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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CH3 (Butane)

using model chemistry: CISD/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Anti 1Ag
Energy calculated at CISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.860396
Energy at 298.15K-157.871181
HF Energy-157.309845
Nuclear repulsion energy130.420338
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 CISD/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
Au 126 116 0.00      
Au 240 221 0.00      
Bu 266 245 0.02      
Bg 278 256 0.00      
Ag 439 405 0.00      
Au 760 701 2.28      
Bg 835 770 0.00      
Ag 882 813 0.00      
Au 988 910 0.79      
Bu 1011 932 3.55      
Bu 1075 991 0.05      
Ag 1126 1038 0.00      
Ag 1215 1120 0.00      
Bg 1252 1154 0.00      
Au 1332 1228 0.15      
Bu 1363 1257 5.38      
Bg 1374 1266 0.00      
Ag 1450 1337 0.00      
Bu 1465 1350 2.45      
Ag 1476 1360 0.00      
Ag 1529 1409 0.00      
Bu 1531 1411 1.52      
Bg 1538 1417 0.00      
Au 1539 1419 12.00      
Ag 1546 1425 0.00      
Bu 1550 1429 5.44      
Ag 3121 2877 0.00      
Bu 3126 2882 80.38      
Bu 3130 2885 48.41      
Ag 3135 2890 0.00      
Bg 3154 2907 0.00      
Au 3174 2926 26.25      
Bg 3211 2960 0.00      
Au 3214 2963 111.95      
Ag 3216 2964 0.00      
Bu 3217 2965 77.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29940.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9218) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27599.5 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 CISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.77986 0.12104 0.11367

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.421 0.638 0.000
C2 0.421 -0.638 0.000
C3 0.421 1.911 0.000
C4 -0.421 -1.911 0.000
H5 -1.082 0.633 0.880
H6 -1.082 0.633 -0.880
H7 1.082 -0.633 0.880
H8 1.082 -0.633 -0.880
H9 -0.209 2.810 0.000
H10 1.069 1.955 0.887
H11 1.069 1.955 -0.887
H12 0.209 -2.810 0.000
H13 -1.069 -1.955 0.887
H14 -1.069 -1.955 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52841.52742.54871.10091.10092.15692.15692.18292.17772.17773.50462.81522.8152
C21.52842.54871.52742.15692.15691.10091.10093.50462.81522.81522.18292.17772.1777
C31.52742.54873.91432.16092.16092.77272.77271.09751.09871.09874.72604.23724.2372
C42.54871.52743.91432.77272.77272.16092.16094.72604.23724.23721.09751.09871.0987
H51.10092.15692.16092.77271.76092.50843.06472.50522.52463.08163.78142.58843.1341
H61.10092.15692.16092.77271.76093.06472.50842.50523.08162.52463.78143.13412.5884
H72.15691.10092.77272.16092.50843.06471.76093.78142.58843.13412.50522.52463.0816
H82.15691.10092.77272.16093.06472.50841.76093.78143.13412.58842.50523.08162.5246
H92.18293.50461.09754.72602.50522.50523.78143.78141.77451.77455.63544.92244.9224
H102.17772.81521.09874.23722.52463.08162.58843.13411.77451.77354.92244.45584.7958
H112.17772.81521.09874.23723.08162.52463.13412.58841.77451.77354.92244.79584.4558
H123.50462.18294.72601.09753.78143.78142.50522.50525.63544.92244.92241.77451.7745
H132.81522.17774.23721.09872.58843.13412.52463.08164.92244.45584.79581.77451.7735
H142.81522.17774.23721.09873.13412.58843.08162.52464.92244.79584.45581.77451.7735

picture of Butane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 113.036 C1 C2 H7 109.151
C1 C2 H8 109.151 C1 C3 H9 111.475
C1 C3 H11 110.990 C1 C3 H12 30.913
C2 C1 C3 113.036 C2 C1 H5 109.151
C2 C1 H6 109.151 C2 C4 H10 17.257
C2 C4 H13 110.990 C2 C4 H14 110.990
C3 C1 H5 109.534 C3 C1 H6 109.534
C4 C2 H7 109.534 C4 C2 H8 109.534
H5 C1 H6 106.204 H7 C2 H8 106.204
H9 C3 H11 107.797 H9 C3 H12 142.388
H10 C4 H13 94.272 H10 C4 H14 114.350
H11 C3 H12 93.795 H13 C4 H14 107.623
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability