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

using model chemistry: BLYP/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-156.442603
Energy at 298.15K-156.452817
HF Energy-156.442603
Nuclear repulsion energy131.492129
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 BLYP/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 3373 3120 14.06      
2 A1 3251 3008 6.23      
3 A1 3207 2967 0.79      
4 A1 1652 1528 7.41      
5 A1 1546 1430 0.53      
6 A1 1278 1182 4.12      
7 A1 819 758 1.06      
8 A1 438 405 1.02      
9 A2 3367 3115 0.00      
10 A2 1642 1519 0.00      
11 A2 1020 944 0.00      
12 A2 198 184 0.00      
13 E 3370 3118 5.63      
13 E 3370 3118 5.63      
14 E 3370 3118 1.52      
14 E 3370 3118 1.52      
15 E 3206 2966 6.47      
15 E 3206 2966 6.47      
16 E 1653 1530 1.89      
16 E 1653 1530 1.89      
17 E 1642 1519 0.15      
17 E 1642 1519 0.15      
18 E 1520 1406 0.25      
18 E 1520 1406 0.25      
19 E 1440 1333 8.62      
19 E 1440 1333 8.62      
20 E 1249 1155 5.21      
20 E 1249 1155 5.21      
21 E 1015 939 0.01      
21 E 1015 939 0.01      
22 E 978 905 2.40      
22 E 978 905 2.40      
23 E 356 329 0.04      
23 E 356 329 0.04      
24 E 228 211 0.01      
24 E 228 211 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30921.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28608.4 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
0.24729 0.24729 0.14310

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.385
H2 0.000 0.000 1.500
C3 0.000 1.498 -0.101
C4 1.297 -0.749 -0.101
C5 -1.297 -0.749 -0.101
H6 0.000 1.549 -1.208
H7 1.342 -0.775 -1.208
H8 -1.342 -0.775 -1.208
H9 0.899 2.029 0.273
H10 -0.899 2.029 0.273
H11 1.307 -1.793 0.273
H12 2.206 -0.236 0.273
H13 -2.206 -0.236 0.273
H14 -1.307 -1.793 0.273

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.11511.57471.57471.57472.22212.22212.22212.22162.22162.22162.22162.22162.2216
H21.11512.19222.19222.19223.11993.11993.11992.53552.53552.53552.53552.53552.5355
C31.57472.19222.59452.59451.10872.86202.86201.10871.10873.56052.83062.83063.5605
C41.57472.19222.59452.59452.86201.10872.86202.83063.56051.10871.10873.56052.8306
C51.57472.19222.59452.59452.86202.86201.10873.56052.83062.83063.56051.10871.1087
H62.22213.11991.10872.86202.86202.68332.68331.79761.79763.88223.20103.20103.8822
H72.22213.11992.86201.10872.86202.68332.68333.20103.88221.79761.79763.88223.2010
H82.22213.11992.86202.86201.10872.68332.68333.88223.20103.20103.88221.79761.7976
H92.22162.53551.10872.83063.56051.79763.20103.88221.79813.84312.61443.84314.4125
H102.22162.53551.10873.56052.83061.79763.88223.20101.79814.41253.84312.61443.8431
H112.22162.53553.56051.10872.83063.88221.79763.20103.84314.41251.79813.84312.6144
H122.22162.53552.83061.10873.56053.20101.79763.88222.61443.84311.79814.41253.8431
H132.22162.53552.83063.56051.10873.20103.88221.79763.84312.61443.84314.41251.7981
H142.22162.53553.56052.83061.10873.88223.20101.79764.41253.84312.61443.84311.7981

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.608 C1 C3 H9 110.571
C1 C3 H10 110.571 C1 C4 H7 110.608
C1 C4 H11 110.571 C1 C4 H12 110.571
C1 C5 H8 110.608 C1 C5 H13 110.571
C1 C5 H14 110.571 H2 C1 C3 107.958
H2 C1 C4 107.958 H2 C1 C5 107.958
C3 C1 C4 110.941 C3 C1 C5 110.941
C4 C1 C5 110.941 H6 C3 H9 108.324
H6 C3 H10 108.324 H7 C4 H11 108.324
H7 C4 H12 108.324 H8 C5 H13 108.324
H8 C5 H14 108.324 H9 C3 H10 108.363
H11 C4 H12 108.363 H13 C5 H14 108.363
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.040      
2 H 0.064      
3 C -0.212      
4 C -0.212      
5 C -0.212      
6 H 0.068      
7 H 0.068      
8 H 0.068      
9 H 0.068      
10 H 0.068      
11 H 0.068      
12 H 0.068      
13 H 0.068      
14 H 0.068      


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 0.028 0.028
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.438 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -26.438 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.094
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.172 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.172 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.344
Polar
3z2-r20.688
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 3.525 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.525 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.142


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.715
(<r2>)1/2 10.085