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All results from a given calculation for Si3H8 (trisilane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-121G*

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/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-16.417951
Energy at 298.15K-16.425507
HF Energy-16.417951
Nuclear repulsion energy34.041134
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/CEP-121G*
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 2202 2135 189.37      
2 A1 2184 2117 9.25      
3 A1 2166 2099 95.38      
4 A1 947 918 70.86      
5 A1 925 897 9.11      
6 A1 888 861 198.50      
7 A1 562 545 7.37      
8 A1 374 362 0.77      
9 A1 96 93 1.53      
10 A2 2200 2132 0.00      
11 A2 937 908 0.00      
12 A2 707 685 0.00      
13 A2 418 405 0.00      
14 A2 84 82 0.00      
15 B1 2205 2138 316.99      
16 B1 2181 2114 33.25      
17 B1 942 913 78.63      
18 B1 592 574 11.14      
19 B1 316 306 22.08      
20 B1 100 97 0.07      
21 B2 2201 2133 81.88      
22 B2 2178 2112 135.10      
23 B2 938 910 34.81      
24 B2 878 851 327.17      
25 B2 720 698 354.53      
26 B2 454 440 8.61      
27 B2 433 419 16.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14412.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9694) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13971.7 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/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.30552 0.06404 0.05608

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Si1 0.000 0.000 0.898
Si2 0.000 1.971 -0.423
Si3 0.000 -1.971 -0.423
H4 1.212 0.000 1.789
H5 -1.212 0.000 1.789
H6 0.000 3.198 0.442
H7 0.000 -3.198 0.442
H8 1.216 2.010 -1.302
H9 -1.216 2.010 -1.302
H10 -1.216 -2.010 -1.302
H11 1.216 -2.010 -1.302

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Si1 Si2 Si3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
Si12.37302.37301.50411.50413.23033.23033.21893.21893.21893.2189
Si22.37303.94243.20113.20111.50115.24111.50121.50124.25504.2550
Si32.37303.94243.20113.20115.24111.50114.25504.25501.50121.5012
H41.50413.20113.20112.42393.67563.67563.68724.41504.41503.6872
H51.50413.20113.20112.42393.67563.67564.41503.68723.68724.4150
H63.23031.50115.24113.67563.67566.39602.43552.43555.62565.6256
H73.23035.24111.50113.67563.67566.39605.62565.62562.43552.4355
H83.21891.50124.25503.68724.41502.43555.62562.43274.69934.0207
H93.21891.50124.25504.41503.68722.43555.62562.43274.02074.6993
H103.21894.25501.50124.41503.68725.62562.43554.69934.02072.4327
H113.21894.25501.50123.68724.41505.62562.43554.02074.69932.4327

picture of trisilane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
S1 S2 H6 110.978 S1 S2 H8 110.341
S1 S2 H9 110.341 S1 S3 H7 110.978
S1 S3 H10 110.341 S1 S3 H11 110.341
S2 S1 S3 112.339 S2 S1 H4 109.253
S2 S1 H5 109.253 S3 S1 H4 109.253
S3 S1 H5 109.253 H4 S1 H5 107.364
H6 S2 H8 108.429 H6 S2 H9 108.429
H7 S3 H10 108.429 H7 S3 H11 108.429
H8 S2 H9 108.243 H10 S3 H11 108.243
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Si 0.124      
2 Si 0.127      
3 Si 0.127      
4 H -0.054      
5 H -0.054      
6 H -0.041      
7 H -0.041      
8 H -0.047      
9 H -0.047      
10 H -0.047      
11 H -0.047      


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 0.072 0.072
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.373 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -43.908 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.265
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.214 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.090 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.124
Polar
3z2-r2-0.249
x2-y21.536
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.534 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 15.766 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 11.805


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 121.761
(<r2>)1/2 11.035