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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CH3 (Butane)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Anti 1Ag
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.478696
Energy at 298.15K-158.489308
HF Energy-158.478696
Nuclear repulsion energy131.070564
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 mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
Au 125 125 0.01      
Au 216 216 0.00      
Bu 254 254 0.03      
Bg 256 256 0.00      
Ag 425 425 0.00      
Au 736 736 4.32      
Bg 811 811 0.00      
Ag 852 852 0.00      
Au 964 964 1.08      
Bu 982 982 6.58      
Bu 1038 1038 0.02      
Ag 1087 1087 0.00      
Ag 1177 1177 0.00      
Bg 1211 1211 0.00      
Au 1293 1293 0.11      
Bu 1325 1325 1.71      
Bg 1337 1337 0.00      
Ag 1401 1401 0.00      
Ag 1411 1411 0.00      
Bu 1414 1414 6.76      
Ag 1488 1488 0.00      
Bu 1491 1491 2.10      
Bg 1497 1497 0.00      
Au 1499 1499 15.64      
Ag 1504 1504 0.00      
Bu 1512 1512 10.21      
Ag 3031 3031 0.00      
Bu 3040 3040 36.25      
Bu 3047 3047 83.99      
Ag 3048 3048 0.00      
Bg 3055 3055 0.00      
Au 3078 3078 18.77      
Bg 3115 3115 0.00      
Au 3118 3118 99.65      
Ag 3122 3122 0.00      
Bu 3123 3123 69.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29040.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29040.7 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 mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.78989 0.12203 0.11460

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.419 0.635 0.000
C2 0.419 -0.635 0.000
C3 0.419 1.904 0.000
C4 -0.419 -1.904 0.000
H5 -1.078 0.630 0.873
H6 -1.078 0.630 -0.873
H7 1.078 -0.630 0.873
H8 1.078 -0.630 -0.873
H9 -0.206 2.798 0.000
H10 1.063 1.950 0.880
H11 1.063 1.950 -0.880
H12 0.206 -2.798 0.000
H13 -1.063 -1.950 0.880
H14 -1.063 -1.950 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52161.51992.53891.09411.09412.14542.14542.17282.16732.16733.48922.80562.8056
C21.52162.53891.51992.14542.14541.09411.09413.48922.80562.80562.17282.16732.1673
C31.51992.53893.89832.15042.15042.75982.75981.09041.09161.09164.70614.22114.2211
C42.53891.51993.89832.75982.75982.15042.15044.70614.22114.22111.09041.09161.0916
H51.09412.14542.15042.75981.74672.49673.04702.49432.51483.06573.76272.57973.1192
H61.09412.14542.15042.75981.74673.04702.49672.49433.06572.51483.76273.11922.5797
H72.14541.09412.75982.15042.49673.04701.74673.76272.57973.11922.49432.51483.0657
H82.14541.09412.75982.15043.04702.49671.74673.76273.11922.57972.49433.06572.5148
H92.17283.48921.09044.70612.49432.49433.76273.76271.76151.76155.61034.90374.9037
H102.16732.80561.09164.22112.51483.06572.57973.11921.76151.76014.90374.44124.7773
H112.16732.80561.09164.22113.06572.51483.11922.57971.76151.76014.90374.77734.4412
H123.48922.17284.70611.09043.76273.76272.49432.49435.61034.90374.90371.76151.7615
H132.80562.16734.22111.09162.57973.11922.51483.06574.90374.44124.77731.76151.7601
H142.80562.16734.22111.09163.11922.57973.06572.51484.90374.77734.44121.76151.7601

picture of Butane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 113.183 C1 C2 H7 109.113
C1 C2 H8 109.113 C1 C3 H9 111.634
C1 C3 H11 111.120 C1 C3 H12 30.837
C2 C1 C3 113.183 C2 C1 H5 109.113
C2 C1 H6 109.113 C2 C4 H10 17.213
C2 C4 H13 111.120 C2 C4 H14 111.120
C3 C1 H5 109.628 C3 C1 H6 109.628
C4 C2 H7 109.628 C4 C2 H8 109.628
H5 C1 H6 105.916 H7 C2 H8 105.916
H9 C3 H11 107.661 H9 C3 H12 142.471
H10 C4 H13 94.448 H10 C4 H14 114.438
H11 C3 H12 93.947 H13 C4 H14 107.451
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.078      
2 C -0.078      
3 C -0.241      
4 C -0.241      
5 H 0.051      
6 H 0.051      
7 H 0.051      
8 H 0.051      
9 H 0.077      
10 H 0.070      
11 H 0.070      
12 H 0.077      
13 H 0.070      
14 H 0.070      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.595 -0.432 0.000
y -0.432 -29.018 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.806
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.183 -0.432 0.000
y -0.432 -0.818 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.001
Polar
3z2-r22.002
x2-y20.424
xy-0.432
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.237 0.294 0.000
y 0.294 8.688 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.858


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 118.165
(<r2>)1/2 10.870