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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.078981
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-118.883801
Nuclear repulsion energy82.775875
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3114 2986 48.10      
2 A1 3046 2921 34.10      
3 A1 3043 2918 12.95      
4 A1 1528 1465 5.10      
5 A1 1507 1445 0.00      
6 A1 1432 1373 2.64      
7 A1 1189 1140 0.94      
8 A1 883 847 0.71      
9 A1 369 354 0.05      
10 A2 3102 2975 0.00      
11 A2 1506 1445 0.00      
12 A2 1330 1276 0.00      
13 A2 918 880 0.00      
14 A2 217 209 0.00      
15 B1 3112 2985 89.88      
16 B1 3065 2940 3.53      
17 B1 1524 1461 12.94      
18 B1 1227 1176 0.06      
19 B1 753 723 2.71      
20 B1 271 260 0.00      
21 B2 3112 2984 28.66      
22 B2 3043 2918 34.45      
23 B2 1511 1450 1.95      
24 B2 1415 1357 4.15      
25 B2 1380 1323 2.49      
26 B2 1071 1027 0.79      
27 B2 939 900 1.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22801.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9591) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21868.8 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.98906 0.28312 0.25057

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.587
C2 0.000 1.268 -0.259
C3 0.000 -1.268 -0.259
H4 0.873 0.000 1.241
H5 -0.873 0.000 1.241
H6 0.000 2.163 0.360
H7 0.000 -2.163 0.360
H8 0.880 1.307 -0.902
H9 -0.880 1.307 -0.902
H10 -0.880 -1.307 -0.902
H11 0.880 -1.307 -0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52411.52411.09121.09122.17492.17492.16762.16762.16762.1676
C21.52412.53542.14972.14971.08903.48641.09021.09022.79572.7957
C31.52412.53542.14972.14973.48641.08902.79572.79571.09021.0902
H41.09122.14972.14971.74562.49342.49342.51073.06183.06182.5107
H51.09122.14972.14971.74562.49342.49343.06182.51072.51073.0618
H62.17491.08903.48642.49342.49344.32631.76091.76093.79603.7960
H72.17493.48641.08902.49342.49344.32633.79603.79601.76091.7609
H82.16761.09022.79572.51073.06181.76093.79601.75913.15072.6139
H92.16761.09022.79573.06182.51071.76093.79601.75912.61393.1507
H102.16762.79571.09023.06182.51073.79601.76093.15072.61391.7591
H112.16762.79571.09022.51073.06183.79601.76092.61393.15071.7591

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.597 C1 C2 H8 110.934
C1 C2 H9 110.934 C1 C3 H7 111.597
C1 C3 H10 110.934 C1 C3 H11 110.934
C2 C1 C3 112.568 C2 C1 H4 109.458
C2 C1 H5 109.458 C3 C1 H4 109.458
C3 C1 H5 109.458 H4 C1 H5 106.242
H6 C2 H8 107.818 H6 C2 H9 107.818
H7 C3 H10 107.818 H7 C3 H11 107.818
H8 C2 H9 107.571 H10 C3 H11 107.571
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.230      
2 C -0.811      
3 C -0.811      
4 H 0.203      
5 H 0.203      
6 H 0.231      
7 H 0.231      
8 H 0.246      
9 H 0.246      
10 H 0.246      
11 H 0.246      


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 0.092 0.092
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.618 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.540 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.151
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.727 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.656 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.071
Polar
3z2-r2-0.143
x2-y20.922
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.563 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.646 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.895


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.369
(<r2>)1/2 7.960