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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.180682
Energy at 298.15K-119.189046
HF Energy-119.180682
Nuclear repulsion energy82.349782
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 B3LYP/6-311G**
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 3085 2983 60.04 96.31 0.57 0.73
2 A1 3019 2919 31.76 195.93 0.00 0.01
3 A1 3014 2914 20.06 189.44 0.10 0.17
4 A1 1515 1465 5.77 3.18 0.75 0.86
5 A1 1494 1444 0.01 28.26 0.74 0.85
6 A1 1423 1376 3.08 0.88 0.54 0.70
7 A1 1176 1137 1.33 1.75 0.38 0.55
8 A1 871 842 0.86 9.79 0.23 0.38
9 A1 368 355 0.08 0.41 0.19 0.32
10 A2 3072 2970 0.00 10.09 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1492 1443 0.00 23.66 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1318 1275 0.00 7.27 0.75 0.86
13 A2 913 883 0.00 0.04 0.75 0.86
14 A2 221 214 0.00 0.02 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3084 2982 112.13 34.51 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3035 2934 4.35 171.25 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1509 1459 14.24 0.00 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1213 1173 0.20 0.00 0.75 0.86
19 B1 753 728 3.34 0.20 0.75 0.86
20 B1 271 262 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3082 2980 32.96 64.34 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3015 2915 36.95 1.02 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1499 1450 2.31 0.60 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1406 1359 5.13 1.43 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1368 1323 2.66 0.00 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1057 1022 0.94 5.72 0.75 0.86
27 B2 933 902 1.88 0.18 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22603.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21852.8 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 B3LYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.98500 0.27907 0.24737

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.586
C2 0.000 1.277 -0.260
C3 0.000 -1.277 -0.260
H4 0.876 0.000 1.245
H5 -0.876 0.000 1.245
H6 0.000 2.173 0.367
H7 0.000 -2.173 0.367
H8 0.883 1.323 -0.905
H9 -0.883 1.323 -0.905
H10 -0.883 -1.323 -0.905
H11 0.883 -1.323 -0.905

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.53151.53151.09591.09592.18442.18442.17982.17982.17982.1798
C21.53152.55432.15882.15881.09353.50701.09471.09472.82052.8205
C31.53152.55432.15882.15883.50701.09352.82052.82051.09471.0947
H41.09592.15882.15881.75112.50222.50222.52433.07633.07632.5243
H51.09592.15882.15881.75112.50222.50223.07632.52432.52433.0763
H62.18441.09353.50702.50222.50224.34691.76681.76683.82373.8237
H72.18443.50701.09352.50222.50224.34693.82373.82371.76681.7668
H82.17981.09472.82052.52433.07631.76683.82371.76563.18042.6453
H92.17981.09472.82053.07632.52431.76683.82371.76562.64533.1804
H102.17982.82051.09473.07632.52433.82371.76683.18042.64531.7656
H112.17982.82051.09472.52433.07633.82371.76682.64533.18041.7656

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.549 C1 C2 H8 111.113
C1 C2 H9 111.113 C1 C3 H7 111.549
C1 C3 H10 111.113 C1 C3 H11 111.113
C2 C1 C3 113.006 C2 C1 H4 109.384
C2 C1 H5 109.384 C3 C1 H4 109.384
C3 C1 H5 109.384 H4 C1 H5 106.061
H6 C2 H8 107.691 H6 C2 H9 107.691
H7 C3 H10 107.691 H7 C3 H11 107.691
H8 C2 H9 107.497 H10 C3 H11 107.497
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.238      
2 C -0.296      
3 C -0.296      
4 H 0.106      
5 H 0.106      
6 H 0.106      
7 H 0.106      
8 H 0.102      
9 H 0.102      
10 H 0.102      
11 H 0.102      


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 0.077 0.077
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.653 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.396 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.076
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.583 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.531 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.052
Polar
3z2-r2-0.104
x2-y20.743
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.138 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.013 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.345


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.948
(<r2>)1/2 7.997