return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CH3CCH (propyne)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-116.592960
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-116.592960
Nuclear repulsion energy58.755801
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 B1B95/6-31G**
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 3506 3347 56.40      
2 A1 3061 2922 16.49      
3 A1 2260 2158 4.09      
4 A1 1415 1351 0.08      
5 A1 964 920 0.51      
6 E 3138 2996 8.08      
6 E 3138 2996 8.08      
7 E 1483 1416 7.03      
7 E 1483 1416 7.03      
8 E 1051 1003 1.99      
8 E 1051 1003 1.99      
9 E 626 598 49.11      
9 E 626 598 49.11      
10 E 350 334 4.52      
10 E 350 334 4.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12250.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11696.8 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 B1B95/6-31G**
ABC
5.35868 0.28615 0.28615

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.237
C2 0.000 0.000 0.216
C3 0.000 0.000 1.422
H4 0.000 0.000 2.487
H5 0.000 1.020 -1.630
H6 0.883 -0.510 -1.630
H7 -0.883 -0.510 -1.630

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.45332.65983.72461.09301.09301.0930
C21.45331.20652.27132.10912.10912.1091
C32.65981.20651.06483.21853.21853.2185
H43.72462.27131.06484.24184.24184.2418
H51.09302.10913.21854.24181.76681.7668
H61.09302.10913.21854.24181.76681.7668
H71.09302.10913.21854.24181.76681.7668

picture of propyne state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 180.000 C2 C1 H5 111.060
C2 C1 H6 111.060 C2 C1 H7 111.060
C2 C3 H4 180.000 H5 C1 H6 107.837
H5 C1 H7 107.837 H6 C1 H7 107.837
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.452      
2 C 0.221      
3 C -0.417      
4 H 0.171      
5 H 0.159      
6 H 0.159      
7 H 0.159      


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 -0.734 0.734
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.969 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.969 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.498
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.735 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.735 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.471
Polar
3z2-r210.941
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 2.682 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.682 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.713


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 49.594
(<r2>)1/2 7.042