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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: MP3/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 MP3/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.812683
Energy at 298.15K-118.821102
HF Energy-118.304480
Nuclear repulsion energy82.690130
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 MP3/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 3164 2959 51.97      
2 A1 3091 2891 27.46      
3 A1 3083 2884 20.54      
4 A1 1541 1441 4.25      
5 A1 1518 1420 0.05      
6 A1 1461 1366 2.49      
7 A1 1209 1130 0.61      
8 A1 900 842 0.48      
9 A1 372 348 0.00      
10 A2 3151 2947 0.00      
11 A2 1516 1418 0.00      
12 A2 1341 1254 0.00      
13 A2 930 870 0.00      
14 A2 215 201 0.00      
15 B1 3163 2958 102.55      
16 B1 3122 2919 1.72      
17 B1 1534 1434 11.85      
18 B1 1247 1166 0.01      
19 B1 766 717 1.27      
20 B1 285 267 0.00      
21 B2 3162 2957 30.58      
22 B2 3081 2881 32.33      
23 B2 1523 1424 1.44      
24 B2 1448 1354 4.75      
25 B2 1404 1313 1.89      
26 B2 1090 1020 0.44      
27 B2 950 889 0.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23132.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21633.7 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 MP3/TZVP
ABC
0.98516 0.28281 0.25026

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/TZVP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.589
C2 0.000 1.269 -0.260
C3 0.000 -1.269 -0.260
H4 0.876 0.000 1.241
H5 -0.876 0.000 1.241
H6 0.000 2.165 0.360
H7 0.000 -2.165 0.360
H8 0.882 1.304 -0.903
H9 -0.882 1.304 -0.903
H10 -0.882 -1.304 -0.903
H11 0.882 -1.304 -0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52641.52641.09211.09212.17712.17712.16872.16872.16872.1687
C21.52642.53712.15182.15181.09023.48921.09151.09152.79472.7947
C31.52642.53712.15182.15183.48921.09022.79472.79471.09151.0915
H41.09212.15182.15181.75162.49622.49622.50963.06373.06372.5096
H51.09212.15182.15181.75162.49622.49623.06372.50962.50963.0637
H62.17711.09023.48922.49622.49624.33021.76431.76433.79603.7960
H72.17713.48921.09022.49622.49624.33023.79603.79601.76431.7643
H82.16871.09152.79472.50963.06371.76433.79601.76313.14882.6089
H92.16871.09152.79473.06372.50961.76433.79601.76312.60893.1488
H102.16872.79471.09153.06372.50963.79601.76433.14882.60891.7631
H112.16872.79471.09152.50963.06373.79601.76432.60893.14881.7631

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.531 C1 C2 H8 110.780
C1 C2 H9 110.780 C1 C3 H7 111.531
C1 C3 H10 110.780 C1 C3 H11 110.780
C2 C1 C3 112.417 C2 C1 H4 109.406
C2 C1 H5 109.406 C3 C1 H4 109.406
C3 C1 H5 109.406 H4 C1 H5 106.630
H6 C2 H8 107.931 H6 C2 H9 107.931
H7 C3 H10 107.931 H7 C3 H11 107.931
H8 C2 H9 107.739 H10 C3 H11 107.739
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability