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All results from a given calculation for C(CH3)3 (Tert-butyl radical)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 2A"
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.801300
Energy at 298.15K-157.809960
HF Energy-157.801300
Nuclear repulsion energy125.719322
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-pVTZ
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 3066 2931 44.05      
2 A1 2970 2839 70.97      
3 A1 1499 1433 20.00      
4 A1 1434 1370 2.19      
5 A1 1106 1057 0.08      
6 A1 772 738 1.23      
7 A1 267 255 3.50      
8 A2 3110 2973 0.00      
9 A2 1479 1414 0.00      
10 A2 975 933 0.00      
11 A2 169 162 0.00      
12 E 3114 2977 44.65      
12 E 3114 2977 44.83      
13 E 3065 2930 19.73      
13 E 3065 2930 19.73      
14 E 2962 2832 35.70      
14 E 2962 2832 35.61      
15 E 1503 1437 3.31      
15 E 1503 1437 3.29      
16 E 1480 1415 3.04      
16 E 1480 1415 3.06      
17 E 1409 1347 6.64      
17 E 1409 1347 6.60      
18 E 1309 1252 5.65      
18 E 1309 1252 5.60      
19 E 1017 972 2.04      
19 E 1017 972 2.01      
20 E 948 906 0.45      
20 E 948 906 0.45      
21 E 385 368 0.12      
21 E 385 368 0.12      
22 E 169 162 0.01      
22 E 169 162 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25784.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.956) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24650.4 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-pVTZ
ABC
0.26873 0.26873 0.14584

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.151
C2 0.000 1.478 -0.015
C3 1.280 -0.739 -0.015
C4 -1.280 -0.739 -0.015
H5 0.000 1.768 -1.077
H6 1.531 -0.884 -1.077
H7 -1.531 -0.884 -1.077
H8 -0.885 1.934 0.433
H9 0.885 1.934 0.433
H10 2.118 -0.201 0.433
H11 1.233 -1.734 0.433
H12 -1.233 -1.734 0.433
H13 -2.118 -0.201 0.433

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
C11.48781.48781.48782.15292.15292.15292.14572.14572.14572.14572.14572.1457
C21.48782.56072.56071.10073.00903.00901.09181.09182.73943.46943.46942.7394
C31.48782.56072.56073.00901.10073.00903.46942.73941.09181.09182.73943.4694
C41.48782.56072.56073.00903.00901.10072.73943.46943.46942.73941.09181.0918
H52.15291.10073.00903.00903.06273.06271.75821.75823.26214.00784.00783.2621
H62.15293.00901.10073.00903.06273.06274.00783.26211.75821.75823.26214.0078
H72.15293.00903.00901.10073.06273.06273.26214.00784.00783.26211.75821.7582
H82.14571.09183.46942.73941.75824.00783.26211.77003.68424.23513.68422.4651
H92.14571.09182.73943.46941.75823.26214.00781.77002.46513.68424.23513.6842
H102.14572.73941.09183.46943.26211.75824.00783.68422.46511.77003.68424.2351
H112.14573.46941.09182.73944.00781.75823.26214.23513.68421.77002.46513.6842
H122.14573.46942.73941.09184.00783.26211.75823.68424.23513.68422.46511.7700
H132.14572.73943.46941.09183.26214.00781.75822.46513.68424.23513.68421.7700

picture of Tert-butyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 111.686 C1 C2 H8 111.651
C1 C2 H9 111.651 C1 C3 H6 111.686
C1 C3 H10 111.651 C1 C3 H11 111.651
C1 C4 H7 111.686 C1 C4 H12 111.651
C1 C4 H13 111.651 C2 C1 C3 118.767
C2 C1 C4 118.767 C3 C1 C4 118.767
H5 C2 H8 106.629 H5 C2 H9 106.629
H6 C3 H10 106.629 H6 C3 H11 106.629
H7 C4 H12 106.629 H7 C4 H13 106.629
H8 C2 H9 108.317 H10 C3 H11 108.317
H12 C4 H13 108.317
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.012      
2 C -0.259      
3 C -0.259      
4 C -0.259      
5 H 0.082      
6 H 0.082      
7 H 0.082      
8 H 0.090      
9 H 0.090      
10 H 0.090      
11 H 0.090      
12 H 0.090      
13 H 0.090      


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 -0.218 0.218
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.354 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -27.354 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.085
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.366 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.366 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.732
Polar
3z2-r2-1.463
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 7.934 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.934 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 6.380


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 97.918
(<r2>)1/2 9.895