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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.092626
Energy at 298.15K-119.101017
HF Energy-119.092626
Nuclear repulsion energy82.640772
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 M06-2X/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 A1 3142 3142 45.25 88.85 0.58 0.73
2 A1 3069 3069 44.58 28.22 0.65 0.79
3 A1 3065 3065 2.89 313.06 0.01 0.03
4 A1 1534 1534 8.15 5.12 0.74 0.85
5 A1 1511 1511 0.05 26.15 0.74 0.85
6 A1 1437 1437 5.58 1.33 0.20 0.33
7 A1 1188 1188 1.47 2.10 0.37 0.54
8 A1 894 894 1.19 10.50 0.23 0.38
9 A1 375 375 0.07 0.45 0.19 0.32
10 A2 3127 3127 0.00 8.08 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1512 1512 0.00 23.81 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1329 1329 0.00 7.78 0.75 0.86
13 A2 919 919 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
14 A2 219 219 0.00 0.03 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3138 3138 91.37 27.28 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3095 3095 2.16 159.60 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1532 1532 18.91 0.00 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1221 1221 0.29 0.10 0.75 0.86
19 B1 755 755 3.70 0.23 0.75 0.86
20 B1 283 283 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3140 3140 28.14 55.76 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3063 3063 31.37 1.40 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1519 1519 3.22 0.27 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1423 1423 7.95 1.23 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1375 1375 0.77 0.02 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1081 1081 0.63 6.55 0.75 0.86
27 B2 940 940 3.00 0.11 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22943.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22943.2 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 M06-2X/6-311G*
ABC
0.97900 0.28355 0.25042

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.592
C2 0.000 1.266 -0.261
C3 0.000 -1.266 -0.261
H4 0.875 0.000 1.249
H5 -0.875 0.000 1.249
H6 0.000 2.169 0.353
H7 0.000 -2.169 0.353
H8 0.882 1.302 -0.906
H9 -0.882 1.302 -0.906
H10 -0.882 -1.302 -0.906
H11 0.882 -1.302 -0.906

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52651.52651.09421.09422.18162.18162.17192.17192.17192.1719
C21.52652.53202.15582.15581.09183.48911.09331.09332.79052.7905
C31.52652.53202.15582.15583.48911.09182.79052.79051.09331.0933
H41.09422.15582.15581.75072.50402.50402.51763.07013.07012.5176
H51.09422.15582.15581.75072.50402.50403.07012.51762.51763.0701
H62.18161.09183.48912.50402.50404.33711.76531.76533.79563.7956
H72.18163.48911.09182.50402.50404.33713.79563.79561.76531.7653
H82.17191.09332.79052.51763.07011.76533.79561.76313.14422.6033
H92.17191.09332.79053.07012.51761.76533.79561.76312.60333.1442
H102.17192.79051.09333.07012.51763.79561.76533.14422.60331.7631
H112.17192.79051.09332.51763.07013.79561.76532.60333.14421.7631

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.790 C1 C2 H8 110.915
C1 C2 H9 110.915 C1 C3 H7 111.790
C1 C3 H10 110.915 C1 C3 H11 110.915
C2 C1 C3 112.064 C2 C1 H4 109.588
C2 C1 H5 109.588 C3 C1 H4 109.588
C3 C1 H5 109.588 H4 C1 H5 106.257
H6 C2 H8 107.779 H6 C2 H9 107.779
H7 C3 H10 107.779 H7 C3 H11 107.779
H8 C2 H9 107.483 H10 C3 H11 107.483
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.458      
2 C -0.663      
3 C -0.663      
4 H 0.223      
5 H 0.223      
6 H 0.227      
7 H 0.227      
8 H 0.221      
9 H 0.221      
10 H 0.221      
11 H 0.221      


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 0.083 0.083
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.597 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.413 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.097
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.658 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.567 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.092
Polar
3z2-r2-0.183
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 4.940 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.760 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.138


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.394
(<r2>)1/2 7.962