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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHCH2CH3 (2-Butyl radical)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.263646
Energy at 298.15K-157.272358
HF Energy-156.684844
Nuclear repulsion energy122.527468
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=FULL/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3265 3051 27.61      
2 A 3232 3020 26.78      
3 A 3226 3014 28.72      
4 A 3222 3010 18.55      
5 A 3169 2961 24.83      
6 A 3134 2929 24.86      
7 A 3132 2926 21.42      
8 A 3081 2879 29.57      
9 A 3057 2856 30.83      
10 A 1568 1466 2.57      
11 A 1561 1459 5.17      
12 A 1553 1451 3.64      
13 A 1541 1440 5.46      
14 A 1536 1435 0.50      
15 A 1480 1383 1.92      
16 A 1467 1370 2.42      
17 A 1456 1360 0.38      
18 A 1360 1270 7.79      
19 A 1319 1232 0.08      
20 A 1225 1145 0.39      
21 A 1180 1102 0.13      
22 A 1119 1046 0.93      
23 A 1074 1003 0.26      
24 A 1017 951 2.03      
25 A 1008 942 2.28      
26 A 881 823 0.18      
27 A 795 743 1.04      
28 A 459 429 17.13      
29 A 438 409 1.30      
30 A 269 252 0.89      
31 A 252 236 0.01      
32 A 142 133 0.05      
33 A 74 70 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26644.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24897.0 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=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
0.88796 0.12249 0.11526

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.974 -0.048 -0.070
H2 2.055 -0.830 -0.825
H3 2.669 0.748 -0.330
H4 2.319 -0.484 0.874
C5 0.575 0.452 0.033
H6 0.414 1.456 0.405
C7 -0.568 -0.503 0.103
H8 -0.558 -1.028 1.067
H9 -0.430 -1.283 -0.651
C10 -1.925 0.165 -0.088
H11 -2.091 0.923 0.676
H12 -1.979 0.653 -1.059
H13 -2.735 -0.558 -0.024

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9 C10 H11 H12 H13
C11.09011.08781.09561.48932.21802.58772.94372.76483.90414.24494.13474.7364
H21.09011.76371.75352.13773.07072.80063.23192.53204.16744.74454.30424.8636
H31.08781.76371.75772.14552.47503.49653.93953.71914.63624.86774.70565.5673
H41.09561.75351.75772.15132.75952.98832.93483.24414.39964.63344.84835.1339
C51.48932.13772.14552.15131.08221.49102.13222.11902.51852.78212.78483.4608
H62.21803.07072.47502.75951.08222.21182.74863.05452.71582.57492.91803.7620
C72.58772.80063.49652.98831.49102.21181.09851.09331.52452.16392.16282.1716
H82.94373.23193.93952.93482.13222.74861.09851.74162.15092.51203.06052.4801
H92.76482.53203.71913.24412.11903.05451.09331.74162.15603.06362.51282.4960
C103.90414.16744.63624.39962.51852.71581.52452.15092.15601.08871.08791.0880
H114.24494.74454.86774.63342.78212.57492.16392.51203.06361.08871.75961.7602
H124.13474.30424.70564.84832.78482.91802.16283.06052.51281.08791.75961.7627
H134.73644.86365.56735.13393.46083.76202.17162.48012.49601.08801.76021.7627

picture of 2-Butyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 118.339 C1 C5 C7 120.518
H2 C1 H3 108.157 H2 C1 H4 106.689
H2 C1 C5 110.998 H3 C1 H4 107.222
H3 C1 C5 111.772 H4 C1 C5 111.760
C5 C7 H8 109.932 C5 C7 H9 109.198
C5 C7 C10 113.270 H6 C5 C7 117.659
C7 C10 H11 110.698 C7 C10 H12 110.657
C7 C10 H13 111.353 H8 C7 H9 105.238
H8 C7 C10 109.096 H9 C7 C10 109.798
H11 C10 H12 107.877 H11 C10 H13 107.923
H12 C10 H13 108.206
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability