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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: B1B95/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.059223
Energy at 298.15K-119.067592
HF Energy-119.059223
Nuclear repulsion energy82.563504
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/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
1 A1 3145 3023 42.18 98.01 0.60 0.75
2 A1 3058 2939 2.90 323.71 0.03 0.06
3 A1 3056 2937 47.76 59.51 0.08 0.15
4 A1 1487 1429 4.20 4.44 0.75 0.86
5 A1 1465 1408 0.05 32.65 0.75 0.86
6 A1 1402 1348 1.70 1.16 0.74 0.85
7 A1 1171 1126 1.25 1.74 0.23 0.37
8 A1 900 865 1.13 9.91 0.24 0.38
9 A1 359 345 0.12 0.28 0.27 0.42
10 A2 3132 3010 0.00 9.41 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1461 1405 0.00 29.51 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1308 1257 0.00 6.69 0.75 0.86
13 A2 902 867 0.00 0.07 0.75 0.86
14 A2 229 221 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3140 3019 83.12 42.82 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3090 2971 5.82 167.42 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1479 1422 12.59 0.08 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1198 1151 0.40 0.16 0.75 0.86
19 B1 749 720 4.06 0.09 0.75 0.86
20 B1 277 266 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3143 3021 24.57 63.72 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3054 2935 35.51 1.21 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1472 1415 1.22 0.65 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1397 1343 5.97 1.87 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1351 1298 3.15 0.20 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1095 1052 0.34 6.27 0.75 0.86
27 B2 924 888 2.00 0.08 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22722.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21840.3 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.98620 0.28249 0.25037

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.582
C2 0.000 1.267 -0.257
C3 0.000 -1.267 -0.257
H4 0.878 0.000 1.246
H5 -0.878 0.000 1.246
H6 0.000 2.170 0.368
H7 0.000 -2.170 0.368
H8 0.886 1.313 -0.908
H9 -0.886 1.313 -0.908
H10 -0.886 -1.313 -0.908
H11 0.886 -1.313 -0.908

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.51971.51971.10131.10132.18022.18022.17432.17432.17432.1743
C21.51972.53372.15352.15351.09843.49301.09991.09992.80412.8041
C31.51972.53372.15352.15353.49301.09842.80412.80411.09991.0999
H41.10132.15352.15351.75662.50002.50002.52273.07833.07832.5227
H51.10132.15352.15351.75662.50002.50003.07832.52272.52273.0783
H62.18021.09843.49302.50002.50004.33941.77391.77393.81333.8133
H72.18023.49301.09842.50002.50004.33943.81333.81331.77391.7739
H82.17431.09992.80412.52273.07831.77393.81331.77163.16762.6258
H92.17431.09992.80413.07832.52271.77393.81331.77162.62583.1676
H102.17432.80411.09993.07832.52273.81331.77393.16762.62581.7716
H112.17432.80411.09992.52273.07833.81331.77392.62583.16761.7716

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.760 C1 C2 H8 111.192
C1 C2 H9 111.192 C1 C3 H7 111.760
C1 C3 H10 111.192 C1 C3 H11 111.192
C2 C1 C3 112.951 C2 C1 H4 109.463
C2 C1 H5 109.463 C3 C1 H4 109.463
C3 C1 H5 109.463 H4 C1 H5 105.788
H6 C2 H8 107.598 H6 C2 H9 107.598
H7 C3 H10 107.598 H7 C3 H11 107.598
H8 C2 H9 107.288 H10 C3 H11 107.288
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.109      
2 C -0.057      
3 C -0.057      
4 H 0.025      
5 H 0.025      
6 H 0.027      
7 H 0.027      
8 H 0.029      
9 H 0.029      
10 H 0.029      
11 H 0.029      


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 0.066 0.066
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.240 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.905 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.614
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.519 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.478 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.041
Polar
3z2-r2-0.082
x2-y20.665
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.946 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.793 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.155


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.234
(<r2>)1/2 7.952