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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.189542
Energy at 298.15K-119.197913
HF Energy-119.189542
Nuclear repulsion energy82.459559
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 B3LYP/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 3089 2982 56.11 92.67 0.55 0.71
2 A1 3024 2919 31.93 207.74 0.00 0.01
3 A1 3019 2914 18.01 218.61 0.08 0.14
4 A1 1517 1464 6.37 2.19 0.74 0.85
5 A1 1496 1444 0.00 28.18 0.75 0.85
6 A1 1427 1378 3.24 0.34 0.63 0.77
7 A1 1179 1138 1.34 1.94 0.32 0.48
8 A1 871 841 0.76 10.75 0.23 0.37
9 A1 369 356 0.03 0.41 0.17 0.29
10 A2 3077 2970 0.00 9.31 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1494 1442 0.00 22.32 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1321 1276 0.00 7.59 0.75 0.86
13 A2 917 885 0.00 0.02 0.75 0.86
14 A2 221 214 0.00 0.02 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3088 2981 104.01 32.47 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3039 2934 3.96 165.10 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1511 1459 14.69 0.00 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1217 1175 0.13 0.00 0.75 0.86
19 B1 756 730 2.91 0.23 0.75 0.86
20 B1 271 262 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3087 2980 31.49 60.03 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3020 2916 35.73 1.16 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1501 1449 2.32 0.54 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1410 1361 5.06 0.57 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1373 1326 2.93 0.01 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1056 1020 1.06 6.03 0.75 0.86
27 B2 936 904 1.42 0.16 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22642.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9654) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21859.3 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 B3LYP/TZVP
ABC
0.98771 0.27984 0.24807

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/TZVP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.585
C2 0.000 1.275 -0.259
C3 0.000 -1.275 -0.259
H4 0.875 0.000 1.243
H5 -0.875 0.000 1.243
H6 0.000 2.171 0.367
H7 0.000 -2.171 0.367
H8 0.882 1.321 -0.904
H9 -0.882 1.321 -0.904
H10 -0.882 -1.321 -0.904
H11 0.882 -1.321 -0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52921.52921.09461.09462.18152.18152.17692.17692.17692.1769
C21.52922.55062.15582.15581.09243.50231.09341.09342.81672.8167
C31.52922.55062.15582.15583.50231.09242.81672.81671.09341.0934
H41.09462.15582.15581.74922.49882.49882.52083.07243.07242.5208
H51.09462.15582.15581.74922.49882.49883.07242.52082.52083.0724
H62.18151.09243.50232.49882.49884.34111.76491.76493.81883.8188
H72.18153.50231.09242.49882.49884.34113.81883.81881.76491.7649
H82.17691.09342.81672.52083.07241.76493.81881.76363.17642.6418
H92.17691.09342.81673.07242.52081.76493.81881.76362.64183.1764
H102.17692.81671.09343.07242.52083.81881.76493.17642.64181.7636
H112.17692.81671.09342.52083.07243.81881.76492.64183.17641.7636

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.548 C1 C2 H8 111.115
C1 C2 H9 111.115 C1 C3 H7 111.548
C1 C3 H10 111.115 C1 C3 H11 111.115
C2 C1 C3 113.016 C2 C1 H4 109.380
C2 C1 H5 109.380 C3 C1 H4 109.380
C3 C1 H5 109.380 H4 C1 H5 106.069
H6 C2 H8 107.687 H6 C2 H9 107.687
H7 C3 H10 107.687 H7 C3 H11 107.687
H8 C2 H9 107.500 H10 C3 H11 107.500
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.181      
2 C -0.344      
3 C -0.344      
4 H 0.104      
5 H 0.104      
6 H 0.119      
7 H 0.119      
8 H 0.106      
9 H 0.106      
10 H 0.106      
11 H 0.106      


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 0.086 0.086
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.696 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.501 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.176
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.642 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.565 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.077
Polar
3z2-r2-0.154
x2-y20.805
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.391 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.243 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.571


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.863
(<r2>)1/2 7.991