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

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.402539
Energy at 298.15K-158.413065
HF Energy-158.402539
Nuclear repulsion energy133.563777
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 3004 2995 107.76      
2 A1 2951 2942 16.61      
3 A1 2917 2909 12.81      
4 A1 1479 1474 15.50      
5 A1 1395 1390 2.33      
6 A1 1179 1175 0.08      
7 A1 766 763 0.54      
8 A1 427 426 0.21      
9 A2 3002 2993 0.00      
10 A2 1449 1445 0.00      
11 A2 933 930 0.00      
12 A2 204 204 0.00      
13 E 3007 2998 64.06      
13 E 3007 2998 64.08      
14 E 2994 2985 5.93      
14 E 2994 2985 5.93      
15 E 2943 2934 37.28      
15 E 2943 2934 37.29      
16 E 1474 1469 3.40      
16 E 1474 1469 3.40      
17 E 1455 1451 0.38      
17 E 1455 1451 0.38      
18 E 1364 1360 3.75      
18 E 1364 1360 3.75      
19 E 1322 1319 4.60      
19 E 1322 1319 4.59      
20 E 1155 1152 3.07      
20 E 1155 1152 3.07      
21 E 938 936 0.08      
21 E 938 936 0.08      
22 E 898 895 0.64      
22 E 898 895 0.64      
23 E 352 351 0.01      
23 E 352 351 0.01      
24 E 245 244 0.01      
24 E 245 244 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27999.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.997) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27915.4 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 BLYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.25580 0.25580 0.14791

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.372
H2 0.000 0.000 1.473
C3 0.000 1.470 -0.096
C4 1.273 -0.735 -0.096
C5 -1.273 -0.735 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.532 -1.194
H7 1.327 -0.766 -1.194
H8 -1.327 -0.766 -1.194
H9 0.887 2.005 0.267
H10 -0.887 2.005 0.267
H11 1.293 -1.771 0.267
H12 2.180 -0.234 0.267
H13 -2.180 -0.234 0.267
H14 -1.293 -1.771 0.267

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10171.54271.54271.54272.19032.19032.19032.19522.19522.19522.19522.19522.1952
H21.10172.15042.15042.15043.07583.07583.07582.50252.50252.50252.50252.50252.5025
C31.54272.15042.54632.54631.09942.82222.82221.09791.09793.50832.79112.79113.5083
C41.54272.15042.54632.54632.82221.09942.82222.79113.50831.09791.09793.50832.7911
C51.54272.15042.54632.54632.82222.82221.09943.50832.79112.79113.50831.09791.0979
H62.19033.07581.09942.82222.82222.65332.65331.77361.77363.83603.16343.16343.8360
H72.19033.07582.82221.09942.82222.65332.65333.16343.83601.77361.77363.83603.1634
H82.19033.07582.82222.82221.09942.65332.65333.83603.16343.16343.83601.77361.7736
H92.19522.50251.09792.79113.50831.77363.16343.83601.77423.79782.58613.79784.3603
H102.19522.50251.09793.50832.79111.77363.83603.16341.77424.36033.79782.58613.7978
H112.19522.50253.50831.09792.79113.83601.77363.16343.79784.36031.77423.79782.5861
H122.19522.50252.79111.09793.50833.16341.77363.83602.58613.79781.77424.36033.7978
H132.19522.50252.79113.50831.09793.16343.83601.77363.79782.58613.79784.36031.7742
H142.19522.50253.50832.79111.09793.83603.16341.77364.36033.79782.58613.79781.7742

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.869 C1 C3 H9 111.354
C1 C3 H10 111.354 C1 C4 H7 110.869
C1 C4 H11 111.354 C1 C4 H12 111.354
C1 C5 H8 110.869 C1 C5 H13 111.354
C1 C5 H14 111.354 H2 C1 C3 107.650
H2 C1 C4 107.650 H2 C1 C5 107.650
C3 C1 C4 111.230 C3 C1 C5 111.230
C4 C1 C5 111.230 H6 C3 H9 107.640
H6 C3 H10 107.640 H7 C4 H11 107.640
H7 C4 H12 107.640 H8 C5 H13 107.640
H8 C5 H14 107.640 H9 C3 H10 107.808
H11 C4 H12 107.808 H13 C5 H14 107.808
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 0.019      
2 H 0.066      
3 C -0.267      
4 C -0.267      
5 C -0.267      
6 H 0.076      
7 H 0.076      
8 H 0.076      
9 H 0.081      
10 H 0.081      
11 H 0.081      
12 H 0.081      
13 H 0.081      
14 H 0.081      


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 0.134 0.134
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.463 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.463 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.827
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.318 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.318 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.636
Polar
3z2-r21.273
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 8.238 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.239 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.177


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.929
(<r2>)1/2 10.046