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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH(CH3)CH3 (Isobutane)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.314557
Energy at 298.15K-157.325511
HF Energy-157.314557
Nuclear repulsion energy134.786955
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/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 3244 2928 147.52      
2 A1 3178 2868 11.49      
3 A1 3162 2854 21.79      
4 A1 1643 1483 12.28      
5 A1 1565 1413 2.43      
6 A1 1318 1189 0.06      
7 A1 846 764 0.33      
8 A1 464 418 0.11      
9 A2 3237 2922 0.00      
10 A2 1611 1454 0.00      
11 A2 1037 936 0.00      
12 A2 227 205 0.00      
13 E 3244 2928 83.86      
13 E 3244 2928 83.86      
14 E 3230 2916 6.00      
14 E 3230 2916 6.00      
15 E 3168 2860 41.71      
15 E 3168 2860 41.71      
16 E 1636 1476 2.08      
16 E 1636 1476 2.08      
17 E 1617 1460 0.26      
17 E 1617 1460 0.26      
18 E 1542 1392 5.46      
18 E 1542 1392 5.46      
19 E 1483 1339 2.95      
19 E 1483 1339 2.95      
20 E 1293 1167 2.15      
20 E 1293 1167 2.15      
21 E 1043 941 0.01      
21 E 1043 941 0.01      
22 E 1000 903 0.64      
22 E 1000 903 0.64      
23 E 391 353 0.01      
23 E 391 353 0.01      
24 E 279 252 0.00      
24 E 279 252 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30692.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27702.8 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.26034 0.26034 0.15061

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.372
H2 0.000 0.000 1.462
C3 0.000 1.457 -0.096
C4 1.262 -0.729 -0.096
C5 -1.262 -0.729 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.516 -1.182
H7 1.313 -0.758 -1.182
H8 -1.313 -0.758 -1.182
H9 0.878 1.987 0.264
H10 -0.878 1.987 0.264
H11 1.282 -1.753 0.264
H12 2.159 -0.233 0.264
H13 -2.159 -0.233 0.264
H14 -1.282 -1.753 0.264

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.08941.53071.53071.53072.17112.17112.17112.17472.17472.17472.17472.17472.1747
H21.08942.13302.13302.13303.04743.04743.04742.48042.48042.48042.48042.48042.4804
C31.53072.13302.52412.52411.08762.79472.79471.08631.08633.47582.76592.76593.4758
C41.53072.13302.52412.52412.79471.08762.79472.76593.47581.08631.08633.47582.7659
C51.53072.13302.52412.52412.79472.79471.08763.47582.76592.76593.47581.08631.0863
H62.17113.04741.08762.79472.79472.62562.62561.75551.75553.79753.13253.13253.7975
H72.17113.04742.79471.08762.79472.62562.62563.13253.79751.75551.75553.79753.1325
H82.17113.04742.79472.79471.08762.62562.62563.79753.13253.13253.79751.75551.7555
H92.17472.48041.08632.76593.47581.75553.13253.79751.75533.76202.56353.76204.3188
H102.17472.48041.08633.47582.76591.75553.79753.13251.75534.31883.76202.56353.7620
H112.17472.48043.47581.08632.76593.79751.75553.13253.76204.31881.75533.76202.5635
H122.17472.48042.76591.08633.47583.13251.75553.79752.56353.76201.75534.31883.7620
H132.17472.48042.76593.47581.08633.13253.79751.75553.76202.56353.76204.31881.7553
H142.17472.48043.47582.76591.08633.79753.13251.75554.31883.76202.56353.76201.7553

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.901 C1 C3 H9 111.270
C1 C3 H10 111.270 C1 C4 H7 110.901
C1 C4 H11 111.270 C1 C4 H12 111.270
C1 C5 H8 110.901 C1 C5 H13 111.270
C1 C5 H14 111.270 H2 C1 C3 107.813
H2 C1 C4 107.813 H2 C1 C5 107.813
C3 C1 C4 111.078 C3 C1 C5 111.078
C4 C1 C5 111.078 H6 C3 H9 107.719
H6 C3 H10 107.719 H7 C4 H11 107.719
H7 C4 H12 107.719 H8 C5 H13 107.719
H8 C5 H14 107.719 H9 C3 H10 107.796
H11 C4 H12 107.796 H13 C5 H14 107.796
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.128      
2 H 0.110      
3 C -0.320      
4 C -0.320      
5 C -0.320      
6 H 0.106      
7 H 0.106      
8 H 0.106      
9 H 0.110      
10 H 0.110      
11 H 0.110      
12 H 0.110      
13 H 0.110      
14 H 0.110      


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 0.091 0.091
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.874 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.874 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.317
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.278 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.278 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.557
Polar
3z2-r21.113
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 6.547 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.547 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.971


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.085
(<r2>)1/2 9.954