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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.473901
Energy at 298.15K-158.484550
HF Energy-158.473901
Nuclear repulsion energy135.043474
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 mPW1PW91/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 3114 2987 91.38      
2 A1 3044 2920 15.05      
3 A1 3026 2902 10.03      
4 A1 1512 1450 19.21      
5 A1 1426 1368 3.76      
6 A1 1213 1164 0.30      
7 A1 813 780 0.73      
8 A1 429 412 0.26      
9 A2 3114 2987 0.00      
10 A2 1480 1419 0.00      
11 A2 953 914 0.00      
12 A2 211 202 0.00      
13 E 3118 2991 51.85      
13 E 3118 2991 51.86      
14 E 3105 2978 6.40      
14 E 3105 2978 6.40      
15 E 3037 2913 33.43      
15 E 3037 2913 33.43      
16 E 1507 1446 4.08      
16 E 1507 1446 4.09      
17 E 1486 1425 0.42      
17 E 1486 1425 0.42      
18 E 1399 1342 9.85      
18 E 1399 1342 9.85      
19 E 1361 1306 1.80      
19 E 1361 1306 1.80      
20 E 1201 1152 2.39      
20 E 1201 1152 2.39      
21 E 984 944 0.12      
21 E 984 944 0.12      
22 E 922 885 1.29      
22 E 922 885 1.29      
23 E 356 341 0.00      
23 E 356 341 0.00      
24 E 254 243 0.02      
24 E 254 243 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28897.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9592) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27718.7 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.26209 0.26209 0.15187

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/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 1.467
C3 0.000 1.450 -0.095
C4 1.256 -0.725 -0.095
C5 -1.256 -0.725 -0.095
H6 0.000 1.504 -1.186
H7 1.302 -0.752 -1.186
H8 -1.302 -0.752 -1.186
H9 0.882 1.983 0.263
H10 -0.882 1.983 0.263
H11 1.276 -1.755 0.263
H12 2.158 -0.228 0.263
H13 -2.158 -0.228 0.263
H14 -1.276 -1.755 0.263

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09501.52321.52321.52322.16552.16552.16552.17322.17322.17322.17322.17322.1732
H21.09502.13112.13112.13113.04983.04983.04982.48212.48212.48212.48212.48212.4821
C31.52322.13112.51122.51121.09272.78122.78121.09101.09103.46862.75702.75703.4686
C41.52322.13112.51122.51122.78121.09272.78122.75703.46861.09101.09103.46862.7570
C51.52322.13112.51122.51122.78122.78121.09273.46862.75702.75703.46861.09101.0910
H62.16553.04981.09272.78122.78122.60482.60481.76271.76273.78843.12353.12353.7884
H72.16553.04982.78121.09272.78122.60482.60483.12353.78841.76271.76273.78843.1235
H82.16553.04982.78122.78121.09272.60482.60483.78843.12353.12353.78841.76271.7627
H92.17322.48211.09102.75703.46861.76273.12353.78841.76413.75932.55273.75934.3169
H102.17322.48211.09103.46862.75701.76273.78843.12351.76414.31693.75932.55273.7593
H112.17322.48213.46861.09102.75703.78841.76273.12353.75934.31691.76413.75932.5527
H122.17322.48212.75701.09103.46863.12351.76273.78842.55273.75931.76414.31693.7593
H132.17322.48212.75703.46861.09103.12353.78841.76273.75932.55273.75934.31691.7641
H142.17322.48213.46862.75701.09103.78843.12351.76274.31693.75932.55273.75931.7641

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.683 C1 C3 H9 111.392
C1 C3 H10 111.392 C1 C4 H7 110.683
C1 C4 H11 111.392 C1 C4 H12 111.392
C1 C5 H8 110.683 C1 C5 H13 111.392
C1 C5 H14 111.392 H2 C1 C3 107.850
H2 C1 C4 107.850 H2 C1 C5 107.850
C3 C1 C4 111.043 C3 C1 C5 111.043
C4 C1 C5 111.043 H6 C3 H9 107.654
H6 C3 H10 107.654 H7 C4 H11 107.654
H7 C4 H12 107.654 H8 C5 H13 107.654
H8 C5 H14 107.654 H9 C3 H10 107.897
H11 C4 H12 107.897 H13 C5 H14 107.897
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.043      
2 H 0.074      
3 C -0.255      
4 C -0.255      
5 C -0.255      
6 H 0.079      
7 H 0.079      
8 H 0.079      
9 H 0.083      
10 H 0.083      
11 H 0.083      
12 H 0.083      
13 H 0.083      
14 H 0.083      


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 0.124 0.124
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.713 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.713 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.093
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.310 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.310 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.621
Polar
3z2-r21.241
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 7.808 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.808 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.853


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.471
(<r2>)1/2 9.923