 -2.074 1.553 0.000
O13 -2.068 -0.491 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 O13
C11.09531.09651.09651.54122.17772.17772.55642.81132.81133.90754.76064.3520
H21.09531.77461.77462.18402.51642.51643.50673.81583.81584.71255.65934.9331
H31.09651.77461.77542.18633.09012.53612.81732.62583.16524.22494.95564.8066
H41.09651.77461.77542.18632.53613.09012.81733.16522.62584.22494.95564.8066
C51.54122.18402.18632.18631.09571.09571.53752.18872.18872.53553.52642.8213
H62.17772.51643.09012.53611.09571.75572.15593.07982.52922.75113.78422.7360
H72.17772.51642.53613.09011.09571.75572.15592.52923.07982.75113.78422.7360
C82.55643.50672.81732.81731.53752.15592.15591.10131.10131.51452.21182.4306
H92.81133.81582.62583.16522.18873.07982.52921.10131.75922.13172.51053.1285
H102.81133.81583.16522.62582.18872.52923.07981.10131.75922.13172.51053.1285
C113.90754.71254.22494.22492.53552.75112.75111.51452.13172.13171.10891.2309
H124.76065.65934.95564.95563.52643.78423.78422.21182.51052.51051.10892.0443
O134.35204.93314.80664.80662.82132.73602.73602.43063.12853.12851.23092.0443

picture of Butanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.199 C1 C5 H7 110.199
C1 C5 C8 112.268 H2 C1 H3 108.121
H2 C1 H4 108.121 H2 C1 C5 110.719
H3 C1 H4 108.101 H3 C1 C5 110.835
H4 C1 C5 110.835 C5 C8 H9 110.995
C5 C8 H10 110.995 C5 C8 C11 112.349
H6 C5 H7 106.486 H6 C5 C8 108.752
H7 C5 C8 108.752 C8 C11 H12 114.043
C8 C11 O13 124.259 H9 C8 H10 106.005
H9 C8 C11 108.116 H10 C8 C11 108.116
H12 C11 O13 121.698
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.555     -0.446
2 H 0.193     0.114
3 H 0.185     0.116
4 H 0.185     0.116
5 C -0.370     0.142
6 H 0.205     0.016
7 H 0.205     0.016
8 C -0.488     -0.185
9 H 0.216     0.058
10 H 0.216     0.058
11 C 0.265     0.456
12 H 0.156     -0.039
13 O -0.413     -0.423


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.558 1.820 0.000 2.396
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 1.570 1.818 0.000 2.402


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.040 -3.433 0.000
y -3.433 -30.993 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.750
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.169 -3.433 0.000
y -3.433 2.402 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.767
Polar
3z2-r25.533
x2-y2-5.047
xy-3.433
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.991 -0.062 0.000
y -0.062 6.486 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.899


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 154.840
(<r2>)1/2 12.443