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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.326498
Energy at 298.15K-157.337468
HF Energy-157.326498
Nuclear repulsion energy134.830222
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 HF/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 3233 2924 185.25      
2 A1 3174 2871 15.06      
3 A1 3156 2854 19.89      
4 A1 1650 1492 16.69      
5 A1 1566 1416 3.26      
6 A1 1318 1192 0.03      
7 A1 844 764 0.36      
8 A1 464 420 0.09      
9 A2 3223 2915 0.00      
10 A2 1615 1460 0.00      
11 A2 1038 939 0.00      
12 A2 229 207 0.00      
13 E 3231 2922 103.50      
13 E 3231 2922 103.50      
14 E 3217 2909 6.75      
14 E 3217 2909 6.75      
15 E 3163 2861 47.41      
15 E 3163 2861 47.41      
16 E 1640 1483 3.67      
16 E 1640 1483 3.67      
17 E 1622 1467 0.14      
17 E 1622 1467 0.14      
18 E 1543 1396 6.52      
18 E 1543 1396 6.52      
19 E 1484 1342 2.62      
19 E 1484 1342 2.62      
20 E 1292 1168 2.27      
20 E 1292 1168 2.27      
21 E 1042 942 0.00      
21 E 1042 942 0.00      
22 E 1000 905 0.50      
22 E 1000 905 0.50      
23 E 392 355 0.03      
23 E 392 355 0.03      
24 E 281 254 0.00      
24 E 281 254 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30659.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27728.4 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 HF/6-311G*
ABC
0.26051 0.26051 0.15068

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

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 1.461
C3 0.000 1.456 -0.096
C4 1.261 -0.728 -0.096
C5 -1.261 -0.728 -0.096
H6 0.000 1.518 -1.181
H7 1.315 -0.759 -1.181
H8 -1.315 -0.759 -1.181
H9 0.876 1.988 0.263
H10 -0.876 1.988 0.263
H11 1.284 -1.753 0.263
H12 2.160 -0.235 0.263
H13 -2.160 -0.235 0.263
H14 -1.284 -1.753 0.263

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.08891.52971.52971.52972.17212.17212.17212.17532.17532.17532.17532.17532.1753
H21.08892.13192.13192.13193.04743.04743.04742.48112.48112.48112.48112.48112.4811
C31.52972.13192.52262.52261.08722.79572.79571.08581.08583.47502.76672.76673.4750
C41.52972.13192.52262.52262.79571.08722.79572.76673.47501.08581.08583.47502.7667
C51.52972.13192.52262.52262.79572.79571.08723.47502.76672.76673.47501.08581.0858
H62.17213.04741.08722.79572.79572.62982.62981.75311.75313.79913.13433.13433.7991
H72.17213.04742.79571.08722.79572.62982.62983.13433.79911.75311.75313.79913.1343
H82.17213.04742.79572.79571.08722.62982.62983.79913.13433.13433.79911.75311.7531
H92.17532.48111.08582.76673.47501.75313.13433.79911.75263.76302.56703.76304.3196
H102.17532.48111.08583.47502.76671.75313.79913.13431.75264.31963.76302.56703.7630
H112.17532.48113.47501.08582.76673.79911.75313.13433.76304.31961.75263.76302.5670
H122.17532.48112.76671.08583.47503.13431.75313.79912.56703.76301.75264.31963.7630
H132.17532.48112.76673.47501.08583.13433.79911.75313.76302.56703.76304.31961.7526
H142.17532.48113.47502.76671.08583.79913.13431.75314.31963.76302.56703.76301.7526

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 111.073 C1 C3 H9 111.413
C1 C3 H10 111.413 C1 C4 H7 111.073
C1 C4 H11 111.413 C1 C4 H12 111.413
C1 C5 H8 111.073 C1 C5 H13 111.413
C1 C5 H14 111.413 H2 C1 C3 107.810
H2 C1 C4 107.810 H2 C1 C5 107.810
C3 C1 C4 111.080 C3 C1 C5 111.080
C4 C1 C5 111.080 H6 C3 H9 107.566
H6 C3 H10 107.566 H7 C4 H11 107.566
H7 C4 H12 107.566 H8 C5 H13 107.566
H8 C5 H14 107.566 H9 C3 H10 107.614
H11 C4 H12 107.614 H13 C5 H14 107.614
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.237      
2 H 0.194      
3 C -0.601      
4 C -0.601      
5 C -0.601      
6 H 0.200      
7 H 0.200      
8 H 0.200      
9 H 0.207      
10 H 0.207      
11 H 0.207      
12 H 0.207      
13 H 0.207      
14 H 0.207      


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 0.005 0.111 0.000 0.111


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.215 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.215 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.530
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.343 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.343 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.685
Polar
3z2-r21.370
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 6.861 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.861 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.206


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.252
(<r2>)1/2 9.963