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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.231041
Energy at 298.15K-158.241758
HF Energy-158.056886
Nuclear repulsion energy134.443140
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 B2PLYP/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 3144 2984 100.07      
2 A1 3072 2916 11.70      
3 A1 3052 2897 17.82      
4 A1 1564 1484 14.46      
5 A1 1475 1400 2.46      
6 A1 1244 1181 0.19      
7 A1 816 775 0.55      
8 A1 440 417 0.22      
9 A2 3143 2983 0.00      
10 A2 1533 1455 0.00      
11 A2 978 928 0.00      
12 A2 218 207 0.00      
13 E 3147 2987 57.74      
13 E 3147 2987 57.77      
14 E 3135 2976 5.15      
14 E 3135 2976 5.16      
15 E 3066 2910 31.92      
15 E 3066 2910 31.90      
16 E 1558 1479 3.00      
16 E 1558 1479 3.00      
17 E 1539 1461 0.43      
17 E 1539 1461 0.43      
18 E 1448 1374 5.62      
18 E 1448 1374 5.62      
19 E 1396 1325 3.58      
19 E 1396 1325 3.58      
20 E 1223 1161 1.97      
20 E 1223 1161 1.97      
21 E 998 947 0.09      
21 E 998 947 0.09      
22 E 945 897 1.27      
22 E 945 897 1.27      
23 E 367 348 0.00      
23 E 367 348 0.00      
24 E 266 252 0.02      
24 E 266 252 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29425.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27930.9 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.25962 0.25962 0.15045

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.374
H2 0.000 0.000 1.473
C3 0.000 1.458 -0.096
C4 1.263 -0.729 -0.096
C5 -1.263 -0.729 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.511 -1.190
H7 1.308 -0.755 -1.190
H8 -1.308 -0.755 -1.190
H9 0.885 1.993 0.263
H10 -0.885 1.993 0.263
H11 1.284 -1.763 0.263
H12 2.168 -0.230 0.263
H13 -2.168 -0.230 0.263
H14 -1.284 -1.763 0.263

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09851.53211.53211.53212.17502.17502.17502.18352.18352.18352.18352.18352.1835
H21.09852.14162.14162.14163.06183.06183.06182.49362.49362.49362.49362.49362.4936
C31.53212.14162.52572.52571.09592.79462.79461.09451.09453.48592.77162.77163.4859
C41.53212.14162.52572.52572.79461.09592.79462.77163.48591.09451.09453.48592.7716
C51.53212.14162.52572.52572.79462.79461.09593.48592.77162.77163.48591.09451.0945
H62.17503.06181.09592.79462.79462.61662.61661.76881.76883.80493.13793.13793.8049
H72.17503.06182.79461.09592.79462.61662.61663.13793.80491.76881.76883.80493.1379
H82.17503.06182.79462.79461.09592.61662.61663.80493.13793.13793.80491.76881.7688
H92.18352.49361.09452.77163.48591.76883.13793.80491.76973.77702.56723.77704.3369
H102.18352.49361.09453.48592.77161.76883.80493.13791.76974.33693.77702.56723.7770
H112.18352.49363.48591.09452.77163.80491.76883.13793.77704.33691.76973.77702.5672
H122.18352.49362.77161.09453.48593.13791.76883.80492.56723.77701.76974.33693.7770
H132.18352.49362.77163.48591.09453.13793.80491.76883.77702.56723.77704.33691.7697
H142.18352.49363.48592.77161.09453.80493.13791.76884.33693.77702.56723.77701.7697

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.615 C1 C3 H9 111.374
C1 C3 H10 111.374 C1 C4 H7 110.615
C1 C4 H11 111.374 C1 C4 H12 111.374
C1 C5 H8 110.615 C1 C5 H13 111.374
C1 C5 H14 111.374 H2 C1 C3 107.868
H2 C1 C4 107.868 H2 C1 C5 107.868
C3 C1 C4 111.026 C3 C1 C5 111.026
C4 C1 C5 111.026 H6 C3 H9 107.712
H6 C3 H10 107.712 H7 C4 H11 107.712
H7 C4 H12 107.712 H8 C5 H13 107.712
H8 C5 H14 107.712 H9 C3 H10 107.890
H11 C4 H12 107.890 H13 C5 H14 107.890
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.087      
2 H 0.133      
3 C -0.450      
4 C -0.450      
5 C -0.450      
6 H 0.143      
7 H 0.143      
8 H 0.143      
9 H 0.146      
10 H 0.146      
11 H 0.146      
12 H 0.146      
13 H 0.146      
14 H 0.146      


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 0.085 0.085
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.642 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.642 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.122
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.260 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.260 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.519
Polar
3z2-r21.039
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 6.618 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.618 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.977


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.181
(<r2>)1/2 9.959