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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/LANL2DZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.433346
Energy at 298.15K-158.443895
HF Energy-158.433346
Nuclear repulsion energy133.451165
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 161.39      
2 A1 3030 2912 5.91      
3 A1 3024 2907 26.20      
4 A1 1532 1473 29.21      
5 A1 1446 1390 7.14      
6 A1 1225 1177 2.79      
7 A1 799 768 1.53      
8 A1 437 420 0.81      
9 A2 3111 2991 0.00      
10 A2 1506 1448 0.00      
11 A2 965 928 0.00      
12 A2 183 176 0.00      
13 E 3120 2999 83.23      
13 E 3120 2999 83.25      
14 E 3109 2988 7.03      
14 E 3109 2988 7.03      
15 E 3022 2905 46.89      
15 E 3022 2905 46.90      
16 E 1528 1469 8.75      
16 E 1528 1469 8.75      
17 E 1511 1452 1.08      
17 E 1511 1452 1.08      
18 E 1421 1366 18.62      
18 E 1421 1366 18.62      
19 E 1367 1314 3.41      
19 E 1367 1314 3.41      
20 E 1208 1161 7.17      
20 E 1208 1161 7.17      
21 E 985 946 0.06      
21 E 985 946 0.06      
22 E 934 898 3.94      
22 E 934 898 3.94      
23 E 359 345 0.07      
23 E 359 345 0.07      
24 E 240 231 0.04      
24 E 240 231 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28992.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27867.6 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
0.25539 0.25539 0.14789

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.379
H2 0.000 0.000 1.481
C3 0.000 1.471 -0.097
C4 1.274 -0.735 -0.097
C5 -1.274 -0.735 -0.097
H6 0.000 1.522 -1.196
H7 1.318 -0.761 -1.196
H8 -1.318 -0.761 -1.196
H9 0.889 2.006 0.264
H10 -0.889 2.006 0.264
H11 1.293 -1.773 0.264
H12 2.182 -0.233 0.264
H13 -2.182 -0.233 0.264
H14 -1.293 -1.773 0.264

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10211.54591.54591.54592.19002.19002.19002.19712.19712.19712.19712.19712.1971
H21.10212.15732.15732.15733.07923.07923.07922.50882.50882.50882.50882.50882.5088
C31.54592.15732.54752.54751.09972.81522.81521.09861.09863.51032.79192.79193.5103
C41.54592.15732.54752.54752.81521.09972.81522.79193.51031.09861.09863.51032.7919
C51.54592.15732.54752.54752.81522.81521.09973.51032.79192.79193.51031.09861.0986
H62.19003.07921.09972.81522.81522.63632.63631.77641.77643.82873.15803.15803.8287
H72.19003.07922.81521.09972.81522.63632.63633.15803.82871.77641.77643.82873.1580
H82.19003.07922.81522.81521.09972.63632.63633.82873.15803.15803.82871.77641.7764
H92.19712.50881.09862.79193.51031.77643.15803.82871.77743.80032.58593.80034.3633
H102.19712.50881.09863.51032.79191.77643.82873.15801.77744.36333.80032.58593.8003
H112.19712.50883.51031.09862.79193.82871.77643.15803.80034.36331.77743.80032.5859
H122.19712.50882.79191.09863.51033.15801.77643.82872.58593.80031.77744.36333.8003
H132.19712.50882.79193.51031.09863.15803.82871.77643.80032.58593.80034.36331.7774
H142.19712.50883.51032.79191.09863.82873.15801.77644.36333.80032.58593.80031.7774

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.608 C1 C3 H9 111.236
C1 C3 H10 111.236 C1 C4 H7 110.608
C1 C4 H11 111.236 C1 C4 H12 111.236
C1 C5 H8 110.608 C1 C5 H13 111.236
C1 C5 H14 111.236 H2 C1 C3 107.935
H2 C1 C4 107.935 H2 C1 C5 107.935
C3 C1 C4 110.963 C3 C1 C5 110.963
C4 C1 C5 110.963 H6 C3 H9 107.818
H6 C3 H10 107.818 H7 C4 H11 107.818
H7 C4 H12 107.818 H8 C5 H13 107.818
H8 C5 H14 107.818 H9 C3 H10 107.977
H11 C4 H12 107.977 H13 C5 H14 107.977
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 0.007      
2 H 0.170      
3 C -0.635      
4 C -0.635      
5 C -0.635      
6 H 0.187      
7 H 0.187      
8 H 0.187      
9 H 0.195      
10 H 0.195      
11 H 0.195      
12 H 0.195      
13 H 0.195      
14 H 0.195      


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 0.101 0.101
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.262 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.262 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.597
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.332 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.332 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.664
Polar
3z2-r21.329
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 6.606 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.606 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.886


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.218
(<r2>)1/2 10.011