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

using model chemistry: CCSD/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 CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.049381
Energy at 298.15K-158.060116
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 CCSD/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 3156 2984 75.51      
2 A1 3079 2911 8.39      
3 A1 3070 2903 13.41      
4 A1 1547 1463 13.35      
5 A1 1460 1380 2.99      
6 A1 1235 1168 0.30      
7 A1 821 776 0.49      
8 A1 433 409 0.18      
9 A2 3154 2982 0.00      
10 A2 1516 1433 0.00      
11 A2 969 916 0.00      
12 A2 216 205 0.00      
13 E 3158 2986 42.44      
13 E 3158 2986 42.44      
14 E 3147 2976 5.11      
14 E 3147 2976 5.11      
15 E 3073 2906 25.17      
15 E 3073 2906 25.17      
16 E 1540 1456 2.49      
16 E 1540 1456 2.49      
17 E 1521 1438 0.31      
17 E 1521 1438 0.31      
18 E 1436 1357 6.40      
18 E 1436 1357 6.40      
19 E 1389 1313 2.52      
19 E 1389 1313 2.52      
20 E 1220 1153 1.81      
20 E 1220 1153 1.81      
21 E 1000 946 0.17      
21 E 1000 946 0.17      
22 E 937 886 1.02      
22 E 937 886 1.02      
23 E 365 345 0.00      
23 E 365 345 0.00      
24 E 268 254 0.02      
24 E 268 254 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29382.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9455) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27781.0 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 CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.26020 0.26020 0.15098

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.380
H2 0.000 0.000 1.477
C3 0.000 1.455 -0.097
C4 1.260 -0.728 -0.097
C5 -1.260 -0.728 -0.097
H6 0.000 1.502 -1.191
H7 1.300 -0.751 -1.191
H8 -1.300 -0.751 -1.191
H9 0.884 1.991 0.259
H10 -0.884 1.991 0.259
H11 1.282 -1.761 0.259
H12 2.166 -0.229 0.259
H13 -2.166 -0.229 0.259
H14 -1.282 -1.761 0.259

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09711.53131.53131.53132.17282.17282.17282.18142.18142.18142.18142.18142.1814
H21.09712.14342.14342.14343.06123.06123.06122.49522.49522.49522.49522.49522.4952
C31.53132.14342.52062.52061.09492.78472.78471.09321.09323.48052.76702.76703.4805
C41.53132.14342.52062.52062.78471.09492.78472.76703.48051.09321.09323.48052.7670
C51.53132.14342.52062.52062.78472.78471.09493.48052.76702.76703.48051.09321.0932
H62.17283.06121.09492.78472.78472.60092.60091.76731.76733.79353.12903.12903.7935
H72.17283.06122.78471.09492.78472.60092.60093.12903.79351.76731.76733.79353.1290
H82.17283.06122.78472.78471.09492.60092.60093.79353.12903.12903.79351.76731.7673
H92.18142.49521.09322.76703.48051.76733.12903.79351.76853.77252.56343.77254.3319
H102.18142.49521.09323.48052.76701.76733.79353.12901.76854.33193.77252.56343.7725
H112.18142.49523.48051.09322.76703.79351.76733.12903.77254.33191.76843.77252.5634
H122.18142.49522.76701.09323.48053.12901.76733.79352.56343.77251.76844.33193.7725
H132.18142.49522.76703.48051.09323.12903.79351.76733.77252.56343.77254.33191.7684
H142.18142.49523.48052.76701.09323.79353.12901.76734.33193.77252.56343.77251.7684

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.558 C1 C3 H9 111.342
C1 C3 H10 111.342 C1 C4 H7 110.559
C1 C4 H11 111.342 C1 C4 H12 111.342
C1 C5 H8 110.559 C1 C5 H13 111.342
C1 C5 H14 111.342 H2 C1 C3 108.130
H2 C1 C4 108.130 H2 C1 C5 108.130
C3 C1 C4 110.779 C3 C1 C5 110.779
C4 C1 C5 110.779 H6 C3 H9 107.741
H6 C3 H10 107.741 H7 C4 H11 107.741
H7 C4 H12 107.741 H8 C5 H13 107.741
H8 C5 H14 107.741 H9 C3 H10 107.959
H11 C4 H12 107.959 H13 C5 H14 107.959
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability