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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHCH2CH3 (2-Butyl radical)

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.148310
Energy at 298.15K-157.157025
HF Energy-156.670449
Nuclear repulsion energy122.264419
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 CID/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 A 3273 3023 29.40      
2 A 3229 2983 33.28      
3 A 3223 2978 35.24      
4 A 3221 2975 24.58      
5 A 3172 2930 30.10      
6 A 3149 2909 24.63      
7 A 3141 2901 24.07      
8 A 3097 2861 36.56      
9 A 3074 2839 33.47      
10 A 1595 1473 3.66      
11 A 1588 1467 6.17      
12 A 1582 1462 4.08      
13 A 1573 1453 0.90      
14 A 1570 1450 6.31      
15 A 1517 1401 1.10      
16 A 1506 1391 4.67      
17 A 1491 1378 0.15      
18 A 1391 1285 6.20      
19 A 1346 1244 0.05      
20 A 1248 1153 0.44      
21 A 1193 1102 0.00      
22 A 1143 1056 1.12      
23 A 1089 1006 0.20      
24 A 1041 962 1.75      
25 A 1031 953 2.97      
26 A 892 824 0.19      
27 A 813 751 1.06      
28 A 453 418 8.40      
29 A 436 403 11.53      
30 A 270 250 1.18      
31 A 252 233 0.05      
32 A 137 127 0.06      
33 A 73 67 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26903.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24850.7 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.88655 0.12188 0.11462

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.980 -0.047 -0.065
H2 2.074 -0.818 -0.833
H3 2.676 0.756 -0.307
H4 2.316 -0.497 0.878
C5 0.576 0.451 0.029
H6 0.412 1.463 0.383
C7 -0.571 -0.506 0.096
H8 -0.556 -1.041 1.056
H9 -0.440 -1.280 -0.667
C10 -1.928 0.167 -0.082
H11 -2.095 0.918 0.692
H12 -1.990 0.666 -1.049
H13 -2.740 -0.558 -0.023

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9 C10 H11 H12 H13
C11.09211.08981.09721.49332.22242.59692.94602.78173.91464.25544.15194.7481
H21.09211.76571.75722.14423.07242.81983.24552.56054.18934.76564.33134.8881
H31.08981.76571.76122.14852.46993.50663.94143.73914.64744.87674.72535.5805
H41.09721.75721.76122.15632.77712.99122.92933.25504.40244.63604.85885.1365
C51.49332.14422.14852.15631.08361.49532.13642.12432.52282.79072.79113.4666
H62.22243.07242.46992.77711.08362.21892.76763.05732.71512.58382.90713.7662
C72.59692.81983.50662.99121.49532.21891.09931.09451.52592.16902.16762.1733
H82.94603.24553.94142.92932.13642.76761.09931.74362.15342.51683.06602.4833
H92.78172.56053.73913.25502.12433.05731.09451.74362.15703.06832.51702.4954
C103.91464.18934.64744.40242.52282.71511.52592.15342.15701.09081.09011.0901
H114.25544.76564.87674.63602.79072.58382.16902.51683.06831.09081.76231.7625
H124.15194.33134.72534.85882.79112.90712.16763.06602.51701.09011.76231.7648
H134.74814.88815.58055.13653.46663.76622.17332.48332.49541.09011.76251.7648

picture of 2-Butyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 118.317 C1 C5 C7 120.671
H2 C1 H3 108.044 H2 C1 H4 106.761
H2 C1 C5 111.117 H3 C1 H4 107.286
H3 C1 C5 111.613 H4 C1 C5 111.782
C5 C7 H8 109.916 C5 C7 H9 109.246
C5 C7 C10 113.238 H6 C5 C7 117.841
C7 C10 H11 110.878 C7 C10 H12 110.816
C7 C10 H13 111.265 H8 C7 H9 105.279
H8 C7 C10 109.149 H9 C7 C10 109.707
H11 C10 H12 107.817 H11 C10 H13 107.832
H12 C10 H13 108.093
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability