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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: HF/LANL2DZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.228320
Energy at 298.15K-118.236851
HF Energy-118.228320
Nuclear repulsion energy82.481547
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/LANL2DZ
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 3272 2944 112.22 73.91 0.59 0.74
2 A1 3203 2883 13.96 285.98 0.06 0.11
3 A1 3186 2867 65.12 114.74 0.01 0.02
4 A1 1659 1493 8.51 0.58 0.50 0.67
5 A1 1647 1482 0.43 39.43 0.75 0.86
6 A1 1572 1415 5.71 1.50 0.05 0.10
7 A1 1294 1165 2.97 9.27 0.44 0.61
8 A1 930 837 1.28 22.57 0.21 0.34
9 A1 396 356 0.18 0.41 0.20 0.33
10 A2 3262 2936 0.00 5.59 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1639 1475 0.00 31.29 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1430 1287 0.00 16.48 0.75 0.86
13 A2 1000 900 0.00 0.46 0.75 0.86
14 A2 223 201 0.00 0.02 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3279 2951 202.88 23.05 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3232 2909 3.28 147.97 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1654 1488 18.45 0.12 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1342 1207 0.40 1.39 0.75 0.86
19 B1 824 742 4.40 0.09 0.75 0.86
20 B1 282 254 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3266 2939 54.27 52.71 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3184 2865 70.80 6.00 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1644 1480 3.31 0.01 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1557 1401 8.80 0.10 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1510 1359 1.15 0.02 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1147 1033 1.97 13.24 0.75 0.86
27 B2 1027 924 2.37 1.30 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24330.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21894.9 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/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.98578 0.27908 0.24702

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.591
C2 0.000 1.279 -0.262
C3 0.000 -1.279 -0.262
H4 0.871 0.000 1.241
H5 -0.871 0.000 1.241
H6 0.000 2.168 0.361
H7 0.000 -2.168 0.361
H8 0.877 1.320 -0.901
H9 -0.877 1.320 -0.901
H10 -0.877 -1.320 -0.901
H11 0.877 -1.320 -0.901

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.53761.53761.08621.08622.18042.18042.17632.17632.17632.1763
C21.53762.55862.15702.15701.08533.50331.08591.08592.81632.8163
C31.53762.55862.15702.15703.50331.08532.81632.81631.08591.0859
H41.08622.15702.15701.74102.49662.49662.51533.06293.06292.5153
H51.08622.15702.15701.74102.49662.49663.06292.51532.51533.0629
H62.18041.08533.50332.49662.49664.33641.75531.75533.81123.8112
H72.18043.50331.08532.49662.49664.33643.81123.81121.75531.7553
H82.17631.08592.81632.51533.06291.75533.81121.75453.16912.6391
H92.17631.08592.81633.06292.51531.75533.81121.75452.63913.1691
H102.17632.81631.08593.06292.51533.81121.75533.16912.63911.7545
H112.17632.81631.08592.51533.06293.81121.75532.63913.16911.7545

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.291 C1 C2 H8 110.925
C1 C2 H9 110.925 C1 C3 H7 111.291
C1 C3 H10 110.925 C1 C3 H11 110.925
C2 C1 C3 112.611 C2 C1 H4 109.378
C2 C1 H5 109.378 C3 C1 H4 109.378
C3 C1 H5 109.378 H4 C1 H5 106.533
H6 C2 H8 107.888 H6 C2 H9 107.888
H7 C3 H10 107.888 H7 C3 H11 107.888
H8 C2 H9 107.775 H10 C3 H11 107.775
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.248      
2 C -0.531      
3 C -0.531      
4 H 0.153      
5 H 0.153      
6 H 0.174      
7 H 0.174      
8 H 0.164      
9 H 0.164      
10 H 0.164      
11 H 0.164      


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 0.066 0.066
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.488 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.330 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.929
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.641 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.621 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.020
Polar
3z2-r2-0.040
x2-y20.841
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.463 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.004 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.537


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.792
(<r2>)1/2 7.987