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

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

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/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.387620
Energy at 298.15K-158.398140
HF Energy-158.387620
Nuclear repulsion energy133.249666
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/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 3004 2992 119.20      
2 A1 2947 2936 16.91      
3 A1 2915 2904 14.04      
4 A1 1479 1473 17.45      
5 A1 1393 1387 2.59      
6 A1 1175 1171 0.16      
7 A1 766 763 0.59      
8 A1 426 425 0.21      
9 A2 3001 2989 0.00      
10 A2 1449 1443 0.00      
11 A2 931 927 0.00      
12 A2 204 204 0.00      
13 E 3006 2994 69.29      
13 E 3006 2994 69.31      
14 E 2994 2982 6.21      
14 E 2994 2982 6.21      
15 E 2939 2928 38.55      
15 E 2939 2928 38.56      
16 E 1474 1468 4.05      
16 E 1474 1468 4.05      
17 E 1455 1449 0.38      
17 E 1455 1449 0.38      
18 E 1362 1357 5.03      
18 E 1362 1357 5.03      
19 E 1320 1315 4.59      
19 E 1320 1315 4.59      
20 E 1154 1149 3.21      
20 E 1154 1149 3.21      
21 E 938 934 0.04      
21 E 938 934 0.04      
22 E 897 894 0.84      
22 E 897 894 0.84      
23 E 352 351 0.02      
23 E 352 351 0.02      
24 E 246 245 0.01      
24 E 246 245 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27982.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27873.0 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.25462 0.25462 0.14724

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.373
H2 0.000 0.000 1.478
C3 0.000 1.473 -0.096
C4 1.276 -0.737 -0.096
C5 -1.276 -0.737 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.535 -1.197
H7 1.330 -0.768 -1.197
H8 -1.330 -0.768 -1.197
H9 0.889 2.010 0.268
H10 -0.889 2.010 0.268
H11 1.296 -1.775 0.268
H12 2.185 -0.235 0.268
H13 -2.185 -0.235 0.268
H14 -1.296 -1.775 0.268

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10471.54631.54631.54632.19562.19562.19562.20032.20032.20032.20032.20032.2003
H21.10472.15592.15592.15593.08363.08363.08362.50862.50862.50862.50862.50862.5086
C31.54632.15592.55212.55211.10212.82872.82871.10051.10053.51642.79752.79753.5164
C41.54632.15592.55212.55212.82871.10212.82872.79753.51641.10051.10053.51642.7975
C51.54632.15592.55212.55212.82872.82871.10213.51642.79752.79753.51641.10051.1005
H62.19563.08361.10212.82872.82872.65932.65931.77801.77803.84493.17093.17093.8449
H72.19563.08362.82871.10212.82872.65932.65933.17093.84491.77801.77803.84493.1709
H82.19563.08362.82872.82871.10212.65932.65933.84493.17093.17093.84491.77801.7780
H92.20032.50861.10052.79753.51641.77803.17093.84491.77843.80672.59203.80674.3704
H102.20032.50861.10053.51642.79751.77803.84493.17091.77844.37043.80672.59203.8067
H112.20032.50863.51641.10052.79753.84491.77803.17093.80674.37041.77843.80672.5920
H122.20032.50862.79751.10053.51643.17091.77803.84492.59203.80671.77844.37043.8067
H132.20032.50862.79753.51641.10053.17093.84491.77803.80672.59203.80674.37041.7784
H142.20032.50863.51642.79751.10053.84493.17091.77804.37043.80672.59203.80671.7784

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.880 C1 C3 H9 111.348
C1 C3 H10 111.348 C1 C4 H7 110.880
C1 C4 H11 111.348 C1 C4 H12 111.348
C1 C5 H8 110.880 C1 C5 H13 111.348
C1 C5 H14 111.348 H2 C1 C3 107.660
H2 C1 C4 107.660 H2 C1 C5 107.660
C3 C1 C4 111.220 C3 C1 C5 111.220
C4 C1 C5 111.220 H6 C3 H9 107.649
H6 C3 H10 107.649 H7 C4 H11 107.649
H7 C4 H12 107.649 H8 C5 H13 107.649
H8 C5 H14 107.649 H9 C3 H10 107.793
H11 C4 H12 107.793 H13 C5 H14 107.793
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.185      
2 H 0.104      
3 C -0.263      
4 C -0.263      
5 C -0.263      
6 H 0.094      
7 H 0.094      
8 H 0.094      
9 H 0.098      
10 H 0.098      
11 H 0.098      
12 H 0.098      
13 H 0.098      
14 H 0.098      


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 0.123 0.123
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.383 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.383 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.847
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.268 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.268 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.536
Polar
3z2-r21.072
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 7.813 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.813 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.854


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.284
(<r2>)1/2 10.064