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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.564988
Energy at 298.15K-157.575742
HF Energy-157.564988
Nuclear repulsion energy134.380528
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G
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 3142 2999 78.87      
2 A1 3067 2928 10.96      
3 A1 3063 2924 3.12      
4 A1 1579 1507 25.15      
5 A1 1475 1408 6.32      
6 A1 1248 1192 2.60      
7 A1 811 774 1.32      
8 A1 437 417 0.68      
9 A2 3134 2992 0.00      
10 A2 1546 1476 0.00      
11 A2 994 948 0.00      
12 A2 221 211 0.00      
13 E 3140 2997 44.57      
13 E 3140 2997 44.57      
14 E 3129 2987 3.97      
14 E 3129 2987 3.97      
15 E 3057 2918 27.12      
15 E 3057 2918 27.12      
16 E 1572 1501 7.09      
16 E 1572 1501 7.10      
17 E 1553 1482 0.73      
17 E 1553 1482 0.73      
18 E 1447 1382 14.15      
18 E 1447 1382 14.14      
19 E 1390 1327 4.03      
19 E 1390 1327 4.03      
20 E 1223 1168 5.19      
20 E 1223 1168 5.19      
21 E 999 953 0.08      
21 E 999 953 0.08      
22 E 956 913 3.85      
22 E 956 913 3.85      
23 E 367 350 0.03      
23 E 367 350 0.03      
24 E 264 252 0.02      
24 E 264 252 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29455.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9546) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28117.8 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.25954 0.25954 0.15105

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.392
H2 0.000 0.000 1.490
C3 0.000 1.456 -0.099
C4 1.261 -0.728 -0.099
C5 -1.261 -0.728 -0.099
H6 0.000 1.479 -1.196
H7 1.281 -0.739 -1.196
H8 -1.281 -0.739 -1.196
H9 0.889 1.989 0.256
H10 -0.889 1.989 0.256
H11 1.278 -1.764 0.256
H12 2.167 -0.225 0.256
H13 -2.167 -0.225 0.256
H14 -1.278 -1.764 0.256

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09841.53641.53641.53642.16982.16982.16982.18292.18292.18292.18292.18292.1829
H21.09842.15552.15552.15553.06643.06643.06642.50422.50422.50422.50422.50422.5042
C31.53642.15552.52142.52141.09672.76792.76791.09561.09563.48262.76522.76523.4826
C41.53642.15552.52142.52142.76791.09672.76792.76523.48261.09561.09563.48262.7652
C51.53642.15552.52142.52142.76792.76791.09673.48262.76522.76523.48261.09561.0956
H62.16983.06641.09672.76792.76792.56152.56151.77671.77673.77603.11533.11533.7760
H72.16983.06642.76791.09672.76792.56152.56153.11533.77601.77671.77673.77603.1153
H82.16983.06642.76792.76791.09672.56152.56153.77603.11533.11533.77601.77671.7767
H92.18292.50421.09562.76523.48261.77673.11533.77601.77753.77352.55663.77354.3340
H102.18292.50421.09563.48262.76521.77673.77603.11531.77754.33403.77352.55663.7735
H112.18292.50423.48261.09562.76523.77601.77673.11533.77354.33401.77753.77352.5566
H122.18292.50422.76521.09563.48263.11531.77673.77602.55663.77351.77754.33403.7735
H132.18292.50422.76523.48261.09563.11533.77601.77673.77352.55663.77354.33401.7775
H142.18292.50423.48262.76521.09563.77603.11531.77674.33403.77352.55663.77351.7775

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 109.860 C1 C3 H9 110.960
C1 C3 H10 110.960 C1 C4 H7 109.860
C1 C4 H11 110.960 C1 C4 H12 110.960
C1 C5 H8 109.860 C1 C5 H13 110.960
C1 C5 H14 110.960 H2 C1 C3 108.650
H2 C1 C4 108.650 H2 C1 C5 108.650
C3 C1 C4 110.280 C3 C1 C5 110.280
C4 C1 C5 110.280 H6 C3 H9 108.276
H6 C3 H10 108.276 H7 C4 H11 108.276
H7 C4 H12 108.276 H8 C5 H13 108.276
H8 C5 H14 108.276 H9 C3 H10 108.423
H11 C4 H12 108.423 H13 C5 H14 108.423
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.313      
2 H 0.219      
3 C -0.590      
4 C -0.590      
5 C -0.590      
6 H 0.206      
7 H 0.206      
8 H 0.206      
9 H 0.208      
10 H 0.208      
11 H 0.208      
12 H 0.208      
13 H 0.208      
14 H 0.208      


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 0.047 0.047
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.235 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.235 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.907
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.164 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.164 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.328
Polar
3z2-r20.655
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 6.317 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.317 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.684


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.755
(<r2>)1/2 9.938