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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.073307
Energy at 298.15K-119.081688
HF Energy-119.073307
Nuclear repulsion energy82.602008
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 M06-2X/6-31G**
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 3155 2999 41.86 89.36 0.60 0.75
2 A1 3074 2921 45.10 19.87 0.74 0.85
3 A1 3069 2917 0.71 295.10 0.02 0.04
4 A1 1529 1454 3.31 8.27 0.74 0.85
5 A1 1506 1432 0.00 40.94 0.75 0.86
6 A1 1434 1363 2.64 2.20 0.75 0.85
7 A1 1186 1127 0.99 3.48 0.44 0.62
8 A1 898 853 0.87 11.27 0.27 0.43
9 A1 373 354 0.10 0.23 0.09 0.17
10 A2 3141 2985 0.00 6.68 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1506 1431 0.00 38.78 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1322 1256 0.00 11.92 0.75 0.86
13 A2 915 869 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
14 A2 221 210 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3150 2994 86.79 33.35 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3106 2952 4.32 147.42 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1525 1449 12.14 0.12 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1219 1158 0.21 1.11 0.75 0.86
19 B1 753 716 3.03 0.15 0.75 0.86
20 B1 282 268 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3154 2997 26.52 55.27 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3069 2916 29.03 1.88 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1514 1438 1.72 0.28 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1424 1353 5.05 4.82 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1371 1303 2.29 0.00 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1085 1031 0.20 7.40 0.75 0.86
27 B2 936 890 2.65 0.15 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22957.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21818.8 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 M06-2X/6-31G**
ABC
0.97816 0.28340 0.25037

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.592
C2 0.000 1.266 -0.261
C3 0.000 -1.266 -0.261
H4 0.877 0.000 1.249
H5 -0.877 0.000 1.249
H6 0.000 2.169 0.355
H7 0.000 -2.169 0.355
H8 0.883 1.300 -0.907
H9 -0.883 1.300 -0.907
H10 -0.883 -1.300 -0.907
H11 0.883 -1.300 -0.907

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52651.52651.09581.09582.18202.18202.17152.17152.17152.1715
C21.52652.53282.15672.15671.09313.49041.09461.09462.79012.7901
C31.52652.53282.15672.15673.49041.09312.79012.79011.09461.0946
H41.09582.15672.15671.75372.50442.50442.51743.07153.07152.5174
H51.09582.15672.15671.75372.50442.50443.07152.51742.51743.0715
H62.18201.09313.49042.50442.50444.33841.76881.76883.79603.7960
H72.18203.49041.09312.50442.50444.33843.79603.79601.76881.7688
H82.17151.09462.79012.51743.07151.76883.79601.76593.14332.6003
H92.17151.09462.79013.07152.51741.76883.79601.76592.60033.1433
H102.17152.79011.09463.07152.51743.79601.76883.14332.60031.7659
H112.17152.79011.09462.51743.07153.79601.76882.60033.14331.7659

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.736 C1 C2 H8 110.803
C1 C2 H9 110.803 C1 C3 H7 111.736
C1 C3 H10 110.803 C1 C3 H11 110.803
C2 C1 C3 112.114 C2 C1 H4 109.565
C2 C1 H5 109.565 C3 C1 H4 109.565
C3 C1 H5 109.565 H4 C1 H5 106.299
H6 C2 H8 107.899 H6 C2 H9 107.899
H7 C3 H10 107.899 H7 C3 H11 107.899
H8 C2 H9 107.536 H10 C3 H11 107.536
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.224      
2 C -0.357      
3 C -0.357      
4 H 0.115      
5 H 0.115      
6 H 0.120      
7 H 0.120      
8 H 0.117      
9 H 0.117      
10 H 0.117      
11 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 0.053 0.053
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.299 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.866 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.639
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.453 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.397 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.056
Polar
3z2-r2-0.112
x2-y20.567
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.840 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.453 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.933


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.144
(<r2>)1/2 7.946