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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.433632
Energy at 298.15K-158.444280
HF Energy-158.433632
Nuclear repulsion energy134.531711
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3126 2996 96.68      
2 A1 3048 2921 17.95      
3 A1 3038 2911 10.28      
4 A1 1493 1431 19.13      
5 A1 1411 1352 3.86      
6 A1 1200 1150 0.16      
7 A1 817 783 0.66      
8 A1 434 416 0.22      
9 A2 3128 2998 0.00      
10 A2 1457 1396 0.00      
11 A2 943 904 0.00      
12 A2 200 192 0.00      
13 E 3132 3002 54.10      
13 E 3132 3002 54.11      
14 E 3118 2988 7.68      
14 E 3118 2988 7.68      
15 E 3041 2914 37.02      
15 E 3041 2914 37.02      
16 E 1487 1425 3.66      
16 E 1487 1425 3.66      
17 E 1465 1404 0.29      
17 E 1465 1404 0.29      
18 E 1387 1329 11.30      
18 E 1387 1329 11.29      
19 E 1346 1290 0.97      
19 E 1346 1290 0.97      
20 E 1197 1147 2.00      
20 E 1197 1147 2.00      
21 E 985 944 0.22      
21 E 985 944 0.22      
22 E 914 875 1.06      
22 E 914 875 1.06      
23 E 363 348 0.01      
23 E 363 348 0.01      
24 E 256 245 0.02      
24 E 256 245 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28837.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27634.7 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.26037 0.26037 0.15088

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.370
H2 0.000 0.000 1.472
C3 0.000 1.454 -0.095
C4 1.259 -0.727 -0.095
C5 -1.259 -0.727 -0.095
H6 0.000 1.512 -1.193
H7 1.309 -0.756 -1.193
H8 -1.309 -0.756 -1.193
H9 0.887 1.990 0.267
H10 -0.887 1.990 0.267
H11 1.280 -1.763 0.267
H12 2.167 -0.226 0.267
H13 -2.167 -0.226 0.267
H14 -1.280 -1.763 0.267

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10191.52661.52661.52662.17462.17462.17462.18112.18112.18112.18112.18112.1811
H21.10192.13762.13762.13763.06393.06393.06392.48972.48972.48972.48972.48972.4897
C31.52662.13762.51852.51851.09962.79362.79361.09791.09793.48142.76592.76593.4814
C41.52662.13762.51852.51852.79361.09962.79362.76593.48141.09791.09793.48142.7659
C51.52662.13762.51852.51852.79362.79361.09963.48142.76592.76593.48141.09791.0979
H62.17463.06391.09962.79362.79362.61852.61851.77421.77423.80733.13823.13823.8073
H72.17463.06392.79361.09962.79362.61852.61853.13823.80731.77421.77423.80733.1382
H82.17463.06392.79362.79361.09962.61852.61853.80733.13823.13823.80731.77421.7742
H92.18112.48971.09792.76593.48141.77423.13823.80731.77473.77362.55903.77364.3338
H102.18112.48971.09793.48142.76591.77423.80733.13821.77474.33383.77362.55903.7736
H112.18112.48973.48141.09792.76593.80731.77423.13823.77364.33381.77473.77362.5590
H122.18112.48972.76591.09793.48143.13821.77423.80732.55903.77361.77474.33383.7736
H132.18112.48972.76593.48141.09793.13823.80731.77423.77362.55903.77364.33381.7747
H142.18112.48973.48142.76591.09793.80733.13821.77424.33383.77362.55903.77361.7747

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.742 C1 C3 H9 111.368
C1 C3 H10 111.368 C1 C4 H7 110.742
C1 C4 H11 111.368 C1 C4 H12 111.368
C1 C5 H8 110.742 C1 C5 H13 111.368
C1 C5 H14 111.368 H2 C1 C3 107.732
H2 C1 C4 107.732 H2 C1 C5 107.732
C3 C1 C4 111.153 C3 C1 C5 111.153
C4 C1 C5 111.153 H6 C3 H9 107.673
H6 C3 H10 107.673 H7 C4 H11 107.673
H7 C4 H12 107.673 H8 C5 H13 107.673
H8 C5 H14 107.673 H9 C3 H10 107.847
H11 C4 H12 107.847 H13 C5 H14 107.847
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -1.010      
2 H -0.289      
3 C 0.810      
4 C 0.810      
5 C 0.810      
6 H -0.070      
7 H -0.070      
8 H -0.070      
9 H -0.154      
10 H -0.154      
11 H -0.154      
12 H -0.154      
13 H -0.154      
14 H -0.154      


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 0.140 0.140
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.903 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.903 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.254
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.325 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.325 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.650
Polar
3z2-r21.299
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 8.242 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.242 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.229


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.159
(<r2>)1/2 9.958