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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.966848
Energy at 298.15K-118.975106
HF Energy-118.966848
Nuclear repulsion energy81.920672
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 PBEPBE/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 3047 3028 45.60 101.15 0.55 0.71
2 A1 2966 2948 49.34 30.80 0.57 0.72
3 A1 2962 2944 3.52 498.04 0.00 0.01
4 A1 1436 1427 5.02 0.49 0.73 0.85
5 A1 1414 1406 0.03 13.41 0.74 0.85
6 A1 1347 1339 2.98 0.10 0.41 0.58
7 A1 1129 1122 0.83 2.82 0.19 0.32
8 A1 865 860 1.04 10.24 0.14 0.25
9 A1 359 357 0.09 0.56 0.33 0.49
10 A2 3032 3014 0.00 11.34 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1411 1403 0.00 10.33 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1259 1252 0.00 2.19 0.75 0.86
13 A2 869 864 0.00 0.28 0.75 0.86
14 A2 212 211 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3041 3023 90.14 29.23 0.75 0.86
16 B1 2995 2977 3.30 159.52 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1431 1422 13.61 0.09 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1155 1148 0.12 0.63 0.75 0.86
19 B1 719 715 3.31 0.05 0.75 0.86
20 B1 263 261 0.00 0.03 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3045 3026 28.00 58.06 0.75 0.86
22 B2 2960 2942 37.49 0.23 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1418 1410 1.80 0.31 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1334 1325 6.52 0.01 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1296 1288 1.77 0.50 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1053 1047 0.66 4.24 0.75 0.86
27 B2 889 883 1.68 0.01 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21954.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9939) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21820.4 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 PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.97188 0.27777 0.24629

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.586
C2 0.000 1.278 -0.260
C3 0.000 -1.278 -0.260
H4 0.886 0.000 1.253
H5 -0.886 0.000 1.253
H6 0.000 2.186 0.373
H7 0.000 -2.186 0.373
H8 0.893 1.324 -0.914
H9 -0.893 1.324 -0.914
H10 -0.893 -1.324 -0.914
H11 0.893 -1.324 -0.914

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.53271.53271.10881.10882.19592.19592.19052.19052.19052.1905
C21.53272.55622.16962.16961.10623.52091.10761.10762.82722.8272
C31.53272.55622.16962.16963.52091.10622.82722.82721.10761.1076
H41.10882.16962.16961.77112.51722.51722.53933.10013.10012.5393
H51.10882.16962.16961.77112.51722.51723.10012.53932.53933.1001
H62.19591.10623.52092.51722.51724.37111.78751.78753.84263.8426
H72.19593.52091.10622.51722.51724.37113.84263.84261.78751.7875
H82.19051.10762.82722.53933.10011.78753.84261.78563.19302.6471
H92.19051.10762.82723.10012.53931.78753.84261.78562.64713.1930
H102.19052.82721.10763.10012.53933.84261.78753.19302.64711.7856
H112.19052.82721.10762.53933.10013.84261.78752.64713.19301.7856

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.620 C1 C2 H8 111.104
C1 C2 H9 111.104 C1 C3 H7 111.620
C1 C3 H10 111.104 C1 C3 H11 111.104
C2 C1 C3 113.001 C2 C1 H4 109.398
C2 C1 H5 109.398 C3 C1 H4 109.398
C3 C1 H5 109.398 H4 C1 H5 106.008
H6 C2 H8 107.696 H6 C2 H9 107.696
H7 C3 H10 107.696 H7 C3 H11 107.696
H8 C2 H9 107.428 H10 C3 H11 107.428
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.664      
2 C 0.609      
3 C 0.609      
4 H -0.309      
5 H -0.309      
6 H -0.233      
7 H -0.233      
8 H -0.199      
9 H -0.199      
10 H -0.199      
11 H -0.199      


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 0.100 0.100
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.781 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.633 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.296
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.684 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.595 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.089
Polar
3z2-r2-0.178
x2-y20.853
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.915 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.121 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.290


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 64.438
(<r2>)1/2 8.027