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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/LANL2DZ

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/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.125566
Energy at 298.15K-119.133888
HF Energy-119.125566
Nuclear repulsion energy81.880985
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/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 3123 3002 83.50 69.27 0.61 0.76
2 A1 3036 2918 17.44 233.27 0.05 0.09
3 A1 3029 2912 43.86 132.68 0.01 0.02
4 A1 1534 1475 12.58 3.93 0.74 0.85
5 A1 1520 1461 0.17 32.86 0.75 0.86
6 A1 1441 1385 9.13 1.17 0.20 0.33
7 A1 1189 1142 4.46 7.42 0.47 0.64
8 A1 879 845 2.21 16.20 0.23 0.37
9 A1 367 353 0.52 0.36 0.25 0.40
10 A2 3112 2991 0.00 5.65 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1514 1455 0.00 28.33 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1314 1263 0.00 14.67 0.75 0.86
13 A2 922 886 0.00 0.44 0.75 0.86
14 A2 205 197 0.00 0.02 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3127 3006 154.58 24.33 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3073 2954 4.81 126.12 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1529 1470 22.79 0.07 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1226 1178 1.13 1.07 0.75 0.86
19 B1 763 733 9.15 0.09 0.75 0.86
20 B1 261 251 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3117 2996 41.14 46.67 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3027 2910 49.53 3.59 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1521 1462 5.30 0.06 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1425 1370 13.89 0.59 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1378 1325 1.10 0.09 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1084 1042 2.34 9.45 0.75 0.86
27 B2 944 907 5.86 0.54 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22830.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21944.4 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/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.96935 0.27628 0.24455

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.594
C2 0.000 1.284 -0.263
C3 0.000 -1.284 -0.263
H4 0.881 0.000 1.252
H5 -0.881 0.000 1.252
H6 0.000 2.186 0.365
H7 0.000 -2.186 0.365
H8 0.887 1.324 -0.910
H9 -0.887 1.324 -0.910
H10 -0.887 -1.324 -0.910
H11 0.887 -1.324 -0.910

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.54371.54371.10021.10022.19752.19752.19102.19102.19102.1910
C21.54372.56872.17302.17301.09833.52621.09891.09892.82982.8298
C31.54372.56872.17302.17303.52621.09832.82982.82981.09891.0989
H41.10022.17302.17301.76212.51812.51812.53553.09123.09122.5355
H51.10022.17302.17301.76212.51812.51813.09122.53552.53553.0912
H62.19751.09833.52622.51812.51814.37111.77641.77643.83763.8376
H72.19753.52621.09832.51812.51814.37113.83763.83761.77641.7764
H82.19101.09892.82982.53553.09121.77643.83761.77443.18692.6473
H92.19101.09892.82983.09122.53551.77643.83761.77442.64733.1869
H102.19102.82981.09893.09122.53553.83761.77643.18692.64731.7744
H112.19102.82981.09892.53553.09123.83761.77642.64733.18691.7744

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.442 C1 C2 H8 110.889
C1 C2 H9 110.889 C1 C3 H7 111.442
C1 C3 H10 110.889 C1 C3 H11 110.889
C2 C1 C3 112.604 C2 C1 H4 109.406
C2 C1 H5 109.406 C3 C1 H4 109.406
C3 C1 H5 109.406 H4 C1 H5 106.422
H6 C2 H8 107.897 H6 C2 H9 107.897
H7 C3 H10 107.897 H7 C3 H11 107.897
H8 C2 H9 107.672 H10 C3 H11 107.672
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.293      
2 C -0.612      
3 C -0.612      
4 H 0.179      
5 H 0.179      
6 H 0.198      
7 H 0.198      
8 H 0.191      
9 H 0.191      
10 H 0.191      
11 H 0.191      


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 0.060 0.060
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.961 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.710 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.335
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.561 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.561 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.001
Polar
3z2-r20.001
x2-y20.748
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.556 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.244 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.663


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 64.043
(<r2>)1/2 8.003