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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.212322
Energy at 298.15K-158.222869
HF Energy-158.212322
Nuclear repulsion energy133.705376
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3048 2997 92.68      
2 A1 2975 2926 13.88      
3 A1 2949 2900 16.22      
4 A1 1496 1472 16.31      
5 A1 1405 1382 2.83      
6 A1 1184 1165 0.55      
7 A1 794 781 0.83      
8 A1 418 411 0.40      
9 A2 3049 2999 0.00      
10 A2 1463 1439 0.00      
11 A2 934 918 0.00      
12 A2 216 213 0.00      
13 E 3053 3002 52.55      
13 E 3053 3002 52.55      
14 E 3040 2989 6.85      
14 E 3040 2989 6.85      
15 E 2969 2920 34.63      
15 E 2969 2920 34.63      
16 E 1490 1465 3.32      
16 E 1490 1465 3.32      
17 E 1470 1446 0.51      
17 E 1470 1446 0.51      
18 E 1377 1354 6.50      
18 E 1377 1354 6.50      
19 E 1328 1306 4.15      
19 E 1328 1306 4.15      
20 E 1172 1153 2.47      
20 E 1172 1153 2.47      
21 E 963 947 0.21      
21 E 963 947 0.21      
22 E 905 890 1.91      
22 E 905 890 1.91      
23 E 354 348 0.00      
23 E 354 348 0.00      
24 E 257 252 0.02      
24 E 257 252 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28341.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27873.5 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.25718 0.25718 0.14910

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.375
H2 0.000 0.000 1.484
C3 0.000 1.463 -0.096
C4 1.267 -0.731 -0.096
C5 -1.267 -0.731 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.518 -1.201
H7 1.315 -0.759 -1.201
H8 -1.315 -0.759 -1.201
H9 0.893 2.003 0.266
H10 -0.893 2.003 0.266
H11 1.288 -1.775 0.266
H12 2.181 -0.228 0.266
H13 -2.181 -0.228 0.266
H14 -1.288 -1.775 0.266

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10901.53651.53651.53652.18792.18792.18792.19582.19582.19582.19582.19582.1958
H21.10902.15292.15292.15293.08413.08413.08412.50882.50882.50882.50882.50882.5088
C31.53652.15292.53332.53331.10602.80802.80801.10441.10443.50292.78342.78343.5029
C41.53652.15292.53332.53332.80801.10602.80802.78343.50291.10441.10443.50292.7834
C51.53652.15292.53332.53332.80802.80801.10603.50292.78342.78343.50291.10441.1044
H62.18793.08411.10602.80802.80802.62962.62961.78361.78363.82783.15553.15553.8278
H72.18793.08412.80801.10602.80802.62962.62963.15553.82781.78361.78363.82783.1555
H82.18793.08412.80802.80801.10602.62962.62963.82783.15553.15553.82781.78361.7836
H92.19582.50881.10442.78343.50291.78363.15553.82781.78543.79842.57683.79844.3622
H102.19582.50881.10443.50292.78341.78363.82783.15551.78544.36223.79842.57683.7984
H112.19582.50883.50291.10442.78343.82781.78363.15553.79844.36221.78543.79842.5768
H122.19582.50882.78341.10443.50293.15551.78363.82782.57683.79841.78544.36223.7984
H132.19582.50882.78343.50291.10443.15553.82781.78363.79842.57683.79844.36221.7854
H142.19582.50883.50292.78341.10443.82783.15551.78364.36223.79842.57683.79841.7854

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.726 C1 C3 H9 111.444
C1 C3 H10 111.444 C1 C4 H7 110.726
C1 C4 H11 111.444 C1 C4 H12 111.444
C1 C5 H8 110.726 C1 C5 H13 111.444
C1 C5 H14 111.444 H2 C1 C3 107.844
H2 C1 C4 107.844 H2 C1 C5 107.844
C3 C1 C4 111.048 C3 C1 C5 111.048
C4 C1 C5 111.048 H6 C3 H9 107.592
H6 C3 H10 107.592 H7 C4 H11 107.592
H7 C4 H12 107.592 H8 C5 H13 107.592
H8 C5 H14 107.592 H9 C3 H10 107.864
H11 C4 H12 107.864 H13 C5 H14 107.864
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.089      
2 H 0.140      
3 C -0.473      
4 C -0.473      
5 C -0.473      
6 H 0.151      
7 H 0.151      
8 H 0.151      
9 H 0.153      
10 H 0.153      
11 H 0.153      
12 H 0.153      
13 H 0.153      
14 H 0.153      


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 0.084 0.084
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.348 -0.000 -0.000
y -0.000 -28.348 0.000
z -0.000 0.000 -27.905
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.221 -0.000 -0.000
y -0.000 -0.221 0.000
z -0.000 0.000 0.443
Polar
3z2-r20.886
x2-y20.000
xy-0.000
xz-0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.943 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 6.943 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.178


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.848
(<r2>)1/2 9.992