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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/Def2TZVPP

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=FULL/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.951916
Energy at 298.15K-118.960299
HF Energy-118.310973
Nuclear repulsion energy82.904728
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=FULL/Def2TZVPP
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 3154 3154 41.19      
2 A1 3082 3082 27.07      
3 A1 3073 3073 15.24      
4 A1 1533 1533 4.98      
5 A1 1512 1512 0.00      
6 A1 1441 1441 3.38      
7 A1 1195 1195 0.85      
8 A1 900 900 0.71      
9 A1 367 367 0.03      
10 A2 3140 3140 0.00      
11 A2 1512 1512 0.00      
12 A2 1340 1340 0.00      
13 A2 919 919 0.00      
14 A2 216 216 0.00      
15 B1 3150 3150 82.32      
16 B1 3110 3110 1.32      
17 B1 1529 1529 13.37      
18 B1 1234 1234 0.10      
19 B1 758 758 2.40      
20 B1 276 276 0.00      
21 B2 3151 3151 26.13      
22 B2 3071 3071 28.57      
23 B2 1519 1519 1.75      
24 B2 1431 1431 5.43      
25 B2 1386 1386 1.21      
26 B2 1092 1092 0.49      
27 B2 942 942 1.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23016.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23016.9 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=FULL/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.98731 0.28464 0.25154

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.590
C2 0.000 1.265 -0.260
C3 0.000 -1.265 -0.260
H4 0.872 0.000 1.241
H5 -0.872 0.000 1.241
H6 0.000 2.160 0.355
H7 0.000 -2.160 0.355
H8 0.878 1.298 -0.902
H9 -0.878 1.298 -0.902
H10 -0.878 -1.298 -0.902
H11 0.878 -1.298 -0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52381.52381.08841.08842.17242.17242.16362.16362.16362.1636
C21.52382.52932.14802.14801.08643.47931.08791.08792.78432.7843
C31.52382.52932.14802.14803.47931.08642.78432.78431.08791.0879
H41.08842.14802.14801.74392.49182.49182.50543.05613.05612.5054
H51.08842.14802.14801.74392.49182.49183.05612.50542.50543.0561
H62.17241.08643.47932.49182.49184.31941.75871.75873.78293.7829
H72.17243.47931.08642.49182.49184.31943.78293.78291.75871.7587
H82.16361.08792.78432.50543.05611.75873.78291.75633.13512.5970
H92.16361.08792.78433.05612.50541.75873.78291.75632.59703.1351
H102.16362.78431.08793.05612.50543.78291.75873.13512.59701.7563
H112.16362.78431.08792.50543.05613.78291.75872.59703.13511.7563

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.561 C1 C2 H8 110.772
C1 C2 H9 110.772 C1 C3 H7 111.561
C1 C3 H10 110.772 C1 C3 H11 110.772
C2 C1 C3 112.181 C2 C1 H4 109.503
C2 C1 H5 109.503 C3 C1 H4 109.503
C3 C1 H5 109.503 H4 C1 H5 106.483
H6 C2 H8 107.968 H6 C2 H9 107.968
H7 C3 H10 107.968 H7 C3 H11 107.968
H8 C2 H9 107.650 H10 C3 H11 107.650
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability