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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.969979
Energy at 298.15K-118.978255
HF Energy-118.969979
Nuclear repulsion energy81.964376
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
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 3050 3016 48.12 108.65 0.58 0.74
2 A1 2970 2936 35.20 207.89 0.00 0.01
3 A1 2966 2932 20.87 216.65 0.07 0.14
4 A1 1467 1450 7.39 3.60 0.74 0.85
5 A1 1446 1430 0.01 20.32 0.71 0.83
6 A1 1374 1359 3.92 0.95 0.30 0.46
7 A1 1139 1126 1.22 1.18 0.21 0.34
8 A1 862 852 1.13 10.16 0.23 0.38
9 A1 358 354 0.07 0.36 0.31 0.48
10 A2 3038 3004 0.00 10.55 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1445 1429 0.00 18.55 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1273 1258 0.00 5.99 0.75 0.86
13 A2 882 872 0.00 0.06 0.75 0.86
14 A2 219 217 0.00 0.02 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3047 3012 91.04 38.93 0.75 0.86
16 B1 2997 2963 5.39 160.52 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1463 1447 18.64 0.01 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1170 1157 0.25 0.02 0.75 0.86
19 B1 730 722 4.13 0.15 0.75 0.86
20 B1 268 265 0.00 0.02 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3049 3014 27.24 60.51 0.75 0.86
22 B2 2967 2933 43.15 0.84 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1452 1435 3.44 0.19 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1358 1343 7.52 1.28 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1316 1301 2.72 0.07 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1047 1036 0.90 6.72 0.75 0.86
27 B2 901 891 2.49 0.06 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22126.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21874.4 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
0.97290 0.27769 0.24608

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.588
C2 0.000 1.279 -0.260
C3 0.000 -1.279 -0.260
H4 0.883 0.000 1.253
H5 -0.883 0.000 1.253
H6 0.000 2.185 0.368
H7 0.000 -2.185 0.368
H8 0.890 1.324 -0.912
H9 -0.890 1.324 -0.912
H10 -0.890 -1.324 -0.912
H11 0.890 -1.324 -0.912

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.53441.53441.10591.10592.19642.19642.18962.18962.18962.1896
C21.53442.55782.16942.16941.10313.52091.10431.10432.82672.8267
C31.53442.55782.16942.16943.52091.10312.82672.82671.10431.1043
H41.10592.16942.16941.76632.51782.51782.53833.09623.09622.5383
H51.10592.16942.16941.76632.51782.51783.09622.53832.53833.0962
H62.19641.10313.52092.51782.51784.37091.78191.78193.83993.8399
H72.19643.52091.10312.51782.51784.37093.83993.83991.78191.7819
H82.18961.10432.82672.53833.09621.78193.83991.77993.18982.6471
H92.18961.10432.82673.09622.53831.78193.83991.77992.64713.1898
H102.18962.82671.10433.09622.53833.83991.78193.18982.64711.7799
H112.18962.82671.10432.53833.09623.83991.78192.64713.18981.7799

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.725 C1 C2 H8 111.106
C1 C2 H9 111.106 C1 C3 H7 111.725
C1 C3 H10 111.106 C1 C3 H11 111.106
C2 C1 C3 112.912 C2 C1 H4 109.427
C2 C1 H5 109.427 C3 C1 H4 109.427
C3 C1 H5 109.427 H4 C1 H5 105.985
H6 C2 H8 107.656 H6 C2 H9 107.656
H7 C3 H10 107.656 H7 C3 H11 107.656
H8 C2 H9 107.392 H10 C3 H11 107.392
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.208      
2 C -0.559      
3 C -0.559      
4 H 0.165      
5 H 0.165      
6 H 0.166      
7 H 0.166      
8 H 0.166      
9 H 0.166      
10 H 0.166      
11 H 0.166      


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 0.089 0.089
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.755 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.556 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.239
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.642 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.558 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.084
Polar
3z2-r2-0.168
x2-y20.801
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.321 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.324 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.682


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 64.397
(<r2>)1/2 8.025