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All results from a given calculation for CH2CH(CH3)2 (Isobutyl radical)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.775441
Energy at 298.15K-157.784159
Nuclear repulsion energy126.699366
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3156 3012 21.86      
2 A 3127 2984 63.94      
3 A 3125 2982 57.25      
4 A 3052 2913 21.14      
5 A 2941 2807 35.22      
6 A 1533 1463 11.54      
7 A 1522 1453 8.30      
8 A 1479 1412 3.05      
9 A 1427 1362 6.32      
10 A 1336 1275 3.38      
11 A 1219 1163 1.20      
12 A 1101 1051 1.27      
13 A 1000 954 1.47      
14 A 832 794 0.08      
15 A 525 501 29.86      
16 A 405 387 17.93      
17 A 360 344 0.85      
18 A 266 254 0.12      
19 A 3258 3110 21.09      
20 A 3124 2981 22.50      
21 A 3121 2978 4.15      
22 A 3047 2908 41.30      
23 A 1510 1442 3.72      
24 A 1508 1439 0.02      
25 A 1412 1348 8.12      
26 A 1344 1283 0.44      
27 A 1198 1144 0.45      
28 A 983 938 0.01      
29 A 952 908 0.81      
30 A 916 874 0.78      
31 A 374 357 0.12      
32 A 240 229 0.00      
33 A 125 119 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25757.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9544) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24582.8 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.28291 0.26583 0.15525

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.354 0.000
C2 1.472 0.137 0.000
H3 -0.186 1.444 0.000
H4 2.035 0.140 0.926
H5 2.035 0.140 -0.926
C6 -0.651 -0.211 -1.262
C7 -0.651 -0.211 1.262
H8 -0.522 -1.295 -1.313
H9 -1.723 0.002 -1.283
H10 -0.209 0.219 -2.165
H11 -0.522 -1.295 1.313
H12 -1.723 0.002 1.283
H13 -0.209 0.219 2.165

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
C11.48841.10492.24652.24651.52851.52852.17212.17692.17882.17212.17692.1788
C21.48842.11141.08401.08402.49462.49462.78473.44592.74202.78473.44592.7420
H31.10492.11142.73722.73722.13202.13203.05572.46682.48693.05572.46682.4869
H42.24651.08402.73721.85293.48272.72983.69014.36173.82052.95823.77742.5643
H52.24651.08402.73721.85292.72983.48272.95823.77742.56433.69014.36173.8205
C61.52852.49462.13203.48272.72982.52451.09341.09281.09282.79732.77013.4818
C71.52852.49462.13202.72983.48272.52452.79732.77013.48181.09341.09281.0928
H82.17212.78473.05573.69012.95821.09342.79731.76761.76542.62603.14083.8059
H92.17693.44592.46684.36173.77741.09282.77011.76761.76503.14082.56663.7718
H102.17882.74202.48693.82052.56431.09283.48181.76541.76503.80593.77184.3290
H112.17212.78473.05572.95823.69012.79731.09342.62603.14083.80591.76761.7654
H122.17693.44592.46683.77744.36172.77011.09283.14082.56663.77181.76761.7650
H132.17882.74202.48692.56433.82053.48181.09283.80593.77184.32901.76541.7650

picture of Isobutyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H4 120.880 C1 C2 H5 120.880
C1 C6 H8 110.787 C1 C6 H9 111.203
C1 C6 H10 111.355 C1 C7 H11 110.787
C1 C7 H12 111.203 C1 C7 H13 111.355
C2 C1 H3 108.103 C2 C1 C6 111.553
C2 C1 C7 111.553 H3 C1 C6 107.011
H3 C1 C7 107.011 H4 C2 H5 117.440
C6 C1 C7 111.342 H8 C6 H9 107.908
H8 C6 H10 107.712 H9 C6 H10 107.717
H11 C7 H12 107.908 H11 C7 H13 107.712
H12 C7 H13 107.717
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.277      
2 C -0.418      
3 H 0.223      
4 H 0.218      
5 H 0.218      
6 C -0.646      
7 C -0.646      
8 H 0.222      
9 H 0.221      
10 H 0.222      
11 H 0.222      
12 H 0.221      
13 H 0.222      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.152 0.229 0.000 0.275
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.678 -0.048 0.000
y -0.048 -28.394 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.387
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.213 -0.048 0.000
y -0.048 -0.861 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.649
Polar
3z2-r21.297
x2-y20.716
xy-0.048
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 94.278
(<r2>)1/2 9.710