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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/3-21G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.502116
Energy at 298.15K-118.510534
HF Energy-118.502116
Nuclear repulsion energy82.052236
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/3-21G
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 3111 3001 48.86 73.90 0.60 0.75
2 A1 3046 2939 32.97 27.24 0.72 0.84
3 A1 3045 2938 1.92 244.78 0.02 0.03
4 A1 1577 1522 6.11 19.22 0.74 0.85
5 A1 1555 1501 0.62 37.03 0.75 0.86
6 A1 1469 1418 4.50 3.24 0.62 0.77
7 A1 1205 1163 2.66 4.23 0.58 0.74
8 A1 863 833 1.06 10.33 0.26 0.42
9 A1 377 364 0.30 0.28 0.15 0.26
10 A2 3100 2992 0.00 5.52 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1558 1504 0.00 45.13 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1359 1311 0.00 14.60 0.75 0.86
13 A2 954 920 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
14 A2 227 219 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3116 3007 87.49 19.24 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3068 2961 1.11 142.60 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1576 1520 14.96 0.09 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1248 1204 0.98 1.40 0.75 0.86
19 B1 775 748 6.22 0.14 0.75 0.86
20 B1 273 264 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3107 2998 26.19 49.18 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3041 2935 29.52 2.40 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1564 1509 3.18 0.20 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1453 1402 5.01 4.90 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1395 1346 3.40 3.15 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1047 1010 2.41 4.67 0.75 0.86
27 B2 961 927 3.45 1.00 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23035.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22226.7 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/3-21G
ABC
0.96356 0.27891 0.24629

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.600
C2 0.000 1.279 -0.265
C3 0.000 -1.279 -0.265
H4 0.883 0.000 1.252
H5 -0.883 0.000 1.252
H6 0.000 2.180 0.358
H7 0.000 -2.180 0.358
H8 0.887 1.306 -0.909
H9 -0.887 1.306 -0.909
H10 -0.887 -1.306 -0.909
H11 0.887 -1.306 -0.909

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.54391.54391.09741.09742.19312.19312.18402.18402.18402.1840
C21.54392.55732.17162.17161.09583.51421.09651.09652.80782.8078
C31.54392.55732.17162.17163.51421.09582.80782.80781.09651.0965
H41.09742.17162.17161.76532.51582.51582.52493.08353.08352.5249
H51.09742.17162.17161.76532.51582.51583.08352.52492.52493.0835
H62.19311.09583.51422.51582.51584.35961.77641.77643.81393.8139
H72.19313.51421.09582.51582.51584.35963.81393.81391.77641.7764
H82.18401.09652.80782.52493.08351.77643.81391.77483.15842.6126
H92.18401.09652.80783.08352.52491.77643.81391.77482.61263.1584
H102.18402.80781.09653.08352.52493.81391.77643.15842.61261.7748
H112.18402.80781.09652.52493.08353.81391.77642.61263.15841.7748

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.236 C1 C2 H8 110.471
C1 C2 H9 110.471 C1 C3 H7 111.236
C1 C3 H10 110.471 C1 C3 H11 110.471
C2 C1 C3 111.834 C2 C1 H4 109.449
C2 C1 H5 109.449 C3 C1 H4 109.449
C3 C1 H5 109.449 H4 C1 H5 107.093
H6 C2 H8 108.252 H6 C2 H9 108.252
H7 C3 H10 108.252 H7 C3 H11 108.252
H8 C2 H9 108.055 H10 C3 H11 108.055
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.390      
2 C -0.546      
3 C -0.546      
4 H 0.187      
5 H 0.187      
6 H 0.185      
7 H 0.185      
8 H 0.184      
9 H 0.184      
10 H 0.184      
11 H 0.184      


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 0.032 0.032
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.344 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.831 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.625
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.384 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.347 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.037
Polar
3z2-r2-0.075
x2-y20.487
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.448 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.051 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.537


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.845
(<r2>)1/2 7.990