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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.101062
Energy at 298.15K-119.109347
HF Energy-119.101062
Nuclear repulsion energy81.967569
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 BLYP/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 3008 2999 58.87 99.10 0.53 0.69
2 A1 2951 2942 31.80 227.78 0.00 0.01
3 A1 2941 2932 19.25 207.94 0.08 0.15
4 A1 1480 1475 4.06 2.11 0.73 0.84
5 A1 1458 1453 0.00 23.06 0.75 0.86
6 A1 1388 1384 1.83 0.39 0.73 0.85
7 A1 1145 1142 1.01 1.62 0.22 0.35
8 A1 839 836 0.72 10.23 0.19 0.33
9 A1 359 358 0.07 0.46 0.27 0.43
10 A2 2996 2987 0.00 10.89 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1458 1453 0.00 17.69 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1286 1282 0.00 4.97 0.75 0.86
13 A2 892 889 0.00 0.11 0.75 0.86
14 A2 216 215 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3007 2998 105.71 34.80 0.75 0.86
16 B1 2956 2947 4.85 163.61 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1474 1470 11.15 0.01 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1184 1181 0.07 0.03 0.75 0.86
19 B1 736 734 3.11 0.12 0.75 0.86
20 B1 260 260 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3006 2997 32.45 63.15 0.75 0.86
22 B2 2947 2938 38.11 0.51 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1464 1460 1.87 0.66 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1369 1364 1.69 0.81 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1333 1329 5.09 0.00 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1017 1014 1.36 4.86 0.75 0.86
27 B2 910 907 1.20 0.15 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22037.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.997) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21971.7 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 BLYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.97841 0.27588 0.24468

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.587
C2 0.000 1.285 -0.261
C3 0.000 -1.285 -0.261
H4 0.879 0.000 1.249
H5 -0.879 0.000 1.249
H6 0.000 2.183 0.370
H7 0.000 -2.183 0.370
H8 0.886 1.332 -0.909
H9 -0.886 1.332 -0.909
H10 -0.886 -1.332 -0.909
H11 0.886 -1.332 -0.909

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.53941.53941.09971.09972.19402.19402.19012.19012.19012.1901
C21.53942.56992.16822.16821.09743.52501.09851.09852.83782.8378
C31.53942.56992.16822.16823.52501.09742.83782.83781.09851.0985
H41.09972.16822.16821.75702.51212.51212.53543.08893.08892.5354
H51.09972.16822.16821.75702.51212.51213.08892.53542.53543.0889
H62.19401.09743.52502.51212.51214.36641.77291.77293.84403.8440
H72.19403.52501.09742.51212.51214.36643.84403.84401.77291.7729
H82.19011.09852.83782.53543.08891.77293.84401.77163.19952.6642
H92.19011.09852.83783.08892.53541.77293.84401.77162.66423.1995
H102.19012.83781.09853.08892.53543.84401.77293.19952.66421.7716
H112.19012.83781.09852.53543.08893.84401.77292.66423.19951.7716

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.520 C1 C2 H8 111.142
C1 C2 H9 111.142 C1 C3 H7 111.520
C1 C3 H10 111.142 C1 C3 H11 111.142
C2 C1 C3 113.166 C2 C1 H4 109.347
C2 C1 H5 109.347 C3 C1 H4 109.347
C3 C1 H5 109.347 H4 C1 H5 106.041
H6 C2 H8 107.681 H6 C2 H9 107.681
H7 C3 H10 107.681 H7 C3 H11 107.681
H8 C2 H9 107.486 H10 C3 H11 107.486
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.119      
2 C -0.268      
3 C -0.268      
4 H 0.077      
5 H 0.077      
6 H 0.087      
7 H 0.087      
8 H 0.082      
9 H 0.082      
10 H 0.082      
11 H 0.082      


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 0.087 0.087
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.871 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.688 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.328
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.637 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.589 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.048
Polar
3z2-r2-0.097
x2-y20.817
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.566 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.671 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.847


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 64.629
(<r2>)1/2 8.039