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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.710026
Energy at 298.15K-118.718473
HF Energy-118.263231
Nuclear repulsion energy82.526338
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 MP3=FULL/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 3179 2982 44.97      
2 A1 3097 2906 40.21      
3 A1 3097 2906 1.74      
4 A1 1576 1479 4.40      
5 A1 1555 1459 0.10      
6 A1 1484 1392 3.25      
7 A1 1222 1147 1.19      
8 A1 913 857 0.90      
9 A1 380 357 0.10      
10 A2 3169 2973 0.00      
11 A2 1552 1456 0.00      
12 A2 1360 1276 0.00      
13 A2 941 883 0.00      
14 A2 232 218 0.00      
15 B1 3177 2981 86.48      
16 B1 3131 2938 6.28      
17 B1 1569 1472 12.94      
18 B1 1266 1188 0.16      
19 B1 773 725 3.30      
20 B1 287 270 0.00      
21 B2 3176 2980 25.18      
22 B2 3095 2904 28.98      
23 B2 1559 1463 2.16      
24 B2 1474 1383 6.14      
25 B2 1421 1333 1.21      
26 B2 1110 1041 0.25      
27 B2 962 902 2.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23377.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9383) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21934.8 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.98188 0.28190 0.24951

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.588
C2 0.000 1.270 -0.260
C3 0.000 -1.270 -0.260
H4 0.877 0.000 1.245
H5 -0.877 0.000 1.245
H6 0.000 2.169 0.364
H7 0.000 -2.169 0.364
H8 0.884 1.308 -0.905
H9 -0.884 1.308 -0.905
H10 -0.884 -1.308 -0.905
H11 0.884 -1.308 -0.905

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52731.52731.09641.09642.18022.18022.17312.17312.17312.1731
C21.52732.54032.15642.15641.09423.49511.09511.09512.80102.8010
C31.52732.54032.15642.15643.49511.09422.80102.80101.09511.0951
H41.09642.15642.15641.75452.49992.49992.51733.07243.07242.5173
H51.09642.15642.15641.75452.49992.49993.07242.51732.51733.0724
H62.18021.09423.49512.49992.49994.33741.77031.77033.80553.8055
H72.18023.49511.09422.49992.49994.33743.80553.80551.77031.7703
H82.17311.09512.80102.51733.07241.77033.80551.76833.15782.6162
H92.17311.09512.80103.07242.51731.77033.80551.76832.61623.1578
H102.17312.80101.09513.07242.51733.80551.77033.15782.61621.7683
H112.17312.80101.09512.51733.07243.80551.77032.61623.15781.7683

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.472 C1 C2 H8 110.848
C1 C2 H9 110.848 C1 C3 H7 111.472
C1 C3 H10 110.848 C1 C3 H11 110.848
C2 C1 C3 112.540 C2 C1 H4 109.456
C2 C1 H5 109.456 C3 C1 H4 109.456
C3 C1 H5 109.456 H4 C1 H5 106.283
H6 C2 H8 107.920 H6 C2 H9 107.920
H7 C3 H10 107.920 H7 C3 H11 107.920
H8 C2 H9 107.681 H10 C3 H11 107.681
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability