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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CH3 (Butane)

using model chemistry: MP2/aug-cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Anti 1Ag
Energy calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.132315
Energy at 298.15K-158.142983
HF Energy-157.366021
Nuclear repulsion energy131.286503
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 MP2/aug-cc-pVQZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
Au 124 118 0.01      
Au 230 218 0.00      
?a 254 241 0.01      
?a 268 255 0.00      
Ag 424 403 0.00      
Au 742 704 2.94      
Bg 818 777 0.00      
?b 859 816 0.00      
?b 971 922 0.80      
Bu 985 936 5.32      
Bu 1046 993 0.04      
Ag 1093 1038 0.00      
Bg 1184 1124 0.00      
Bg 1215 1153 0.00      
Bg 1295 1230 0.23      
Bu 1321 1254 1.75      
Bg 1341 1273 0.00      
Ag 1396 1326 0.00      
Bu 1413 1342 5.80      
Bg 1413 1342 0.00      
Ag 1498 1423 0.00      
Bu 1504 1428 1.20      
Bg 1514 1438 0.00      
?b 1517 1440 14.92      
?b 1518 1442 0.00      
Bu 1522 1445 9.83      
Ag 3057 2903 0.00      
Bu 3065 2910 34.05      
Ag 3067 2912 0.00      
?a 3069 2914 72.74      
?a 3092 2936 0.00      
Au 3117 2960 21.02      
?b 3154 2996 73.41      
?a 3154 2996 0.57      
?a 3157 2998 52.34      
?b 3159 3000 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29275.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9497) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27803.0 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 MP2/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
0.78717 0.12280 0.11523

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/aug-cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.422 0.632 0.000
C2 0.422 -0.632 0.000
C3 0.422 1.898 0.000
C4 -0.422 -1.898 0.000
H5 -1.076 0.625 0.874
H6 -1.076 0.625 -0.874
H7 1.076 -0.625 0.874
H8 1.076 -0.625 -0.874
H9 -0.196 2.794 0.000
H10 1.064 1.934 0.879
H11 1.064 1.934 -0.879
H12 0.196 -2.794 0.000
H13 -1.064 -1.934 0.879
H14 -1.064 -1.934 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52081.52122.53041.09191.09192.14252.14252.17322.16192.16193.48152.78732.7873
C21.52082.53041.52122.14252.14251.09191.09193.48152.78732.78732.17322.16192.1619
C31.52122.53043.88872.15172.15172.74912.74911.08821.08911.08914.69724.20254.2025
C42.53041.52123.88872.74912.74912.15172.15174.69724.20254.20251.08821.08911.0891
H51.09192.14252.15172.74911.74882.48883.04182.49872.50823.06053.75102.55853.1019
H61.09192.14252.15172.74911.74883.04182.48882.49873.06052.50823.75103.10192.5585
H72.14251.09192.74912.15172.48883.04181.74883.75102.55853.10192.49872.50823.0605
H82.14251.09192.74912.15173.04182.48881.74883.75103.10192.55852.49873.06052.5082
H92.17323.48151.08824.69722.49872.49873.75103.75101.76051.76055.60134.88624.8862
H102.16192.78731.08914.20252.50823.06052.55853.10191.76051.75874.88624.41364.7511
H112.16192.78731.08914.20253.06052.50823.10192.55851.76051.75874.88624.75114.4136
H123.48152.17324.69721.08823.75103.75102.49872.49875.60134.88624.88621.76051.7605
H132.78732.16194.20251.08912.55853.10192.50823.06054.88624.41364.75111.76051.7587
H142.78732.16194.20251.08913.10192.55853.06052.50824.88624.75114.41361.76051.7587

picture of Butane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 112.573 C1 C2 H7 109.072
C1 C2 H8 109.072 C1 C3 H9 111.703
C1 C3 H11 110.739 C1 C3 H12 30.944
C2 C1 C3 112.573 C2 C1 H5 109.072
C2 C1 H6 109.072 C2 C4 H10 17.323
C2 C4 H13 110.739 C2 C4 H14 110.739
C3 C1 H5 109.761 C3 C1 H6 109.761
C4 C2 H7 109.761 C4 C2 H8 109.761
H5 C1 H6 106.409 H7 C2 H8 106.409
H9 C3 H11 107.911 H9 C3 H12 142.648
H10 C4 H13 93.964 H10 C4 H14 114.017
H11 C3 H12 93.499 H13 C4 H14 107.682
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability