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

using model chemistry: BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.350507
Energy at 298.15K-158.361005
HF Energy-158.350507
Nuclear repulsion energy133.030695
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 BLYP/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 3011 3006 109.21      
2 A1 2949 2944 18.94      
3 A1 2928 2923 12.60      
4 A1 1452 1449 15.99      
5 A1 1372 1369 2.85      
6 A1 1162 1159 0.01      
7 A1 770 769 0.44      
8 A1 428 427 0.13      
9 A2 3012 3006 0.00      
10 A2 1418 1415 0.00      
11 A2 919 917 0.00      
12 A2 192 191 0.00      
13 E 3016 3010 63.29      
13 E 3016 3010 63.27      
14 E 3002 2996 7.59      
14 E 3002 2996 7.59      
15 E 2941 2935 39.25      
15 E 2941 2935 39.26      
16 E 1444 1442 3.19      
16 E 1444 1442 3.19      
17 E 1426 1423 0.24      
17 E 1426 1423 0.23      
18 E 1341 1338 5.45      
18 E 1341 1338 5.45      
19 E 1302 1299 4.12      
19 E 1302 1299 4.11      
20 E 1147 1145 2.46      
20 E 1147 1145 2.46      
21 E 937 935 0.00      
21 E 937 935 0.00      
22 E 887 886 0.52      
22 E 887 886 0.52      
23 E 357 356 0.03      
23 E 357 356 0.03      
24 E 244 244 0.02      
24 E 244 244 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27849.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27796.9 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 BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.25416 0.25416 0.14707

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.372
H2 0.000 0.000 1.482
C3 0.000 1.474 -0.096
C4 1.276 -0.737 -0.096
C5 -1.276 -0.737 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.535 -1.202
H7 1.329 -0.768 -1.202
H8 -1.329 -0.768 -1.202
H9 0.894 2.012 0.271
H10 -0.894 2.012 0.271
H11 1.295 -1.780 0.271
H12 2.189 -0.232 0.271
H13 -2.189 -0.232 0.271
H14 -1.295 -1.780 0.271

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10991.54621.54621.54622.19872.19872.19872.20402.20402.20402.20402.20402.2040
H21.10992.15902.15902.15903.09213.09213.09212.51272.51272.51272.51272.51272.5127
C31.54622.15902.55252.55251.10802.83092.83091.10631.10633.52152.79942.79943.5215
C41.54622.15902.55252.55252.83091.10802.83092.79943.52151.10631.10633.52152.7994
C51.54622.15902.55252.55252.83092.83091.10803.52152.79942.79943.52151.10631.1063
H62.19873.09211.10802.83092.83092.65882.65881.78821.78823.85233.17573.17573.8523
H72.19873.09212.83091.10802.83092.65882.65883.17573.85231.78821.78823.85233.1757
H82.19873.09212.83092.83091.10802.65882.65883.85233.17573.17573.85231.78821.7882
H92.20402.51271.10632.79943.52151.78823.17573.85231.78833.81342.59063.81344.3789
H102.20402.51271.10633.52152.79941.78823.85233.17571.78834.37893.81342.59063.8134
H112.20402.51273.52151.10632.79943.85231.78823.17573.81344.37891.78833.81342.5906
H122.20402.51272.79941.10633.52153.17571.78823.85232.59063.81341.78834.37893.8134
H132.20402.51272.79943.52151.10633.17573.85231.78823.81342.59063.81344.37891.7883
H142.20402.51273.52152.79941.10633.85233.17571.78824.37893.81342.59063.81341.7883

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.788 C1 C3 H9 111.302
C1 C3 H10 111.302 C1 C4 H7 110.788
C1 C4 H11 111.302 C1 C4 H12 111.302
C1 C5 H8 110.788 C1 C5 H13 111.302
C1 C5 H14 111.302 H2 C1 C3 107.615
H2 C1 C4 107.615 H2 C1 C5 107.615
C3 C1 C4 111.262 C3 C1 C5 111.262
C4 C1 C5 111.262 H6 C3 H9 107.718
H6 C3 H10 107.718 H7 C4 H11 107.718
H7 C4 H12 107.718 H8 C5 H13 107.718
H8 C5 H14 107.718 H9 C3 H10 107.849
H11 C4 H12 107.849 H13 C5 H14 107.849
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.231      
2 H -0.627      
3 C 1.324      
4 C 1.324      
5 C 1.324      
6 H -0.278      
7 H -0.278      
8 H -0.278      
9 H -0.380      
10 H -0.380      
11 H -0.380      
12 H -0.380      
13 H -0.380      
14 H -0.380      


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 0.154 0.154
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.779 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.779 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.076
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.352 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.352 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.703
Polar
3z2-r21.406
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 8.838 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.838 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.696


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.668
(<r2>)1/2 10.083