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All results from a given calculation for CH3SiH3 (methyl silane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-331.210877
Energy at 298.15K-331.205646
Nuclear repulsion energy62.471232
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*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3053 2931 5.54      
2 A1 2237 2148 76.57      
3 A1 1334 1281 13.34      
4 A1 950 912 226.82      
5 A1 689 662 7.94      
6 A2 195 187 0.00      
7 E 3129 3005 10.57      
7 E 3129 3005 10.57      
8 E 2241 2152 182.52      
8 E 2241 2152 182.54      
9 E 1498 1438 3.29      
9 E 1498 1438 3.29      
10 E 961 923 46.65      
10 E 961 923 46.65      
11 E 905 869 69.68      
11 E 905 869 69.67      
12 E 521 501 9.14      
12 E 521 501 9.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13482.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12947.7 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*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.251
Si2 0.000 0.000 0.638
H3 0.000 -1.023 -1.644
H4 -0.886 0.511 -1.644
H5 0.886 0.511 -1.644
H6 0.000 1.392 1.168
H7 -1.205 -0.696 1.168
H8 1.205 -0.696 1.168

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Si2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.88841.09571.09571.09572.79062.79062.7906
Si21.88842.50032.50032.50031.48951.48951.4895
H31.09572.50031.77151.77153.70633.07673.0767
H41.09572.50031.77151.77153.07673.07673.7063
H51.09572.50031.77151.77153.07673.70633.0767
H62.79061.48953.70633.07673.07672.41082.4108
H72.79061.48953.07673.07673.70632.41082.4108
H82.79061.48953.07673.70633.07672.41082.4108

picture of methyl silane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 Si2 H6 110.856 C1 Si2 H7 110.856
C1 Si2 H8 110.856 Si2 C1 H3 111.023
Si2 C1 H4 111.023 Si2 C1 H5 111.023
H3 C1 H4 107.876 H3 C1 H5 107.876
H4 C1 H5 107.876 H6 Si2 H7 108.052
H6 Si2 H8 108.052 H7 Si2 H8 108.052
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.662 -0.321 -0.788 -0.469
2 Si 0.369 0.541 2.723 0.683
3 H 0.172 0.077 0.034 0.112
4 H 0.172 0.077 0.034 0.110
5 H 0.172 0.077 0.034 0.110
6 H -0.074 -0.151 -0.678 -0.182
7 H -0.074 -0.151 -0.678 -0.182
8 H -0.074 -0.151 -0.678 -0.182


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.818 0.818
CHELPG 0.000 -0.001 -0.788 0.788
AIM 0.000 0.000 -0.674 0.674
ESP -0.006 0.000 -0.785 0.785


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.798 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.798 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.886
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.044 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.044 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.088
Polar
3z2-r2-0.176
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.672 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.672 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.365


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 50.485
(<r2>)1/2 7.105