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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.521933
Energy at 298.15K-158.532586
HF Energy-158.521933
Nuclear repulsion energy134.519563
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3079 2979 100.78      
2 A1 3020 2922 14.60      
3 A1 2997 2900 11.29      
4 A1 1514 1465 17.70      
5 A1 1428 1382 3.36      
6 A1 1211 1172 0.07      
7 A1 793 768 0.49      
8 A1 431 417 0.17      
9 A2 3078 2977 0.00      
10 A2 1482 1434 0.00      
11 A2 958 927 0.00      
12 A2 210 203 0.00      
13 E 3081 2981 57.97      
13 E 3081 2981 57.97      
14 E 3069 2970 6.22      
14 E 3069 2970 6.22      
15 E 3013 2915 35.94      
15 E 3013 2915 35.93      
16 E 1506 1457 4.16      
16 E 1506 1457 4.16      
17 E 1489 1441 0.36      
17 E 1489 1441 0.36      
18 E 1400 1354 6.13      
18 E 1400 1354 6.13      
19 E 1360 1316 3.63      
19 E 1360 1316 3.63      
20 E 1191 1152 2.74      
20 E 1191 1152 2.74      
21 E 970 938 0.00      
21 E 970 938 0.00      
22 E 924 894 0.75      
22 E 924 894 0.75      
23 E 364 352 0.01      
23 E 364 352 0.01      
24 E 252 244 0.01      
24 E 252 244 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28719.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27786.2 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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.25963 0.25963 0.15024

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/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 1.466
C3 0.000 1.459 -0.096
C4 1.263 -0.729 -0.096
C5 -1.263 -0.729 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.516 -1.187
H7 1.313 -0.758 -1.187
H8 -1.313 -0.758 -1.187
H9 0.882 1.991 0.265
H10 -0.882 1.991 0.265
H11 1.283 -1.759 0.265
H12 2.165 -0.231 0.265
H13 -2.165 -0.231 0.265
H14 -1.283 -1.759 0.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09461.53151.53151.53152.17372.17372.17372.18012.18012.18012.18012.18012.1801
H21.09462.13672.13672.13673.05523.05523.05522.48682.48682.48682.48682.48682.4868
C31.53152.13672.52642.52641.09282.79762.79761.09141.09143.48302.77012.77013.4830
C41.53152.13672.52642.52642.79761.09282.79762.77013.48301.09141.09143.48302.7701
C51.53152.13672.52642.52642.79762.79761.09283.48302.77012.77013.48301.09141.0914
H62.17373.05521.09282.79762.79762.62532.62531.76381.76383.80513.13803.13803.8051
H72.17373.05522.79761.09282.79762.62532.62533.13803.80511.76381.76383.80513.1380
H82.17373.05522.79762.79761.09282.62532.62533.80513.13803.13803.80511.76381.7638
H92.18012.48681.09142.77013.48301.76383.13803.80511.76443.77152.56593.77154.3303
H102.18012.48681.09143.48302.77011.76383.80513.13801.76444.33033.77152.56593.7715
H112.18012.48683.48301.09142.77013.80511.76383.13803.77154.33031.76443.77152.5659
H122.18012.48682.77011.09143.48303.13801.76383.80512.56593.77151.76444.33033.7715
H132.18012.48682.77013.48301.09143.13803.80511.76383.77152.56593.77154.33031.7644
H142.18012.48683.48302.77011.09143.80513.13801.76384.33033.77152.56593.77151.7644

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.741 C1 C3 H9 111.331
C1 C3 H10 111.331 C1 C4 H7 110.741
C1 C4 H11 111.331 C1 C4 H12 111.331
C1 C5 H8 110.741 C1 C5 H13 111.331
C1 C5 H14 111.331 H2 C1 C3 107.746
H2 C1 C4 107.746 H2 C1 C5 107.746
C3 C1 C4 111.140 C3 C1 C5 111.140
C4 C1 C5 111.140 H6 C3 H9 107.707
H6 C3 H10 107.707 H7 C4 H11 107.707
H7 C4 H12 107.707 H8 C5 H13 107.707
H8 C5 H14 107.707 H9 C3 H10 107.860
H11 C4 H12 107.860 H13 C5 H14 107.860
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.777      
2 H 0.222      
3 C -0.865      
4 C -0.865      
5 C -0.865      
6 H 0.191      
7 H 0.191      
8 H 0.191      
9 H 0.170      
10 H 0.170      
11 H 0.170      
12 H 0.170      
13 H 0.170      
14 H 0.170      


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 0.143 0.143
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.244 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.244 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.550
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.347 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.347 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.694
Polar
3z2-r21.389
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 8.309 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.309 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.271


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.543
(<r2>)1/2 9.977