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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH(CH3)CH3 (Isobutane)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.356421
Energy at 298.15K-158.366921
HF Energy-158.356421
Nuclear repulsion energy133.020285
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 BLYP/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 3015 2999 117.11      
2 A1 2953 2938 15.62      
3 A1 2922 2907 20.34      
4 A1 1480 1472 19.65      
5 A1 1394 1387 2.80      
6 A1 1175 1168 0.06      
7 A1 766 762 0.50      
8 A1 426 424 0.14      
9 A2 3013 2997 0.00      
10 A2 1449 1441 0.00      
11 A2 928 923 0.00      
12 A2 204 203 0.00      
13 E 3017 3001 69.09      
13 E 3017 3001 69.07      
14 E 3006 2990 5.36      
14 E 3006 2990 5.36      
15 E 2945 2929 48.15      
15 E 2945 2929 48.16      
16 E 1474 1466 5.14      
16 E 1474 1466 5.14      
17 E 1456 1448 0.43      
17 E 1456 1448 0.43      
18 E 1364 1357 4.91      
18 E 1364 1357 4.92      
19 E 1316 1309 5.62      
19 E 1316 1309 5.62      
20 E 1153 1146 2.94      
20 E 1153 1146 2.94      
21 E 938 933 0.08      
21 E 938 933 0.08      
22 E 897 892 0.62      
22 E 897 892 0.62      
23 E 352 350 0.05      
23 E 352 350 0.05      
24 E 248 246 0.02      
24 E 248 246 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28025.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27877.1 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.25383 0.25383 0.14681

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.373
H2 0.000 0.000 1.481
C3 0.000 1.475 -0.096
C4 1.278 -0.738 -0.096
C5 -1.278 -0.738 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.537 -1.199
H7 1.331 -0.769 -1.199
H8 -1.331 -0.769 -1.199
H9 0.891 2.013 0.269
H10 -0.891 2.013 0.269
H11 1.298 -1.779 0.269
H12 2.189 -0.235 0.269
H13 -2.189 -0.235 0.269
H14 -1.298 -1.779 0.269

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10771.54831.54831.54832.19932.19932.19932.20452.20452.20452.20452.20452.2045
H21.10772.15982.15982.15983.09013.09013.09012.51372.51372.51372.51372.51372.5137
C31.54832.15982.55542.55541.10492.83292.83291.10331.10333.52242.80202.80203.5224
C41.54832.15982.55542.55542.83291.10492.83292.80203.52241.10331.10333.52242.8020
C51.54832.15982.55542.55542.83292.83291.10493.52242.80202.80203.52241.10331.1033
H62.19933.09011.10492.83292.83292.66282.66281.78221.78223.85183.17633.17633.8518
H72.19933.09012.83291.10492.83292.66282.66283.17633.85181.78221.78223.85183.1763
H82.19933.09012.83292.83291.10492.66282.66283.85183.17633.17633.85181.78221.7822
H92.20452.51371.10332.80203.52241.78223.17633.85181.78293.81402.59603.81404.3789
H102.20452.51371.10333.52242.80201.78223.85183.17631.78294.37893.81402.59603.8140
H112.20452.51373.52241.10332.80203.85181.78223.17633.81404.37891.78293.81402.5960
H122.20452.51372.80201.10333.52243.17631.78223.85182.59603.81401.78294.37893.8140
H132.20452.51372.80203.52241.10333.17633.85181.78223.81402.59603.81404.37891.7829
H142.20452.51373.52242.80201.10333.85183.17631.78224.37893.81402.59603.81401.7829

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.872 C1 C3 H9 111.374
C1 C3 H10 111.374 C1 C4 H7 110.872
C1 C4 H11 111.374 C1 C4 H12 111.374
C1 C5 H8 110.872 C1 C5 H13 111.374
C1 C5 H14 111.374 H2 C1 C3 107.655
H2 C1 C4 107.655 H2 C1 C5 107.655
C3 C1 C4 111.225 C3 C1 C5 111.225
C4 C1 C5 111.225 H6 C3 H9 107.624
H6 C3 H10 107.624 H7 C4 H11 107.624
H7 C4 H12 107.624 H8 C5 H13 107.624
H8 C5 H14 107.624 H9 C3 H10 107.796
H11 C4 H12 107.796 H13 C5 H14 107.796
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.297      
2 H 0.121      
3 C -0.556      
4 C -0.556      
5 C -0.556      
6 H 0.140      
7 H 0.140      
8 H 0.140      
9 H 0.138      
10 H 0.138      
11 H 0.138      
12 H 0.138      
13 H 0.138      
14 H 0.138      


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 0.137 0.137
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.665 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.665 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.032
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.317 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.317 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.634
Polar
3z2-r21.267
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.121 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.121 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.084


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.706
(<r2>)1/2 10.085