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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.321400
Energy at 298.15K-157.332337
HF Energy-157.321400
Nuclear repulsion energy134.787666
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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3228 2923 137.56      
2 A1 3162 2864 10.87      
3 A1 3144 2847 20.08      
4 A1 1632 1478 11.65      
5 A1 1553 1406 2.21      
6 A1 1312 1188 0.10      
7 A1 841 762 0.31      
8 A1 460 416 0.14      
9 A2 3221 2916 0.00      
10 A2 1600 1449 0.00      
11 A2 1031 933 0.00      
12 A2 223 202 0.00      
13 E 3228 2923 77.74      
13 E 3228 2923 77.74      
14 E 3214 2910 6.08      
14 E 3214 2910 6.08      
15 E 3153 2855 38.93      
15 E 3153 2855 38.93      
16 E 1625 1471 1.83      
16 E 1625 1471 1.83      
17 E 1606 1454 0.22      
17 E 1606 1454 0.22      
18 E 1530 1385 4.89      
18 E 1530 1385 4.89      
19 E 1477 1337 3.44      
19 E 1477 1337 3.44      
20 E 1286 1165 2.26      
20 E 1286 1165 2.26      
21 E 1037 939 0.00      
21 E 1037 939 0.00      
22 E 993 899 0.55      
22 E 993 899 0.55      
23 E 388 352 0.01      
23 E 388 352 0.01      
24 E 277 251 0.01      
24 E 277 251 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30518.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27634.5 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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.26037 0.26037 0.15061

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

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 1.461
C3 0.000 1.457 -0.096
C4 1.262 -0.729 -0.096
C5 -1.262 -0.729 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.516 -1.182
H7 1.313 -0.758 -1.182
H8 -1.313 -0.758 -1.182
H9 0.878 1.986 0.264
H10 -0.878 1.986 0.264
H11 1.281 -1.754 0.264
H12 2.159 -0.233 0.264
H13 -2.159 -0.233 0.264
H14 -1.281 -1.754 0.264

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.08941.53051.53051.53052.17082.17082.17082.17432.17432.17432.17432.17432.1743
H21.08942.13252.13252.13253.04703.04703.04702.47962.47962.47962.47962.47962.4796
C31.53052.13252.52422.52421.08792.79502.79501.08651.08653.47582.76542.76543.4758
C41.53052.13252.52422.52422.79501.08792.79502.76543.47581.08651.08653.47582.7654
C51.53052.13252.52422.52422.79502.79501.08793.47582.76542.76543.47581.08651.0865
H62.17083.04701.08792.79502.79502.62592.62591.75621.75623.79783.13233.13233.7978
H72.17083.04702.79501.08792.79502.62592.62593.13233.79781.75621.75623.79783.1323
H82.17083.04702.79502.79501.08792.62592.62593.79783.13233.13233.79781.75621.7562
H92.17432.47961.08652.76543.47581.75623.13233.79781.75643.76142.56193.76144.3183
H102.17432.47961.08653.47582.76541.75623.79783.13231.75644.31833.76142.56193.7614
H112.17432.47963.47581.08652.76543.79781.75623.13233.76144.31831.75643.76142.5619
H122.17432.47962.76541.08653.47583.13231.75623.79782.56193.76141.75644.31833.7614
H132.17432.47962.76543.47581.08653.13233.79781.75623.76142.56193.76144.31831.7564
H142.17432.47963.47582.76541.08653.79783.13231.75624.31833.76142.56193.76141.7564

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.877 C1 C3 H9 111.236
C1 C3 H10 111.236 C1 C4 H7 110.877
C1 C4 H11 111.236 C1 C4 H12 111.236
C1 C5 H8 110.877 C1 C5 H13 111.236
C1 C5 H14 111.236 H2 C1 C3 107.784
H2 C1 C4 107.784 H2 C1 C5 107.784
C3 C1 C4 111.105 C3 C1 C5 111.105
C4 C1 C5 111.105 H6 C3 H9 107.737
H6 C3 H10 107.737 H7 C4 H11 107.737
H7 C4 H12 107.737 H8 C5 H13 107.737
H8 C5 H14 107.737 H9 C3 H10 107.857
H11 C4 H12 107.857 H13 C5 H14 107.857
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.047      
2 H 0.107      
3 C -0.407      
4 C -0.407      
5 C -0.407      
6 H 0.127      
7 H 0.127      
8 H 0.127      
9 H 0.130      
10 H 0.130      
11 H 0.130      
12 H 0.130      
13 H 0.130      
14 H 0.130      


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 0.096 0.096
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.726 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.726 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.051
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.338 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.338 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.675
Polar
3z2-r21.351
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 6.672 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.672 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.962
(<r2>)1/2 9.948