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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.460573
Energy at 298.15K-158.471184
HF Energy-158.460573
Nuclear repulsion energy134.821025
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 B3PW91/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 3095 2987 90.16      
2 A1 3027 2921 14.72      
3 A1 3006 2901 11.15      
4 A1 1503 1451 19.65      
5 A1 1417 1368 3.44      
6 A1 1206 1163 0.21      
7 A1 805 777 0.65      
8 A1 428 413 0.24      
9 A2 3095 2987 0.00      
10 A2 1472 1420 0.00      
11 A2 948 915 0.00      
12 A2 205 198 0.00      
13 E 3099 2991 52.00      
13 E 3099 2991 51.99      
14 E 3086 2979 6.34      
14 E 3086 2979 6.33      
15 E 3020 2915 35.30      
15 E 3020 2915 35.32      
16 E 1499 1446 4.28      
16 E 1499 1446 4.28      
17 E 1478 1426 0.39      
17 E 1478 1426 0.39      
18 E 1390 1341 9.06      
18 E 1390 1341 9.07      
19 E 1353 1306 2.18      
19 E 1353 1306 2.18      
20 E 1192 1151 2.55      
20 E 1192 1151 2.55      
21 E 976 941 0.07      
21 E 976 941 0.07      
22 E 917 885 1.15      
22 E 917 885 1.15      
23 E 354 342 0.01      
23 E 354 342 0.01      
24 E 249 240 0.02      
24 E 249 240 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28715.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9651) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27713.4 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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.26116 0.26116 0.15126

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.371
H2 0.000 0.000 1.468
C3 0.000 1.453 -0.095
C4 1.259 -0.727 -0.095
C5 -1.259 -0.727 -0.095
H6 0.000 1.508 -1.188
H7 1.306 -0.754 -1.188
H8 -1.306 -0.754 -1.188
H9 0.883 1.987 0.263
H10 -0.883 1.987 0.263
H11 1.279 -1.758 0.263
H12 2.162 -0.229 0.263
H13 -2.162 -0.229 0.263
H14 -1.279 -1.758 0.263

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09621.52641.52641.52642.16872.16872.16872.17702.17702.17702.17702.17702.1770
H21.09622.13412.13412.13413.05333.05333.05332.48552.48552.48552.48552.48552.4855
C31.52642.13412.51732.51731.09382.78752.78751.09221.09223.47552.76302.76303.4755
C41.52642.13412.51732.51732.78751.09382.78752.76303.47551.09221.09223.47552.7630
C51.52642.13412.51732.51732.78752.78751.09383.47552.76302.76303.47551.09221.0922
H62.16873.05331.09382.78752.78752.61142.61141.76491.76493.79583.12993.12993.7958
H72.16873.05332.78751.09382.78752.61142.61143.12993.79581.76491.76493.79583.1299
H82.16873.05332.78752.78751.09382.61142.61143.79583.12993.12993.79581.76491.7649
H92.17702.48551.09222.76303.47551.76493.12993.79581.76593.76612.55873.76614.3246
H102.17702.48551.09223.47552.76301.76493.79583.12991.76594.32463.76612.55873.7661
H112.17702.48553.47551.09222.76303.79581.76493.12993.76614.32461.76593.76612.5587
H122.17702.48552.76301.09223.47553.12991.76493.79582.55873.76611.76594.32463.7661
H132.17702.48552.76303.47551.09223.12993.79581.76493.76612.55873.76614.32461.7659
H142.17702.48553.47552.76301.09223.79583.12991.76494.32463.76612.55873.76611.7659

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.642 C1 C3 H9 111.400
C1 C3 H10 111.400 C1 C4 H7 110.642
C1 C4 H11 111.400 C1 C4 H12 111.400
C1 C5 H8 110.642 C1 C5 H13 111.400
C1 C5 H14 111.400 H2 C1 C3 107.796
H2 C1 C4 107.796 H2 C1 C5 107.796
C3 C1 C4 111.093 C3 C1 C5 111.093
C4 C1 C5 111.093 H6 C3 H9 107.677
H6 C3 H10 107.677 H7 C4 H11 107.677
H7 C4 H12 107.677 H8 C5 H13 107.677
H8 C5 H14 107.677 H9 C3 H10 107.877
H11 C4 H12 107.877 H13 C5 H14 107.877
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.614      
2 H 0.210      
3 C -0.844      
4 C -0.844      
5 C -0.844      
6 H 0.209      
7 H 0.209      
8 H 0.209      
9 H 0.180      
10 H 0.180      
11 H 0.180      
12 H 0.180      
13 H 0.180      
14 H 0.180      


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 0.135 0.135
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.808 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.808 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.138
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.335 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.335 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.670
Polar
3z2-r21.339
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 8.226 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.226 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.202


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.821
(<r2>)1/2 9.941