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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.425241
Energy at 298.15K-158.435798
HF Energy-158.425241
Nuclear repulsion energy134.443980
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 wB97X-D/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 3130 2982 108.74      
2 A1 3052 2907 29.52      
3 A1 3050 2905 2.94      
4 A1 1519 1447 23.01      
5 A1 1434 1366 5.35      
6 A1 1213 1155 0.14      
7 A1 812 773 0.62      
8 A1 437 416 0.12      
9 A2 3132 2984 0.00      
10 A2 1484 1413 0.00      
11 A2 953 908 0.00      
12 A2 167 159 0.00      
13 E 3136 2987 57.78      
13 E 3136 2987 57.94      
14 E 3122 2974 8.83      
14 E 3122 2974 8.89      
15 E 3046 2902 43.97      
15 E 3046 2902 43.93      
16 E 1510 1439 6.20      
16 E 1510 1439 6.16      
17 E 1491 1420 0.41      
17 E 1491 1420 0.43      
18 E 1410 1343 13.24      
18 E 1410 1343 13.19      
19 E 1360 1295 1.46      
19 E 1360 1295 1.43      
20 E 1201 1144 2.13      
20 E 1201 1144 2.17      
21 E 983 937 0.07      
21 E 983 937 0.06      
22 E 925 881 1.22      
22 E 925 881 1.26      
23 E 368 351 0.04      
23 E 368 351 0.04      
24 E 235 223 0.03      
24 E 235 223 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28977.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9526) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27604.1 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 wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.25974 0.25974 0.15055

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ

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 1.473
C3 0.000 1.458 -0.096
C4 1.262 -0.729 -0.096
C5 -1.262 -0.729 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.510 -1.192
H7 1.307 -0.755 -1.192
H8 -1.307 -0.755 -1.192
H9 0.885 1.992 0.264
H10 -0.885 1.992 0.264
H11 1.283 -1.763 0.264
H12 2.168 -0.229 0.264
H13 -2.168 -0.229 0.264
H14 -1.283 -1.763 0.264

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09881.53141.53141.53142.17502.17502.17502.18302.18302.18302.18302.18302.1830
H21.09882.14132.14132.14133.06253.06253.06252.49302.49302.49302.49302.49302.4930
C31.53142.14132.52452.52451.09712.79372.79371.09521.09523.48522.77052.77053.4852
C41.53142.14132.52452.52452.79371.09712.79372.77053.48521.09521.09523.48522.7705
C51.53142.14132.52452.52452.79372.79371.09713.48522.77052.77053.48521.09521.0952
H62.17503.06251.09712.79372.79372.61482.61481.77081.77083.80453.13753.13753.8045
H72.17503.06252.79371.09712.79372.61482.61483.13753.80451.77081.77083.80453.1375
H82.17503.06252.79372.79371.09712.61482.61483.80453.13753.13753.80451.77081.7708
H92.18302.49301.09522.77053.48521.77083.13753.80451.77093.77632.56543.77634.3363
H102.18302.49301.09523.48522.77051.77083.80453.13751.77094.33633.77632.56543.7763
H112.18302.49303.48521.09522.77053.80451.77083.13753.77634.33631.77093.77632.5654
H122.18302.49302.77051.09523.48523.13751.77083.80452.56543.77631.77094.33633.7763
H132.18302.49302.77053.48521.09523.13753.80451.77083.77632.56543.77634.33631.7709
H142.18302.49303.48522.77051.09523.80453.13751.77084.33633.77632.56543.77631.7709

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.590 C1 C3 H9 111.346
C1 C3 H10 111.346 C1 C4 H7 110.590
C1 C4 H11 111.346 C1 C4 H12 111.346
C1 C5 H8 110.590 C1 C5 H13 111.346
C1 C5 H14 111.346 H2 C1 C3 107.867
H2 C1 C4 107.867 H2 C1 C5 107.867
C3 C1 C4 111.027 C3 C1 C5 111.027
C4 C1 C5 111.027 H6 C3 H9 107.751
H6 C3 H10 107.751 H7 C4 H11 107.751
H7 C4 H12 107.751 H8 C5 H13 107.751
H8 C5 H14 107.751 H9 C3 H10 107.898
H11 C4 H12 107.898 H13 C5 H14 107.898
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.121      
2 H 0.143      
3 C -0.542      
4 C -0.542      
5 C -0.542      
6 H 0.152      
7 H 0.152      
8 H 0.152      
9 H 0.151      
10 H 0.151      
11 H 0.151      
12 H 0.151      
13 H 0.151      
14 H 0.151      


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 0.131 0.131
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.877 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.877 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.311
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.283 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.283 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.566
Polar
3z2-r21.132
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 7.514 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.512 -0.002
z 0.000 -0.002 6.738


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.285
(<r2>)1/2 9.964