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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH(CH3)CH3 (Isobutane)

using model chemistry: G4

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.297091
Energy at 298.15K-158.290334
HF Energy-158.473486
Nuclear repulsion energy134.191506
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 A1 3095 2986 95.55      
2 A1 3028 2922 12.25      
3 A1 3001 2896 16.08      
4 A1 1513 1460 12.21      
5 A1 1430 1380 1.62      
6 A1 1213 1170 0.29      
7 A1 798 770 0.45      
8 A1 431 415 0.25      
9 A2 3093 2984 0.00      
10 A2 1481 1429 0.00      
11 A2 952 919 0.00      
12 A2 207 200 0.00      
13 E 3098 2989 55.22      
13 E 3098 2989 55.23      
14 E 3085 2977 5.09      
14 E 3085 2977 5.09      
15 E 3020 2915 32.33      
15 E 3020 2915 32.32      
16 E 1508 1455 2.06      
16 E 1508 1455 2.06      
17 E 1487 1435 0.35      
17 E 1487 1435 0.35      
18 E 1399 1350 3.59      
18 E 1399 1350 3.59      
19 E 1359 1311 4.90      
19 E 1359 1311 4.90      
20 E 1193 1151 2.31      
20 E 1193 1151 2.31      
21 E 973 939 0.02      
21 E 973 939 0.02      
22 E 921 889 0.90      
22 E 921 889 0.90      
23 E 357 344 0.00      
23 E 357 344 0.00      
24 E 254 245 0.02      
24 E 254 245 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28773.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27766.4 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.25851 0.25851 0.14965

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.373
H2 0.000 0.000 1.472
C3 0.000 1.461 -0.096
C4 1.265 -0.730 -0.096
C5 -1.265 -0.730 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.520 -1.191
H7 1.316 -0.760 -1.191
H8 -1.316 -0.760 -1.191
H9 0.885 1.996 0.265
H10 -0.885 1.996 0.265
H11 1.286 -1.765 0.265
H12 2.171 -0.231 0.265
H13 -2.171 -0.231 0.265
H14 -1.286 -1.765 0.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09931.53421.53421.53422.18052.18042.18042.18612.18612.18612.18612.18612.1861
H21.09932.14292.14292.14293.06603.06603.06602.49502.49502.49502.49502.49502.4950
C31.53422.14292.53052.53051.09692.80422.80421.09521.09523.49112.77622.77623.4911
C41.53422.14292.53052.53052.80421.09692.80422.77623.49111.09521.09523.49112.7762
C51.53422.14292.53052.53052.80422.80421.09693.49112.77622.77623.49111.09521.0952
H62.18053.06601.09692.80422.80422.63212.63211.76891.76893.81553.14623.14623.8155
H72.18043.06602.80421.09692.80422.63212.63213.14623.81551.76891.76893.81553.1462
H82.18043.06602.80422.80421.09692.63212.63213.81553.14623.14623.81551.76891.7689
H92.18612.49501.09522.77623.49111.76893.14623.81551.77043.78182.57183.78184.3422
H102.18612.49501.09523.49112.77621.76893.81553.14621.77044.34223.78182.57183.7818
H112.18612.49503.49111.09522.77623.81551.76893.14623.78184.34221.77043.78182.5718
H122.18612.49502.77621.09523.49113.14621.76893.81552.57183.78181.77044.34223.7818
H132.18612.49502.77623.49111.09523.14623.81551.76893.78182.57183.78184.34221.7704
H142.18612.49503.49112.77621.09523.81553.14621.76894.34223.78182.57183.78181.7704

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.814 C1 C3 H9 111.362
C1 C3 H10 111.362 C1 C4 H7 110.814
C1 C4 H11 111.362 C1 C4 H12 111.362
C1 C5 H8 110.814 C1 C5 H13 111.362
C1 C5 H14 111.362 H2 C1 C3 107.769
H2 C1 C4 107.769 H2 C1 C5 107.769
C3 C1 C4 111.118 C3 C1 C5 111.118
C4 C1 C5 111.118 H6 C3 H9 107.642
H6 C3 H10 107.642 H7 C4 H11 107.642
H7 C4 H12 107.642 H8 C5 H13 107.642
H8 C5 H14 107.642 H9 C3 H10 107.846
H11 C4 H12 107.846 H13 C5 H14 107.846
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability