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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CH3 (Butane)

using model chemistry: QCISD/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Anti 1Ag
1 2 no Gauche 1A

Conformer 1 (Anti)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.126136
Energy at 298.15K-158.136794
HF Energy-157.355567
Nuclear repulsion energy130.840170
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 QCISD/cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
Au 117 112 0.01      
Au 225 215 0.00      
Bu 257 246 0.01      
Bg 260 249 0.00      
Ag 427 408 0.00      
Au 740 707 2.28      
Bg 816 780 0.00      
Ag 857 819 0.00      
Au 968 925 0.62      
Bu 989 945 4.09      
Bu 1042 996 0.02      
Ag 1093 1045 0.00      
Ag 1188 1135 0.00      
Bg 1226 1172 0.00      
Au 1305 1247 0.23      
Bu 1336 1276 2.66      
Bg 1347 1287 0.00      
Ag 1417 1354 0.00      
Ag 1430 1367 0.00      
Bu 1431 1367 4.53      
Ag 1506 1439 0.00      
Bu 1511 1444 1.27      
Bg 1518 1451 0.00      
Au 1520 1452 12.39      
Ag 1525 1457 0.00      
Bu 1530 1462 7.08      
Ag 3036 2901 0.00      
Bu 3042 2907 29.53      
Bu 3045 2910 85.15      
Ag 3046 2911 0.00      
Bg 3060 2924 0.00      
Au 3081 2944 16.99      
Bg 3113 2975 0.00      
Au 3117 2979 109.01      
Ag 3120 2981 0.00      
Bu 3120 2982 74.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29180.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9555) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27882.2 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 QCISD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.78422 0.12172 0.11424

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.423 0.636 0.000
C2 0.423 -0.636 0.000
C3 0.423 1.907 0.000
C4 -0.423 -1.907 0.000
H5 -1.078 0.630 0.875
H6 -1.078 0.630 -0.875
H7 1.078 -0.630 0.875
H8 1.078 -0.630 -0.875
H9 -0.200 2.802 0.000
H10 1.066 1.946 0.881
H11 1.066 1.946 -0.881
H12 0.200 -2.802 0.000
H13 -1.066 -1.946 0.881
H14 -1.066 -1.946 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52661.52622.54231.09391.09392.14972.14972.17812.17002.17003.49392.80282.8028
C21.52662.54231.52622.14972.14971.09391.09393.49392.80282.80282.17812.17002.1700
C31.52622.54233.90572.15622.15622.76242.76241.09071.09181.09184.71434.22324.2232
C42.54231.52623.90572.76242.76242.15622.15624.71434.22324.22321.09071.09181.0918
H51.09392.14972.15622.76241.75082.49803.05042.50162.51613.06863.76582.57613.1179
H61.09392.14972.15622.76241.75083.05042.49802.50163.06862.51613.76583.11792.5761
H72.14971.09392.76242.15622.49803.05041.75083.76582.57613.11792.50162.51613.0686
H82.14971.09392.76242.15623.05042.49801.75083.76583.11792.57612.50163.06862.5161
H92.17813.49391.09074.71432.50162.50163.76583.76581.76391.76395.61904.90664.9066
H102.17002.80281.09184.22322.51613.06862.57613.11791.76391.76244.90664.43774.7749
H112.17002.80281.09184.22323.06862.51613.11792.57611.76391.76244.90664.77494.4377
H123.49392.17814.71431.09073.76583.76582.50162.50165.61904.90664.90661.76391.7639
H132.80282.17004.22321.09182.57613.11792.51613.06864.90664.43774.77491.76391.7624
H142.80282.17004.22321.09183.11792.57613.06862.51614.90664.77494.43771.76391.7624

picture of Butane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 112.768 C1 C2 H7 109.123
C1 C2 H8 109.123 C1 C3 H9 111.596
C1 C3 H11 110.878 C1 C3 H12 30.911
C2 C1 C3 112.768 C2 C1 H5 109.123
C2 C1 H6 109.123 C2 C4 H10 17.289
C2 C4 H13 110.878 C2 C4 H14 110.878
C3 C1 H5 109.656 C3 C1 H6 109.656
C4 C2 H7 109.656 C4 C2 H8 109.656
H5 C1 H6 106.306 H7 C2 H8 106.306
H9 C3 H11 107.848 H9 C3 H12 142.507
H10 C4 H13 94.144 H10 C4 H14 114.147
H11 C3 H12 93.667 H13 C4 H14 107.629
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (Gauche)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.125109
Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 QCISD/cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.78422 0.12172 0.11424

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

Point Group is C2h

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability