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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: HF/Sadlej_pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/Sadlej_pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.288229
Energy at 298.15K-118.296776
HF Energy-118.288229
Nuclear repulsion energy82.664095
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 HF/Sadlej_pVTZ
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 3230 2949 73.99      
2 A1 3159 2885 0.13      
3 A1 3151 2876 58.56      
4 A1 1614 1474 3.86      
5 A1 1590 1452 0.22      
6 A1 1533 1400 2.22      
7 A1 1265 1155 0.94      
8 A1 931 850 0.47      
9 A1 391 357 0.03      
10 A2 3215 2935 0.00      
11 A2 1590 1452 0.00      
12 A2 1409 1286 0.00      
13 A2 963 880 0.00      
14 A2 231 211 0.00      
15 B1 3230 2949 136.73      
16 B1 3179 2903 4.17      
17 B1 1608 1468 11.15      
18 B1 1302 1188 0.03      
19 B1 794 725 1.89      
20 B1 291 266 0.00      
21 B2 3226 2945 42.35      
22 B2 3151 2877 41.23      
23 B2 1597 1458 0.98      
24 B2 1528 1396 4.17      
25 B2 1469 1341 2.93      
26 B2 1128 1030 0.44      
27 B2 997 910 0.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23884.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.913) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21806.8 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 HF/Sadlej_pVTZ
ABC
0.99128 0.28168 0.24968

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/Sadlej_pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.583
C2 0.000 1.271 -0.258
C3 0.000 -1.271 -0.258
H4 0.874 0.000 1.240
H5 -0.874 0.000 1.240
H6 0.000 2.164 0.367
H7 0.000 -2.164 0.367
H8 0.881 1.316 -0.903
H9 -0.881 1.316 -0.903
H10 -0.881 -1.316 -0.903
H11 0.881 -1.316 -0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52411.52411.09361.09362.17472.17472.17192.17192.17192.1719
C21.52412.54142.15052.15051.09083.49131.09241.09242.80802.8080
C31.52412.54142.15052.15053.49131.09082.80802.80801.09241.0924
H41.09362.15052.15051.74832.49172.49172.51503.06693.06692.5150
H51.09362.15052.15051.74832.49172.49173.06692.51502.51503.0669
H62.17471.09083.49132.49172.49174.32791.76291.76293.80833.8083
H72.17473.49131.09082.49172.49174.32793.80833.80831.76291.7629
H82.17191.09242.80802.51503.06691.76293.80831.76193.16812.6330
H92.17191.09242.80803.06692.51501.76293.80831.76192.63303.1681
H102.17192.80801.09243.06692.51503.80831.76293.16812.63301.7619
H112.17192.80801.09242.51503.06693.80831.76292.63303.16811.7619

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.464 C1 C2 H8 111.138
C1 C2 H9 111.138 C1 C3 H7 111.464
C1 C3 H10 111.138 C1 C3 H11 111.138
C2 C1 C3 112.972 C2 C1 H4 109.375
C2 C1 H5 109.375 C3 C1 H4 109.375
C3 C1 H5 109.375 H4 C1 H5 106.139
H6 C2 H8 107.710 H6 C2 H9 107.710
H7 C3 H10 107.710 H7 C3 H11 107.710
H8 C2 H9 107.496 H10 C3 H11 107.496
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/Sadlej_pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -1.354      
2 C 3.162      
3 C 3.162      
4 H -0.665      
5 H -0.665      
6 H -0.548      
7 H -0.548      
8 H -0.636      
9 H -0.636      
10 H -0.636      
11 H -0.636      


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 0.087 0.087
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.558 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.507 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.073
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.732 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.691 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.041
Polar
3z2-r2-0.082
x2-y20.949
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.349 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.244 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.607


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.524
(<r2>)1/2 7.970