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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.263729
Energy at 298.15K-158.274394
Nuclear repulsion energy134.643585
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 HSEh1PBE/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 3137 2984 93.86      
2 A1 3061 2911 13.48      
3 A1 3042 2893 15.58      
4 A1 1540 1465 18.09      
5 A1 1452 1381 3.25      
6 A1 1226 1166 0.47      
7 A1 821 781 0.78      
8 A1 434 413 0.32      
9 A2 3138 2984 0.00      
10 A2 1507 1433 0.00      
11 A2 962 915 0.00      
12 A2 215 204 0.00      
13 E 3142 2988 53.42      
13 E 3142 2988 53.45      
14 E 3129 2976 5.91      
14 E 3129 2976 5.91      
15 E 3055 2905 33.58      
15 E 3055 2905 33.59      
16 E 1535 1460 3.63      
16 E 1535 1460 3.63      
17 E 1514 1440 0.49      
17 E 1514 1440 0.49      
18 E 1426 1356 9.41      
18 E 1426 1356 9.40      
19 E 1375 1308 2.46      
19 E 1375 1308 2.45      
20 E 1213 1154 2.10      
20 E 1213 1154 2.09      
21 E 995 946 0.30      
21 E 995 946 0.30      
22 E 932 886 1.80      
22 E 932 886 1.79      
23 E 361 343 0.00      
23 E 361 343 0.00      
24 E 263 250 0.02      
24 E 263 250 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29206.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.951) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27775.3 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.26075 0.26075 0.15121

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/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 1.474
C3 0.000 1.453 -0.096
C4 1.258 -0.726 -0.096
C5 -1.258 -0.726 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.506 -1.192
H7 1.304 -0.753 -1.192
H8 -1.304 -0.753 -1.192
H9 0.886 1.989 0.263
H10 -0.886 1.989 0.263
H11 1.279 -1.762 0.263
H12 2.166 -0.227 0.263
H13 -2.166 -0.227 0.263
H14 -1.279 -1.762 0.263

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10031.52661.52661.52662.17252.17252.17252.18032.18032.18032.18032.18032.1803
H21.10032.13892.13892.13893.06223.06223.06222.49182.49182.49182.49182.49182.4918
C31.52662.13892.51592.51591.09772.78682.78681.09611.09613.47832.76392.76393.4783
C41.52662.13892.51592.51592.78681.09772.78682.76393.47831.09611.09613.47832.7639
C51.52662.13892.51592.51592.78682.78681.09773.47832.76392.76393.47831.09611.0961
H62.17253.06221.09772.78682.78682.60792.60791.77071.77073.79883.13193.13193.7988
H72.17253.06222.78681.09772.78682.60792.60793.13193.79881.77071.77073.79883.1319
H82.17253.06222.78682.78681.09772.60792.60793.79883.13193.13193.79881.77071.7707
H92.18032.49181.09612.76393.47831.77073.13193.79881.77233.77142.55883.77144.3311
H102.18032.49181.09613.47832.76391.77073.79883.13191.77234.33113.77142.55883.7714
H112.18032.49183.47831.09612.76393.79881.77073.13193.77144.33111.77233.77142.5588
H122.18032.49182.76391.09613.47833.13191.77073.79882.55883.77141.77234.33113.7714
H132.18032.49182.76393.47831.09613.13193.79881.77073.77142.55883.77144.33111.7723
H142.18032.49183.47832.76391.09613.79883.13191.77074.33113.77142.55883.77141.7723

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.693 C1 C3 H9 111.407
C1 C3 H10 111.407 C1 C4 H7 110.693
C1 C4 H11 111.407 C1 C4 H12 111.407
C1 C5 H8 110.693 C1 C5 H13 111.407
C1 C5 H14 111.407 H2 C1 C3 107.921
H2 C1 C4 107.921 H2 C1 C5 107.921
C3 C1 C4 110.976 C3 C1 C5 110.976
C4 C1 C5 110.976 H6 C3 H9 107.636
H6 C3 H10 107.636 H7 C4 H11 107.636
H7 C4 H12 107.636 H8 C5 H13 107.636
H8 C5 H14 107.636 H9 C3 H10 107.889
H11 C4 H12 107.889 H13 C5 H14 107.889
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.126      
2 H 0.157      
3 C -0.502      
4 C -0.502      
5 C -0.502      
6 H 0.162      
7 H 0.162      
8 H 0.162      
9 H 0.165      
10 H 0.165      
11 H 0.165      
12 H 0.165      
13 H 0.165      
14 H 0.165      


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 0.087 0.087
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.290 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.290 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.820
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.235 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.235 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.470
Polar
3z2-r20.940
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 6.718 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.717 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.045


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.655
(<r2>)1/2 9.933