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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHCH2CH3 (2-Butyl radical)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.324017
Energy at 298.15K-157.332642
HF Energy-156.691869
Nuclear repulsion energy122.353279
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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3244 3064 17.31      
2 A 3204 3026 18.08      
3 A 3198 3021 20.24      
4 A 3194 3017 12.67      
5 A 3141 2966 16.47      
6 A 3111 2938 18.29      
7 A 3107 2934 16.48      
8 A 3056 2886 22.14      
9 A 3035 2867 23.19      
10 A 1537 1451 2.97      
11 A 1530 1445 5.86      
12 A 1521 1436 4.64      
13 A 1510 1426 6.14      
14 A 1503 1419 0.64      
15 A 1442 1362 3.07      
16 A 1430 1351 2.33      
17 A 1422 1343 0.74      
18 A 1327 1253 6.75      
19 A 1291 1219 0.04      
20 A 1204 1137 0.44      
21 A 1161 1096 0.26      
22 A 1092 1031 0.84      
23 A 1058 999 0.25      
24 A 997 942 3.42      
25 A 985 930 2.30      
26 A 867 819 0.16      
27 A 777 734 1.44      
28 A 441 416 13.11      
29 A 426 402 5.62      
30 A 260 246 1.15      
31 A 248 234 0.01      
32 A 135 128 0.03      
33 A 72 68 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26260.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9445) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24803.5 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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.88276 0.12242 0.11508

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.975 -0.045 -0.068
H2 2.062 -0.827 -0.827
H3 2.673 0.753 -0.321
H4 2.319 -0.488 0.876
C5 0.573 0.452 0.033
H6 0.406 1.462 0.392
C7 -0.567 -0.508 0.099
H8 -0.556 -1.039 1.063
H9 -0.429 -1.287 -0.659
C10 -1.925 0.167 -0.085
H11 -2.088 0.923 0.685
H12 -1.982 0.662 -1.055
H13 -2.741 -0.555 -0.024

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9 C10 H11 H12 H13
C11.09311.09061.09871.49092.22362.58862.94472.76983.90554.24354.13874.7433
H21.09311.76871.75602.14333.07682.80483.23542.53864.17504.75034.31504.8769
H31.09061.76871.76102.15102.48023.50203.94403.72874.64134.86884.71325.5777
H41.09871.75601.76102.15462.77412.98842.93273.24814.40034.63064.85285.1395
C51.49092.14332.15102.15461.08401.49182.13512.12392.51712.77942.78513.4640
H62.22363.07682.48022.77411.08402.21612.76203.05912.70852.56752.90383.7601
C72.58862.80483.50202.98841.49182.21611.10101.09581.52792.16902.16902.1782
H82.94473.23543.94402.93272.13512.76201.10101.74492.15602.51783.06882.4882
H92.76982.53863.72873.24812.12393.05911.09581.74492.16343.07272.52342.5068
C103.90554.17504.64134.40032.51712.70851.52792.15602.16341.09171.09091.0909
H114.24354.75034.86884.63062.77942.56752.16902.51783.07271.09171.76311.7641
H124.13874.31504.71324.85282.78512.90382.16903.06882.52341.09091.76311.7670
H134.74334.87695.57775.13953.46403.76012.17822.48822.50681.09091.76411.7670

picture of 2-Butyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 118.588 C1 C5 C7 120.425
H2 C1 H3 108.177 H2 C1 H4 106.491
H2 C1 C5 111.153 H3 C1 H4 107.101
H3 C1 C5 111.931 H4 C1 C5 111.722
C5 C7 H8 109.952 C5 C7 H9 109.375
C5 C7 C10 112.926 H6 C5 C7 117.838
C7 C10 H11 110.688 C7 C10 H12 110.739
C7 C10 H13 111.474 H8 C7 H9 105.181
H8 C7 C10 109.118 H9 C7 C10 110.001
H11 C10 H12 107.769 H11 C10 H13 107.859
H12 C10 H13 108.174
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability