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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: MP3/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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.761990
Energy at 298.15K-118.770401
HF Energy-118.271793
Nuclear repulsion energy82.021625
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 MP3/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 3166 3001 44.41      
2 A1 3083 2922 14.49      
3 A1 3077 2916 33.62      
4 A1 1515 1436 3.15      
5 A1 1493 1415 0.12      
6 A1 1429 1354 1.44      
7 A1 1188 1126 0.76      
8 A1 902 855 0.70      
9 A1 367 348 0.04      
10 A2 3155 2990 0.00      
11 A2 1492 1414 0.00      
12 A2 1324 1255 0.00      
13 A2 911 863 0.00      
14 A2 230 218 0.00      
15 B1 3163 2998 88.95      
16 B1 3119 2957 5.43      
17 B1 1509 1430 10.93      
18 B1 1223 1159 0.11      
19 B1 755 716 2.13      
20 B1 286 271 0.00      
21 B2 3164 2999 25.80      
22 B2 3075 2915 33.05      
23 B2 1501 1422 1.14      
24 B2 1424 1350 4.29      
25 B2 1374 1302 3.23      
26 B2 1097 1040 0.24      
27 B2 934 886 1.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22976.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21779.3 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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.96825 0.27916 0.24707

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.591
C2 0.000 1.275 -0.261
C3 0.000 -1.275 -0.261
H4 0.885 0.000 1.254
H5 -0.885 0.000 1.254
H6 0.000 2.183 0.367
H7 0.000 -2.183 0.367
H8 0.892 1.314 -0.913
H9 -0.892 1.314 -0.913
H10 -0.892 -1.314 -0.913
H11 0.892 -1.314 -0.913

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.53411.53411.10571.10572.19402.19402.18682.18682.18682.1868
C21.53412.55102.16952.16951.10333.51461.10471.10472.81482.8148
C31.53412.55102.16952.16953.51461.10332.81482.81481.10471.1047
H41.10572.16952.16951.76972.51672.51672.53393.09463.09462.5339
H51.10572.16952.16951.76972.51672.51673.09462.53392.53393.0946
H62.19401.10333.51462.51672.51674.36501.78511.78513.82833.8283
H72.19403.51461.10332.51672.51674.36503.82833.82831.78511.7851
H82.18681.10472.81482.53393.09461.78513.82831.78313.17542.6275
H92.18681.10472.81483.09462.53391.78513.82831.78312.62753.1754
H102.18682.81481.10473.09462.53393.82831.78513.17542.62751.7831
H112.18682.81481.10472.53393.09463.82831.78512.62753.17541.7831

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.537 C1 C2 H8 110.877
C1 C2 H9 110.877 C1 C3 H7 111.537
C1 C3 H10 110.877 C1 C3 H11 110.877
C2 C1 C3 112.485 C2 C1 H4 109.464
C2 C1 H5 109.464 C3 C1 H4 109.464
C3 C1 H5 109.464 H4 C1 H5 106.309
H6 C2 H8 107.887 H6 C2 H9 107.887
H7 C3 H10 107.887 H7 C3 H11 107.887
H8 C2 H9 107.615 H10 C3 H11 107.615
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability