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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.785861
Energy at 298.15K-118.794238
HF Energy-118.275388
Nuclear repulsion energy81.939216
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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3121 3010 49.39      
2 A1 3043 2935 23.74      
3 A1 3037 2929 25.94      
4 A1 1506 1453 3.46      
5 A1 1486 1433 0.14      
6 A1 1418 1367 2.03      
7 A1 1181 1139 0.55      
8 A1 891 860 0.56      
9 A1 367 354 0.02      
10 A2 3107 2997 0.00      
11 A2 1484 1431 0.00      
12 A2 1313 1267 0.00      
13 A2 904 872 0.00      
14 A2 220 212 0.00      
15 B1 3117 3006 98.47      
16 B1 3077 2967 2.99      
17 B1 1502 1448 10.63      
18 B1 1213 1170 0.01      
19 B1 747 721 1.63      
20 B1 276 267 0.00      
21 B2 3118 3007 31.46      
22 B2 3034 2927 33.88      
23 B2 1490 1437 1.20      
24 B2 1408 1358 4.00      
25 B2 1364 1316 2.05      
26 B2 1084 1046 0.33      
27 B2 926 893 0.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22715.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9645) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21909.0 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.96551 0.27853 0.24643

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.593
C2 0.000 1.277 -0.262
C3 0.000 -1.277 -0.262
H4 0.885 0.000 1.255
H5 -0.885 0.000 1.255
H6 0.000 2.184 0.366
H7 0.000 -2.184 0.366
H8 0.892 1.315 -0.913
H9 -0.892 1.315 -0.913
H10 -0.892 -1.315 -0.913
H11 0.892 -1.315 -0.913

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.53711.53711.10541.10542.19622.19622.18952.18952.18952.1895
C21.53712.55422.17182.17181.10343.51801.10471.10472.81772.8177
C31.53712.55422.17182.17183.51801.10342.81772.81771.10471.1047
H41.10542.17182.17181.77092.51922.51922.53563.09663.09662.5356
H51.10542.17182.17181.77092.51922.51923.09662.53562.53563.0966
H62.19621.10343.51802.51922.51924.36881.78491.78493.83133.8313
H72.19623.51801.10342.51922.51924.36883.83133.83131.78491.7849
H82.18951.10472.81772.53563.09661.78493.83131.78413.17862.6307
H92.18951.10472.81773.09662.53561.78493.83131.78412.63073.1786
H102.18952.81771.10473.09662.53563.83131.78493.17862.63071.7841
H112.18952.81771.10472.53563.09663.83131.78492.63073.17861.7841

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.498 C1 C2 H8 110.886
C1 C2 H9 110.886 C1 C3 H7 111.498
C1 C3 H10 110.886 C1 C3 H11 110.886
C2 C1 C3 112.371 C2 C1 H4 109.461
C2 C1 H5 109.461 C3 C1 H4 109.461
C3 C1 H5 109.461 H4 C1 H5 106.451
H6 C2 H8 107.859 H6 C2 H9 107.859
H7 C3 H10 107.859 H7 C3 H11 107.859
H8 C2 H9 107.696 H10 C3 H11 107.696
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability