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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-27.775027
Energy at 298.15K-27.785935
HF Energy-27.775027
Nuclear repulsion energy79.016690
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 A1 3278 2944 249.61      
2 A1 3215 2888 1.40      
3 A1 3206 2879 34.67      
4 A1 1641 1473 15.02      
5 A1 1561 1402 2.53      
6 A1 1309 1175 0.18      
7 A1 848 761 0.23      
8 A1 455 408 0.01      
9 A2 3262 2930 0.00      
10 A2 1610 1446 0.00      
11 A2 1028 923 0.00      
12 A2 231 207 0.00      
13 E 3271 2937 121.34      
13 E 3271 2937 121.34      
14 E 3262 2929 3.88      
14 E 3262 2929 3.88      
15 E 3199 2873 67.70      
15 E 3199 2873 67.70      
16 E 1633 1467 2.08      
16 E 1633 1467 2.08      
17 E 1616 1451 0.22      
17 E 1616 1451 0.22      
18 E 1547 1389 4.33      
18 E 1547 1389 4.33      
19 E 1474 1323 3.88      
19 E 1474 1323 3.88      
20 E 1288 1156 2.44      
20 E 1288 1156 2.44      
21 E 1045 938 0.01      
21 E 1045 938 0.01      
22 E 992 891 0.66      
22 E 992 891 0.66      
23 E 383 344 0.04      
23 E 383 344 0.04      
24 E 278 250 0.01      
24 E 278 250 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30808.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27666.2 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
0.25744 0.25744 0.14917

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.388
H2 0.000 0.000 1.482
C3 0.000 1.464 -0.091
C4 1.268 -0.732 -0.091
C5 -1.268 -0.732 -0.091
H6 0.000 1.516 -1.183
H7 1.313 -0.758 -1.183
H8 -1.313 -0.758 -1.183
H9 0.883 1.999 0.268
H10 -0.883 1.999 0.268
H11 1.289 -1.764 0.268
H12 2.172 -0.234 0.268
H13 -2.172 -0.234 0.268
H14 -1.289 -1.764 0.268

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09311.54091.54091.54092.18372.18372.18372.18822.18822.18822.18822.18822.1882
H21.09312.14882.14882.14883.06593.06593.06592.49942.49942.49942.49942.49942.4994
C31.54092.14882.53642.53641.09362.80272.80271.09271.09273.49482.78102.78103.4948
C41.54092.14882.53642.53642.80271.09362.80272.78103.49481.09271.09273.49482.7810
C51.54092.14882.53642.53642.80272.80271.09363.49482.78102.78103.49481.09271.0927
H62.18373.06591.09362.80272.80272.62552.62551.76611.76613.81133.14463.14463.8113
H72.18373.06592.80271.09362.80272.62552.62553.14463.81131.76611.76613.81133.1446
H82.18373.06592.80272.80271.09362.62552.62553.81133.14463.14463.81131.76611.7661
H92.18822.49941.09272.78103.49481.76613.14463.81131.76623.78442.57843.78444.3446
H102.18822.49941.09273.49482.78101.76613.81133.14461.76624.34463.78442.57843.7844
H112.18822.49943.49481.09272.78103.81131.76613.14463.78444.34461.76623.78442.5784
H122.18822.49942.78101.09273.49483.14461.76613.81132.57843.78441.76624.34463.7844
H132.18822.49942.78103.49481.09273.14463.81131.76613.78442.57843.78444.34461.7662
H142.18822.49943.49482.78101.09273.81133.14461.76614.34463.78442.57843.78441.7662

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.827 C1 C3 H9 111.243
C1 C3 H10 111.243 C1 C4 H7 110.827
C1 C4 H11 111.243 C1 C4 H12 111.243
C1 C5 H8 110.827 C1 C5 H13 111.243
C1 C5 H14 111.243 H2 C1 C3 108.131
H2 C1 C4 108.131 H2 C1 C5 108.131
C3 C1 C4 110.778 C3 C1 C5 110.778
C4 C1 C5 110.778 H6 C3 H9 107.766
H6 C3 H10 107.766 H7 C4 H11 107.766
H7 C4 H12 107.766 H8 C5 H13 107.766
H8 C5 H14 107.766 H9 C3 H10 107.836
H11 C4 H12 107.836 H13 C5 H14 107.836
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 0.125      
2 H 0.072      
3 C -0.398      
4 C -0.398      
5 C -0.398      
6 H 0.092      
7 H 0.092      
8 H 0.092      
9 H 0.121      
10 H 0.121      
11 H 0.121      
12 H 0.121      
13 H 0.121      
14 H 0.121      


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 0.112 0.112
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.841 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.841 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.889
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.476 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.476 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.952
Polar
3z2-r21.905
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 6.379 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.379 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.662


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 86.614
(<r2>)1/2 9.307