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All results from a given calculation for Al(CH3)3 (trimethyl aluminum)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3H 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-360.279396
Energy at 298.15K-360.287103
HF Energy-360.279396
Nuclear repulsion energy149.946714
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 B3LYP/3-21G*
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' 3092 2974 0.00      
2 A' 3007 2893 0.00      
3 A' 1529 1471 0.00      
4 A' 1312 1262 0.00      
5 A' 631 607 0.00      
6 A' 520 500 0.00      
7 A" 3061 2945 48.48      
8 A" 1532 1474 5.73      
9 A" 786 756 144.36      
10 A" 188 181 5.20      
11 A" 59 57 0.07      
12 E' 3092 2975 28.78      
12 E' 3092 2975 28.80      
13 E' 3005 2891 8.99      
13 E' 3005 2891 8.99      
14 E' 1527 1469 1.10      
14 E' 1527 1469 1.10      
15 E' 1309 1259 52.06      
15 E' 1309 1259 52.05      
16 E' 810 779 178.86      
16 E' 810 779 178.85      
17 E' 659 634 12.06      
17 E' 659 634 12.06      
18 E' 174 168 2.53      
18 E' 174 168 2.53      
19 E" 3061 2945 0.00      
19 E" 3061 2945 0.00      
20 E" 1530 1472 0.00      
20 E" 1530 1472 0.00      
21 E" 615 592 0.00      
21 E" 615 592 0.00      
22 E" 42 40 0.00      
22 E" 42 40 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23681.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22781.8 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 B3LYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.16334 0.16334 0.08556

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C3h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
Al1 0.000 0.000 0.000
C2 0.000 1.978 0.000
C3 -1.713 -0.989 0.000
C4 1.713 -0.989 0.000
H5 -1.011 2.404 0.000
H6 -1.576 -2.078 0.000
H7 2.587 -0.326 0.000
H8 0.531 2.370 0.881
H9 0.531 2.370 -0.881
H10 -2.318 -0.726 0.881
H11 -2.318 -0.726 -0.881
H12 1.787 -1.644 0.881
H13 1.787 -1.644 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  Al1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
Al11.97771.97771.97772.60772.60772.60772.58352.58352.58352.58352.58352.5835
C21.97773.42543.42541.09744.35083.46421.10081.10083.66823.66824.13404.1340
C31.97773.42543.42543.46421.09744.35084.13404.13401.10081.10083.66823.6682
C41.97773.42543.42544.35083.46421.09743.66823.66824.13404.13401.10081.1008
H52.60771.09743.46424.35084.51674.51671.77621.77623.50353.50354.99954.9995
H62.60774.35081.09743.46424.51674.51674.99954.99951.77621.77623.50353.5035
H72.60773.46424.35081.09744.51674.51673.50353.50354.99954.99951.77621.7762
H82.58351.10084.13403.66821.77624.99953.50351.76234.20654.56074.20654.5607
H92.58351.10084.13403.66821.77624.99953.50351.76234.56074.20654.56074.2065
H102.58353.66821.10084.13403.50351.77624.99954.20654.56071.76234.20654.5607
H112.58353.66821.10084.13403.50351.77624.99954.56074.20651.76234.56074.2065
H122.58354.13403.66821.10084.99953.50351.77624.20654.56074.20654.56071.7623
H132.58354.13403.66821.10084.99953.50351.77624.56074.20654.56074.20651.7623

picture of trimethyl aluminum state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Al1 C2 H5 112.840 Al1 C2 H8 110.879
Al1 C2 H9 110.879 Al1 C3 H6 112.840
Al1 C3 H10 110.879 Al1 C3 H11 110.879
Al1 C4 H7 112.840 Al1 C4 H12 110.879
Al1 C4 H13 110.879 C2 Al1 C3 120.000
C2 Al1 C4 120.000 C3 Al1 C4 120.000
H5 C2 H8 107.807 H5 C2 H9 107.807
H6 C3 H10 107.807 H6 C3 H11 107.807
H7 C4 H12 107.807 H7 C4 H13 107.807
H8 C2 H9 106.346 H10 C3 H11 106.346
H12 C4 H13 106.346
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 Al 0.928      
2 C -0.880      
3 C -0.880      
4 C -0.880      
5 H 0.191      
6 H 0.191      
7 H 0.191      
8 H 0.190      
9 H 0.190      
10 H 0.190      
11 H 0.190      
12 H 0.190      
13 H 0.190      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.958 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -35.958 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.025
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.466 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.466 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.933
Polar
3z2-r29.865
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 8.141 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.140 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.379


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 152.281
(<r2>)1/2 12.340