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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31+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 B1B95/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.362257
Energy at 298.15K-158.372840
HF Energy-158.362257
Nuclear repulsion energy134.746667
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 B1B95/6-31+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 3126 2990 99.68      
2 A1 3048 2916 16.55      
3 A1 3035 2904 14.32      
4 A1 1509 1444 23.11      
5 A1 1421 1360 4.36      
6 A1 1203 1151 0.08      
7 A1 811 776 0.62      
8 A1 423 405 0.10      
9 A2 3128 2992 0.00      
10 A2 1478 1414 0.00      
11 A2 945 904 0.00      
12 A2 207 198 0.00      
13 E 3131 2995 54.73      
13 E 3131 2995 54.75      
14 E 3119 2984 7.00      
14 E 3119 2984 7.01      
15 E 3042 2910 43.19      
15 E 3042 2910 43.22      
16 E 1505 1439 5.56      
16 E 1505 1439 5.56      
17 E 1484 1420 0.53      
17 E 1484 1420 0.53      
18 E 1397 1336 11.62      
18 E 1397 1336 11.62      
19 E 1350 1292 1.95      
19 E 1350 1292 1.95      
20 E 1193 1142 1.98      
20 E 1193 1142 1.98      
21 E 980 938 0.10      
21 E 980 938 0.10      
22 E 916 877 1.22      
22 E 916 877 1.23      
23 E 350 335 0.05      
23 E 350 335 0.05      
24 E 253 242 0.02      
24 E 253 242 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28887.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27633.3 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 B1B95/6-31+G**
ABC
0.26101 0.26101 0.15130

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.374
H2 0.000 0.000 1.472
C3 0.000 1.452 -0.095
C4 1.258 -0.726 -0.095
C5 -1.258 -0.726 -0.095
H6 0.000 1.504 -1.190
H7 1.303 -0.752 -1.190
H8 -1.303 -0.752 -1.190
H9 0.884 1.988 0.262
H10 -0.884 1.988 0.262
H11 1.279 -1.760 0.262
H12 2.164 -0.228 0.262
H13 -2.164 -0.228 0.262
H14 -1.279 -1.760 0.262

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09791.52641.52641.52642.16982.16982.16982.17852.17852.17852.17852.17852.1785
H21.09792.13682.13682.13683.05733.05733.05732.48932.48932.48932.48932.48932.4893
C31.52642.13682.51582.51581.09552.78492.78491.09391.09393.47612.76292.76293.4761
C41.52642.13682.51582.51582.78491.09552.78492.76293.47611.09391.09393.47612.7629
C51.52642.13682.51582.51582.78492.78491.09553.47612.76292.76293.47611.09391.0939
H62.16983.05731.09552.78492.78492.60582.60581.76751.76753.79483.12913.12913.7948
H72.16983.05732.78491.09552.78492.60582.60583.12913.79481.76751.76753.79483.1291
H82.16983.05732.78492.78491.09552.60582.60583.79483.12913.12913.79481.76751.7675
H92.17852.48931.09392.76293.47611.76753.12913.79481.76883.76842.55863.76844.3274
H102.17852.48931.09393.47612.76291.76753.79483.12911.76884.32743.76842.55863.7684
H112.17852.48933.47611.09392.76293.79481.76753.12913.76844.32741.76883.76842.5586
H122.17852.48932.76291.09393.47613.12911.76753.79482.55863.76841.76884.32743.7684
H132.17852.48932.76293.47611.09393.12913.79481.76753.76842.55863.76844.32741.7688
H142.17852.48933.47612.76291.09393.79483.12911.76754.32743.76842.55863.76841.7688

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.623 C1 C3 H9 111.417
C1 C3 H10 111.417 C1 C4 H7 110.623
C1 C4 H11 111.417 C1 C4 H12 111.417
C1 C5 H8 110.623 C1 C5 H13 111.417
C1 C5 H14 111.417 H2 C1 C3 107.904
H2 C1 C4 107.904 H2 C1 C5 107.904
C3 C1 C4 110.992 C3 C1 C5 110.992
C4 C1 C5 110.992 H6 C3 H9 107.660
H6 C3 H10 107.660 H7 C4 H11 107.660
H7 C4 H12 107.660 H8 C5 H13 107.660
H8 C5 H14 107.660 H9 C3 H10 107.894
H11 C4 H12 107.894 H13 C5 H14 107.894
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.129      
2 H 0.149      
3 C -0.552      
4 C -0.552      
5 C -0.552      
6 H 0.154      
7 H 0.154      
8 H 0.154      
9 H 0.153      
10 H 0.153      
11 H 0.153      
12 H 0.153      
13 H 0.153      
14 H 0.153      


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 0.134 0.134
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.930 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.930 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.355
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.287 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.287 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.574
Polar
3z2-r21.149
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 7.606 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.607 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.739


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.944
(<r2>)1/2 9.947