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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.280549
Energy at 298.15K-158.291210
HF Energy-158.280549
Nuclear repulsion energy134.628414
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 HSEh1PBE/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 3128 2986 95.20      
2 A1 3049 2912 15.86      
3 A1 3034 2897 15.25      
4 A1 1515 1446 23.83      
5 A1 1428 1364 4.81      
6 A1 1211 1156 0.17      
7 A1 816 779 0.69      
8 A1 435 416 0.18      
9 A2 3130 2989 0.00      
10 A2 1480 1413 0.00      
11 A2 951 908 0.00      
12 A2 211 202 0.00      
13 E 3134 2992 53.69      
13 E 3134 2992 53.67      
14 E 3120 2979 6.66      
14 E 3120 2979 6.66      
15 E 3043 2905 41.10      
15 E 3043 2905 41.10      
16 E 1508 1440 5.95      
16 E 1508 1440 5.95      
17 E 1487 1420 0.48      
17 E 1487 1420 0.48      
18 E 1403 1339 13.40      
18 E 1403 1339 13.39      
19 E 1357 1295 1.58      
19 E 1357 1295 1.58      
20 E 1200 1146 2.10      
20 E 1200 1146 2.10      
21 E 986 941 0.13      
21 E 986 941 0.13      
22 E 923 881 1.35      
22 E 923 881 1.35      
23 E 362 345 0.03      
23 E 362 345 0.03      
24 E 261 249 0.02      
24 E 261 249 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28977.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27667.2 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
0.26063 0.26063 0.15111

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/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 1.474
C3 0.000 1.453 -0.096
C4 1.259 -0.727 -0.096
C5 -1.259 -0.727 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.506 -1.192
H7 1.304 -0.753 -1.192
H8 -1.304 -0.753 -1.192
H9 0.886 1.989 0.263
H10 -0.886 1.989 0.263
H11 1.280 -1.762 0.263
H12 2.166 -0.228 0.263
H13 -2.166 -0.228 0.263
H14 -1.280 -1.762 0.263

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10021.52721.52721.52722.17232.17232.17232.18052.18052.18052.18052.18052.1805
H21.10022.13912.13912.13913.06173.06173.06172.49192.49192.49192.49192.49192.4919
C31.52722.13912.51702.51701.09742.78742.78741.09561.09563.47892.76482.76483.4789
C41.52722.13912.51702.51702.78741.09742.78742.76483.47891.09561.09563.47892.7648
C51.52722.13912.51702.51702.78742.78741.09743.47892.76482.76483.47891.09561.0956
H62.17233.06171.09742.78742.78742.60842.60841.77011.77013.79893.13233.13233.7989
H72.17233.06172.78741.09742.78742.60842.60843.13233.79891.77011.77013.79893.1323
H82.17233.06172.78742.78741.09742.60842.60843.79893.13233.13233.79891.77011.7701
H92.18052.49191.09562.76483.47891.77013.13233.79891.77133.77182.56023.77184.3314
H102.18052.49191.09563.47892.76481.77013.79893.13231.77134.33143.77182.56023.7718
H112.18052.49193.47891.09562.76483.79891.77013.13233.77184.33141.77133.77182.5602
H122.18052.49192.76481.09563.47893.13231.77013.79892.56023.77181.77134.33143.7718
H132.18052.49192.76483.47891.09563.13233.79891.77013.77182.56023.77184.33141.7713
H142.18052.49193.47892.76481.09563.79893.13231.77014.33143.77182.56023.77181.7713

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.662 C1 C3 H9 111.421
C1 C3 H10 111.421 C1 C4 H7 110.662
C1 C4 H11 111.421 C1 C4 H12 111.421
C1 C5 H8 110.662 C1 C5 H13 111.421
C1 C5 H14 111.421 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 110.991 H6 C3 H9 107.644
H6 C3 H10 107.644 H7 C4 H11 107.644
H7 C4 H12 107.644 H8 C5 H13 107.644
H8 C5 H14 107.644 H9 C3 H10 107.876
H11 C4 H12 107.876 H13 C5 H14 107.876
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.178      
2 H 0.155      
3 C -0.590      
4 C -0.590      
5 C -0.590      
6 H 0.160      
7 H 0.160      
8 H 0.160      
9 H 0.160      
10 H 0.160      
11 H 0.160      
12 H 0.160      
13 H 0.160      
14 H 0.160      


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 0.129 0.129
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.967 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.967 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.395
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.286 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.286 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.572
Polar
3z2-r21.144
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 7.589 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.589 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.736


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.093
(<r2>)1/2 9.955