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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-117.719604
Energy at 298.15K-117.727859
HF Energy-117.719604
Nuclear repulsion energy81.757674
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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
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 3525 3525 2.42 33.95 0.72 0.84
2 A1 3383 3383 3.95 33.96 0.17 0.29
3 A1 3349 3349 1.35 74.94 0.00 0.01
4 A1 1716 1716 3.01 7.32 0.74 0.85
5 A1 1686 1686 0.11 34.19 0.75 0.86
6 A1 1603 1603 0.89 3.15 0.67 0.80
7 A1 1293 1293 3.32 4.98 0.51 0.68
8 A1 967 967 1.23 9.10 0.29 0.45
9 A1 391 391 0.42 0.23 0.30 0.46
10 A2 3522 3522 0.00 2.70 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1699 1699 0.00 30.77 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1438 1438 0.00 14.86 0.75 0.86
13 A2 1010 1010 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
14 A2 216 216 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3525 3525 5.15 21.18 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3489 3489 1.11 50.42 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1707 1707 6.74 0.90 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1341 1341 1.08 3.45 0.75 0.86
19 B1 820 820 6.92 0.02 0.75 0.86
20 B1 263 263 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3523 3523 0.85 21.21 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3349 3349 3.07 2.44 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1705 1705 1.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1595 1595 1.26 5.97 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1522 1522 4.48 0.15 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1171 1171 0.33 7.55 0.75 0.86
27 B2 1037 1037 3.41 0.49 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25422.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25422.2 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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
ABC
0.96142 0.27590 0.24406

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.598
C2 0.000 1.286 -0.266
C3 0.000 -1.286 -0.266
H4 0.887 0.000 1.251
H5 -0.887 0.000 1.251
H6 0.000 2.181 0.371
H7 0.000 -2.181 0.371
H8 0.890 1.319 -0.909
H9 -0.890 1.319 -0.909
H10 -0.890 -1.319 -0.909
H11 0.890 -1.319 -0.909

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.54961.54961.10171.10172.19312.19312.19192.19192.19192.1919
C21.54962.57272.17802.17801.09873.52581.09881.09882.82752.8275
C31.54962.57272.17802.17803.52581.09872.82752.82751.09881.0988
H41.10172.17802.17801.77432.51382.51382.53143.09313.09312.5314
H51.10172.17802.17801.77432.51382.51383.09312.53142.53143.0931
H62.19311.09873.52582.51382.51384.36261.78211.78213.83223.8322
H72.19313.52581.09872.51382.51384.36263.83223.83221.78211.7821
H82.19191.09882.82752.53143.09311.78213.83221.78053.18282.6382
H92.19191.09882.82753.09312.53141.78213.83221.78052.63823.1828
H102.19192.82751.09883.09312.53143.83221.78213.18282.63821.7805
H112.19192.82751.09882.53143.09313.83221.78212.63823.18281.7805

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 110.653 C1 C2 H8 110.558
C1 C2 H9 110.558 C1 C3 H7 110.653
C1 C3 H10 110.558 C1 C3 H11 110.558
C2 C1 C3 112.223 C2 C1 H4 109.306
C2 C1 H5 109.306 C3 C1 H4 109.306
C3 C1 H5 109.306 H4 C1 H5 107.268
H6 C2 H8 108.380 H6 C2 H9 108.380
H7 C3 H10 108.380 H7 C3 H11 108.380
H8 C2 H9 108.228 H10 C3 H11 108.228
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.127      
2 C -0.221      
3 C -0.221      
4 H 0.069      
5 H 0.069      
6 H 0.072      
7 H 0.072      
8 H 0.072      
9 H 0.072      
10 H 0.072      
11 H 0.072      


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 0.020 0.020
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.881 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.380 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.104
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.361 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.388 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.027
Polar
3z2-r20.054
x2-y20.500
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.344 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.597 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.365


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.354
(<r2>)1/2 7.960