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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: CCSD/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at CCSD/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.818748
Energy at 298.15K-118.827158
HF Energy-118.304351
Nuclear repulsion energy82.594577
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 CCSD/TZVP
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 3135 2992 55.42      
2 A1 3063 2923 20.23      
3 A1 3058 2918 28.43      
4 A1 1538 1467 3.81      
5 A1 1515 1446 0.06      
6 A1 1458 1391 2.15      
7 A1 1205 1150 0.55      
8 A1 895 854 0.44      
9 A1 371 354 0.00      
10 A2 3122 2980 0.00      
11 A2 1513 1444 0.00      
12 A2 1336 1276 0.00      
13 A2 927 885 0.00      
14 A2 214 205 0.00      
15 B1 3134 2991 107.03      
16 B1 3092 2951 2.45      
17 B1 1530 1460 10.94      
18 B1 1244 1187 0.00      
19 B1 764 729 1.11      
20 B1 284 272 0.00      
21 B2 3132 2989 32.09      
22 B2 3054 2915 34.01      
23 B2 1520 1451 1.31      
24 B2 1444 1378 4.02      
25 B2 1401 1337 2.19      
26 B2 1084 1035 0.41      
27 B2 948 905 0.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22990.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9544) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21941.8 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 CCSD/TZVP
ABC
0.98288 0.28226 0.24980

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/TZVP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.589
C2 0.000 1.270 -0.260
C3 0.000 -1.270 -0.260
H4 0.877 0.000 1.243
H5 -0.877 0.000 1.243
H6 0.000 2.168 0.361
H7 0.000 -2.168 0.361
H8 0.883 1.306 -0.904
H9 -0.883 1.306 -0.904
H10 -0.883 -1.306 -0.904
H11 0.883 -1.306 -0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52741.52741.09421.09422.17942.17942.17132.17132.17132.1713
C21.52742.53912.15432.15431.09223.49281.09331.09332.79782.7978
C31.52742.53912.15432.15433.49281.09222.79782.79781.09331.0933
H41.09422.15432.15431.75452.49902.49902.51293.06813.06812.5129
H51.09422.15432.15431.75452.49902.49903.06812.51292.51293.0681
H62.17941.09223.49282.49902.49904.33501.76711.76713.80093.8009
H72.17943.49281.09222.49902.49904.33503.80093.80091.76711.7671
H82.17131.09332.79782.51293.06811.76713.80091.76623.15322.6122
H92.17131.09332.79783.06812.51291.76713.80091.76622.61223.1532
H102.17132.79781.09333.06812.51293.80091.76713.15322.61221.7662
H112.17132.79781.09332.51293.06813.80091.76712.61223.15321.7662

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.523 C1 C2 H8 110.800
C1 C2 H9 110.800 C1 C3 H7 111.523
C1 C3 H10 110.800 C1 C3 H11 110.800
C2 C1 C3 112.435 C2 C1 H4 109.410
C2 C1 H5 109.410 C3 C1 H4 109.410
C3 C1 H5 109.410 H4 C1 H5 106.595
H6 C2 H8 107.912 H6 C2 H9 107.912
H7 C3 H10 107.912 H7 C3 H11 107.912
H8 C2 H9 107.745 H10 C3 H11 107.745
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability