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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.451482
Energy at 298.15K-158.462028
HF Energy-158.451482
Nuclear repulsion energy134.572672
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/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 3115 2979 109.61      
2 A1 3040 2908 25.81      
3 A1 3037 2905 2.91      
4 A1 1513 1447 21.24      
5 A1 1426 1364 4.82      
6 A1 1210 1158 0.39      
7 A1 810 775 0.78      
8 A1 435 416 0.22      
9 A2 3115 2979 0.00      
10 A2 1479 1414 0.00      
11 A2 952 911 0.00      
12 A2 168 161 0.00      
13 E 3119 2983 57.60      
13 E 3119 2983 57.80      
14 E 3105 2970 8.59      
14 E 3105 2970 8.65      
15 E 3034 2902 36.94      
15 E 3034 2902 36.92      
16 E 1505 1440 5.02      
16 E 1505 1440 4.99      
17 E 1485 1420 0.35      
17 E 1485 1420 0.37      
18 E 1403 1342 12.45      
18 E 1403 1342 12.51      
19 E 1358 1299 1.29      
19 E 1358 1299 1.26      
20 E 1199 1147 2.46      
20 E 1199 1147 2.49      
21 E 981 938 0.13      
21 E 981 938 0.12      
22 E 923 883 1.40      
22 E 923 883 1.44      
23 E 366 350 0.01      
23 E 366 350 0.01      
24 E 233 223 0.01      
24 E 233 223 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28860.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27605.1 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.26020 0.26020 0.15078

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.374
H2 0.000 0.000 1.471
C3 0.000 1.456 -0.096
C4 1.261 -0.728 -0.096
C5 -1.261 -0.728 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.507 -1.190
H7 1.305 -0.753 -1.190
H8 -1.305 -0.753 -1.190
H9 0.884 1.990 0.263
H10 -0.884 1.990 0.263
H11 1.281 -1.761 0.263
H12 2.165 -0.229 0.263
H13 -2.165 -0.229 0.263
H14 -1.281 -1.761 0.263

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09731.52941.52941.52942.17182.17182.17182.18012.18012.18012.18012.18012.1801
H21.09732.13862.13862.13863.05843.05843.05842.48992.48992.48992.48992.48992.4899
C31.52942.13862.52112.52111.09572.78932.78931.09381.09383.48052.76672.76673.4805
C41.52942.13862.52112.52112.78931.09572.78932.76673.48051.09381.09383.48052.7667
C51.52942.13862.52112.52112.78932.78931.09573.48052.76672.76673.48051.09381.0938
H62.17183.05841.09572.78932.78932.60982.60981.76871.76873.79873.13273.13273.7987
H72.17183.05842.78931.09572.78932.60982.60983.13273.79871.76871.76873.79873.1327
H82.17183.05842.78932.78931.09572.60982.60983.79873.13273.13273.79871.76871.7687
H92.18012.48991.09382.76673.48051.76873.13273.79871.76893.77122.56163.77124.3305
H102.18012.48991.09383.48052.76671.76873.79873.13271.76894.33053.77122.56163.7712
H112.18012.48993.48051.09382.76673.79871.76873.13273.77124.33051.76893.77122.5616
H122.18012.48992.76671.09383.48053.13271.76873.79872.56163.77121.76894.33053.7712
H132.18012.48992.76673.48051.09383.13273.79871.76873.77122.56163.77124.33051.7689
H142.18012.48993.48052.76671.09383.79873.13271.76874.33053.77122.56163.77121.7689

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.560 C1 C3 H9 111.337
C1 C3 H10 111.337 C1 C4 H7 110.560
C1 C4 H11 111.337 C1 C4 H12 111.337
C1 C5 H8 110.560 C1 C5 H13 111.337
C1 C5 H14 111.337 H2 C1 C3 107.880
H2 C1 C4 107.880 H2 C1 C5 107.880
C3 C1 C4 111.015 C3 C1 C5 111.015
C4 C1 C5 111.015 H6 C3 H9 107.767
H6 C3 H10 107.767 H7 C4 H11 107.767
H7 C4 H12 107.767 H8 C5 H13 107.767
H8 C5 H14 107.767 H9 C3 H10 107.918
H11 C4 H12 107.918 H13 C5 H14 107.918
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.238      
2 H 0.121      
3 C -0.300      
4 C -0.300      
5 C -0.300      
6 H 0.109      
7 H 0.109      
8 H 0.109      
9 H 0.115      
10 H 0.115      
11 H 0.115      
12 H 0.115      
13 H 0.115      
14 H 0.115      


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 0.117 0.117
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.752 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.752 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.261
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.245 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.245 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.491
Polar
3z2-r20.981
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 7.417 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.415 -0.002
z 0.000 -0.002 6.623


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.081
(<r2>)1/2 9.954