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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.188399
Energy at 298.15K-119.196755
HF Energy-119.188399
Nuclear repulsion energy82.523810
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 B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3080 2978 52.49 93.14 0.53 0.69
2 A1 3016 2917 25.86 266.73 0.00 0.00
3 A1 3009 2909 22.32 173.60 0.09 0.16
4 A1 1515 1465 5.89 0.72 0.75 0.86
5 A1 1494 1444 0.01 13.02 0.74 0.85
6 A1 1423 1376 2.56 0.02 0.01 0.01
7 A1 1176 1137 1.13 2.12 0.16 0.28
8 A1 869 840 0.74 11.78 0.15 0.26
9 A1 367 355 0.07 0.54 0.31 0.47
10 A2 3067 2966 0.00 10.11 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1492 1443 0.00 9.99 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1316 1273 0.00 2.65 0.75 0.86
13 A2 911 881 0.00 0.19 0.75 0.86
14 A2 220 213 0.00 0.02 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3078 2977 95.56 30.06 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3028 2928 4.10 145.33 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1509 1459 13.90 0.07 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1214 1173 0.07 0.14 0.75 0.86
19 B1 751 726 2.95 0.04 0.75 0.86
20 B1 268 259 0.00 0.02 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3077 2976 30.29 55.22 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3012 2913 36.18 0.56 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1499 1449 2.27 0.18 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1405 1358 3.71 0.00 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1368 1323 3.26 0.37 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1054 1020 1.08 5.21 0.75 0.86
27 B2 932 901 1.41 0.07 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22575.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.967) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21830.3 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 B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.98838 0.28036 0.24843

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.585
C2 0.000 1.274 -0.259
C3 0.000 -1.274 -0.259
H4 0.874 0.000 1.243
H5 -0.874 0.000 1.243
H6 0.000 2.169 0.365
H7 0.000 -2.169 0.365
H8 0.881 1.319 -0.904
H9 -0.881 1.319 -0.904
H10 -0.881 -1.319 -0.904
H11 0.881 -1.319 -0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52851.52851.09351.09352.18042.18042.17542.17542.17542.1754
C21.52852.54832.15472.15471.09113.49951.09221.09222.81362.8136
C31.52852.54832.15472.15473.49951.09112.81362.81361.09221.0922
H41.09352.15472.15471.74712.49802.49802.51953.07003.07002.5195
H51.09352.15472.15471.74712.49802.49803.07002.51952.51953.0700
H62.18041.09113.49952.49802.49804.33851.76261.76263.81493.8149
H72.18043.49951.09112.49802.49804.33853.81493.81491.76261.7626
H82.17541.09222.81362.51953.07001.76263.81491.76133.17222.6383
H92.17541.09222.81363.07002.51951.76263.81491.76132.63833.1722
H102.17542.81361.09223.07002.51953.81491.76263.17222.63831.7613
H112.17542.81361.09222.51953.07003.81491.76262.63833.17221.7613

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.592 C1 C2 H8 111.117
C1 C2 H9 111.117 C1 C3 H7 111.592
C1 C3 H10 111.117 C1 C3 H11 111.117
C2 C1 C3 112.938 C2 C1 H4 109.406
C2 C1 H5 109.406 C3 C1 H4 109.406
C3 C1 H5 109.406 H4 C1 H5 106.046
H6 C2 H8 107.675 H6 C2 H9 107.675
H7 C3 H10 107.675 H7 C3 H11 107.675
H8 C2 H9 107.472 H10 C3 H11 107.472
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.218      
2 C -0.463      
3 C -0.463      
4 H 0.139      
5 H 0.139      
6 H 0.138      
7 H 0.138      
8 H 0.148      
9 H 0.148      
10 H 0.148      
11 H 0.148      


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 0.093 0.093
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.664 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.496 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.120
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.644 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.604 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.040
Polar
3z2-r2-0.080
x2-y20.832
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.505 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.617 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.832


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.764
(<r2>)1/2 7.985