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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.258077
Energy at 298.15K-158.268588
HF Energy-158.258077
Nuclear repulsion energy133.874606
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 PBEPBE/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 3029 3002 98.22      
2 A1 2960 2933 16.65      
3 A1 2936 2909 12.08      
4 A1 1463 1450 20.97      
5 A1 1375 1362 3.62      
6 A1 1167 1157 0.31      
7 A1 787 780 0.85      
8 A1 421 417 0.28      
9 A2 3030 3003 0.00      
10 A2 1430 1417 0.00      
11 A2 919 910 0.00      
12 A2 205 204 0.00      
13 E 3034 3007 55.69      
13 E 3034 3007 55.70      
14 E 3021 2993 7.30      
14 E 3021 2993 7.30      
15 E 2953 2926 35.69      
15 E 2953 2926 35.71      
16 E 1458 1445 4.63      
16 E 1458 1445 4.63      
17 E 1437 1424 0.46      
17 E 1437 1424 0.46      
18 E 1346 1334 10.10      
18 E 1346 1334 10.10      
19 E 1308 1297 2.65      
19 E 1308 1297 2.65      
20 E 1157 1147 2.64      
20 E 1157 1147 2.64      
21 E 950 941 0.11      
21 E 950 941 0.11      
22 E 892 884 1.48      
22 E 892 884 1.48      
23 E 348 345 0.01      
23 E 348 345 0.01      
24 E 248 246 0.01      
24 E 248 246 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28011.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27756.2 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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
ABC
0.25770 0.25770 0.14934

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/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 1.480
C3 0.000 1.462 -0.096
C4 1.266 -0.731 -0.096
C5 -1.266 -0.731 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.517 -1.198
H7 1.314 -0.759 -1.198
H8 -1.314 -0.759 -1.198
H9 0.890 2.001 0.266
H10 -0.890 2.001 0.266
H11 1.287 -1.771 0.266
H12 2.178 -0.229 0.266
H13 -2.178 -0.229 0.266
H14 -1.287 -1.771 0.266

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10651.53531.53531.53532.18462.18462.18462.19252.19252.19252.19252.19252.1925
H21.10652.14952.14952.14953.07813.07813.07812.50412.50412.50412.50412.50412.5041
C31.53532.14952.53192.53191.10352.80582.80581.10171.10173.49882.78072.78073.4988
C41.53532.14952.53192.53192.80581.10352.80582.78073.49881.10171.10173.49882.7807
C51.53532.14952.53192.53192.80582.80581.10353.49882.78072.78073.49881.10171.1017
H62.18463.07811.10352.80582.80582.62832.62831.77981.77983.82303.15193.15193.8230
H72.18463.07812.80581.10352.80582.62832.62833.15193.82301.77981.77983.82303.1519
H82.18463.07812.80582.80581.10352.62832.62833.82303.15193.15193.82301.77981.7798
H92.19252.50411.10172.78073.49881.77983.15193.82301.78103.79282.57463.79284.3556
H102.19252.50411.10173.49882.78071.77983.82303.15191.78104.35563.79282.57463.7928
H112.19252.50413.49881.10172.78073.82301.77983.15193.79284.35561.78103.79282.5746
H122.19252.50412.78071.10173.49883.15191.77983.82302.57463.79281.78104.35563.7928
H132.19252.50412.78073.49881.10173.15193.82301.77983.79282.57463.79284.35561.7810
H142.19252.50413.49882.78071.10173.82303.15191.77984.35563.79282.57463.79281.7810

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.695 C1 C3 H9 111.430
C1 C3 H10 111.430 C1 C4 H7 110.695
C1 C4 H11 111.430 C1 C4 H12 111.430
C1 C5 H8 110.695 C1 C5 H13 111.430
C1 C5 H14 111.430 H2 C1 C3 107.804
H2 C1 C4 107.804 H2 C1 C5 107.804
C3 C1 C4 111.086 C3 C1 C5 111.086
C4 C1 C5 111.085 H6 C3 H9 107.626
H6 C3 H10 107.626 H7 C4 H11 107.626
H7 C4 H12 107.626 H8 C5 H13 107.626
H8 C5 H14 107.626 H9 C3 H10 107.858
H11 C4 H12 107.859 H13 C5 H14 107.859
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.254      
2 H 0.130      
3 C -0.307      
4 C -0.307      
5 C -0.307      
6 H 0.114      
7 H 0.114      
8 H 0.114      
9 H 0.117      
10 H 0.117      
11 H 0.117      
12 H 0.117      
13 H 0.117      
14 H 0.117      


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 0.120 0.120
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.041 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.041 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.570
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.235 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.235 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.471
Polar
3z2-r20.942
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 7.789 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.789 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.845


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.104
(<r2>)1/2 10.005