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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (methylcyclopropane)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-26.569057
Energy at 298.15K-26.577800
HF Energy-26.569057
Nuclear repulsion energy69.880292
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 HF/CEP-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 A' 3404 3057 78.45      
2 A' 3330 2990 30.05      
3 A' 3314 2976 40.21      
4 A' 3274 2940 44.49      
5 A' 3209 2882 61.99      
6 A' 1662 1493 0.89      
7 A' 1620 1455 6.71      
8 A' 1566 1406 1.53      
9 A' 1499 1346 4.89      
10 A' 1326 1190 0.09      
11 A' 1290 1159 0.18      
12 A' 1155 1037 1.98      
13 A' 1058 950 13.61      
14 A' 1002 900 3.18      
15 A' 837 751 8.31      
16 A' 813 730 4.27      
17 A' 380 341 0.23      
18 A" 3387 3041 0.01      
19 A" 3305 2968 52.63      
20 A" 3268 2934 69.05      
21 A" 1616 1451 1.44      
22 A" 1584 1423 0.48      
23 A" 1277 1147 0.24      
24 A" 1247 1119 0.60      
25 A" 1195 1073 5.40      
26 A" 1170 1051 0.48      
27 A" 936 840 16.41      
28 A" 867 778 7.29      
29 A" 354 318 0.47      
30 A" 227 204 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25584.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22974.8 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 HF/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.51433 0.20967 0.18410

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.354 0.409 0.000
C2 -0.899 1.279 0.000
H3 1.287 0.959 0.000
C4 0.354 -0.900 0.762
C5 0.354 -0.900 -0.762
H6 1.262 -1.206 1.266
H7 1.262 -1.206 -1.266
H8 -0.559 -1.190 1.268
H9 -0.559 -1.190 -1.268
H10 -1.803 0.667 0.000
H11 -0.930 1.921 0.884
H12 -0.930 1.921 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52501.08321.51511.51512.24382.24382.23582.23582.17242.17102.1710
C21.52502.20952.62672.62673.52763.52762.79662.79661.09211.09301.0930
H31.08322.20952.21552.21552.50752.50753.10383.10383.10432.57332.5733
C41.51512.62672.21551.52351.08252.24251.08282.24412.77293.10173.5093
C51.51512.62672.21551.52352.24251.08252.24411.08282.77293.50933.1017
H62.24383.52762.50751.08252.24252.53171.82043.11993.80823.83684.3817
H72.24383.52762.50752.24251.08252.53173.11991.82043.80824.38173.8368
H82.23582.79663.10381.08282.24411.82043.11992.53592.57023.15643.8011
H92.23582.79663.10382.24411.08283.11991.82042.53592.57023.80113.1564
H102.17241.09213.10432.77292.77293.80823.80822.57022.57021.76571.7657
H112.17101.09302.57333.10173.50933.83684.38173.15643.80111.76571.7688
H122.17101.09302.57333.50933.10174.38173.83683.80113.15641.76571.7688

picture of methylcyclopropane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H10 111.129 C1 C2 H11 110.968
C1 C2 H12 110.968 C1 C4 H5 59.818
C1 C4 H6 118.541 C1 C4 H8 117.802
C1 H5 C4 59.818 C1 H5 H7 118.541
C1 H5 H9 117.802 C2 C1 C3 114.742
C2 C1 C4 119.538 C2 C1 H5 119.538
C3 C1 C4 116.012 C3 C1 H5 116.012
C4 C1 H5 60.364 C4 H5 H7 117.756
C4 H5 H9 117.873 H5 C4 H6 117.756
H5 C4 H8 117.873 H6 C4 H8 114.428
H7 H5 H9 114.428 H10 C2 H11 107.807
H10 C2 H12 107.807 H11 C2 H12 108.018
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.035      
2 C -0.362      
3 H 0.182      
4 C -0.365      
5 C -0.365      
6 H 0.154      
7 H 0.154      
8 H 0.146      
9 H 0.146      
10 H 0.115      
11 H 0.115      
12 H 0.115      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.016 0.174 0.000 0.175
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.197 0.366 0.000
y 0.366 -27.372 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.061
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.020 0.366 0.000
y 0.366 -1.243 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.777
Polar
3z2-r2-1.555
x2-y22.175
xy0.366
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.410 -0.385 0.000
y -0.385 6.276 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.981


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 72.566
(<r2>)1/2 8.519