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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.225468
Energy at 298.15K-158.235987
HF Energy-158.225468
Nuclear repulsion energy133.754850
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 PBEPBE/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 3051 3010 87.99      
2 A1 2975 2934 13.16      
3 A1 2953 2912 15.14      
4 A1 1477 1457 15.19      
5 A1 1388 1369 2.35      
6 A1 1175 1159 0.59      
7 A1 791 780 0.82      
8 A1 421 415 0.41      
9 A2 3052 3011 0.00      
10 A2 1444 1424 0.00      
11 A2 923 911 0.00      
12 A2 210 207 0.00      
13 E 3056 3014 50.19      
13 E 3056 3014 50.20      
14 E 3044 3002 5.54      
14 E 3044 3002 5.54      
15 E 2968 2928 33.99      
15 E 2968 2928 34.01      
16 E 1473 1453 2.77      
16 E 1473 1453 2.77      
17 E 1451 1431 0.47      
17 E 1451 1431 0.47      
18 E 1360 1341 6.68      
18 E 1360 1341 6.68      
19 E 1315 1297 3.73      
19 E 1315 1297 3.73      
20 E 1164 1148 2.44      
20 E 1164 1148 2.44      
21 E 955 942 0.22      
21 E 955 942 0.22      
22 E 896 883 1.89      
22 E 896 883 1.89      
23 E 349 344 0.00      
23 E 349 344 0.00      
24 E 253 250 0.02      
24 E 253 250 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28213.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27826.6 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.25727 0.25727 0.14912

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.375
H2 0.000 0.000 1.483
C3 0.000 1.463 -0.096
C4 1.267 -0.731 -0.096
C5 -1.267 -0.731 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.519 -1.199
H7 1.315 -0.759 -1.199
H8 -1.315 -0.759 -1.199
H9 0.892 2.002 0.265
H10 -0.892 2.002 0.265
H11 1.288 -1.773 0.265
H12 2.180 -0.229 0.265
H13 -2.180 -0.229 0.265
H14 -1.288 -1.773 0.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10801.53651.53651.53652.18692.18692.18692.19462.19462.19462.19462.19462.1946
H21.10802.15202.15202.15203.08183.08183.08182.50722.50722.50722.50722.50722.5072
C31.53652.15202.53352.53351.10462.80782.80781.10301.10303.50182.78292.78293.5018
C41.53652.15202.53352.53352.80781.10462.80782.78293.50181.10301.10303.50182.7829
C51.53652.15202.53352.53352.80782.80781.10463.50182.78292.78293.50181.10301.1030
H62.18693.08181.10462.80782.80782.63022.63021.78151.78153.82633.15453.15453.8263
H72.18693.08182.80781.10462.80782.63022.63023.15453.82631.78151.78153.82633.1545
H82.18693.08182.80782.80781.10462.63022.63023.82633.15453.15453.82631.78151.7815
H92.19462.50721.10302.78293.50181.78153.15453.82631.78323.79652.57663.79654.3598
H102.19462.50721.10303.50182.78291.78153.82633.15451.78324.35983.79652.57663.7965
H112.19462.50723.50181.10302.78293.82631.78153.15453.79654.35981.78323.79652.5766
H122.19462.50722.78291.10303.50183.15451.78153.82632.57663.79651.78324.35983.7965
H132.19462.50722.78293.50181.10303.15453.82631.78153.79652.57663.79654.35981.7832
H142.19462.50723.50182.78291.10303.82633.15451.78154.35983.79652.57663.79651.7832

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.726 C1 C3 H9 111.436
C1 C3 H10 111.436 C1 C4 H7 110.726
C1 C4 H11 111.436 C1 C4 H12 111.436
C1 C5 H8 110.726 C1 C5 H13 111.436
C1 C5 H14 111.436 H2 C1 C3 107.830
H2 C1 C4 107.830 H2 C1 C5 107.830
C3 C1 C4 111.061 C3 C1 C5 111.061
C4 C1 C5 111.061 H6 C3 H9 107.598
H6 C3 H10 107.598 H7 C4 H11 107.598
H7 C4 H12 107.598 H8 C5 H13 107.598
H8 C5 H14 107.598 H9 C3 H10 107.868
H11 C4 H12 107.868 H13 C5 H14 107.868
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.087      
2 H 0.107      
3 C -0.348      
4 C -0.348      
5 C -0.348      
6 H 0.114      
7 H 0.114      
8 H 0.114      
9 H 0.114      
10 H 0.114      
11 H 0.114      
12 H 0.114      
13 H 0.114      
14 H 0.114      


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 0.076 0.076
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.310 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.310 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.925
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.193 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.193 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.385
Polar
3z2-r20.771
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 7.061 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.061 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.265


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.801
(<r2>)1/2 9.990