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

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-156.434471
Energy at 298.15K-156.445484
HF Energy-156.434471
Nuclear repulsion energy134.568744
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/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 A1 3258 2941 111.33      
2 A1 3200 2888 1.87      
3 A1 3192 2881 9.34      
4 A1 1687 1523 19.44      
5 A1 1590 1435 5.34      
6 A1 1338 1208 1.39      
7 A1 825 745 0.89      
8 A1 468 422 0.45      
9 A2 3243 2928 0.00      
10 A2 1655 1494 0.00      
11 A2 1071 967 0.00      
12 A2 239 216 0.00      
13 E 3250 2933 63.49      
13 E 3250 2933 63.49      
14 E 3240 2925 2.72      
14 E 3240 2925 2.72      
15 E 3184 2874 32.92      
15 E 3184 2874 32.92      
16 E 1678 1514 5.43      
16 E 1678 1514 5.43      
17 E 1662 1500 0.37      
17 E 1662 1500 0.37      
18 E 1564 1411 8.81      
18 E 1564 1411 8.81      
19 E 1492 1347 3.28      
19 E 1492 1347 3.28      
20 E 1302 1175 4.84      
20 E 1302 1175 4.84      
21 E 1053 950 1.22      
21 E 1053 950 1.22      
22 E 1008 910 1.13      
22 E 1008 910 1.13      
23 E 397 358 0.01      
23 E 397 358 0.01      
24 E 284 257 0.01      
24 E 284 257 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30994.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27975.9 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.25925 0.25925 0.15050

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.391
H2 0.000 0.000 1.476
C3 0.000 1.460 -0.100
C4 1.264 -0.730 -0.100
C5 -1.264 -0.730 -0.100
H6 0.000 1.489 -1.185
H7 1.290 -0.745 -1.185
H8 -1.290 -0.745 -1.185
H9 0.879 1.988 0.254
H10 -0.879 1.988 0.254
H11 1.282 -1.755 0.254
H12 2.161 -0.233 0.254
H13 -2.161 -0.233 0.254
H14 -1.282 -1.755 0.254

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.08571.54011.54011.54012.16802.16802.16802.17822.17822.17822.17822.17822.1782
H21.08572.14832.14832.14833.04963.04963.04962.49392.49392.49392.49392.49392.4939
C31.54012.14832.52872.52871.08572.77502.77501.08501.08503.47972.76812.76813.4797
C41.54012.14832.52872.52872.77501.08572.77502.76813.47971.08501.08503.47972.7681
C51.54012.14832.52872.52872.77502.77501.08573.47972.76812.76813.47971.08501.0850
H62.16803.04961.08572.77502.77502.57922.57921.75871.75873.77403.11583.11583.7740
H72.16803.04962.77501.08572.77502.57922.57923.11583.77401.75871.75873.77403.1158
H82.16803.04962.77502.77501.08572.57922.57923.77403.11583.11583.77401.75871.7587
H92.17822.49391.08502.76813.47971.75873.11583.77401.75813.76542.56483.76544.3229
H102.17822.49391.08503.47972.76811.75873.77403.11581.75814.32293.76542.56483.7654
H112.17822.49393.47971.08502.76813.77401.75873.11583.76544.32291.75813.76542.5648
H122.17822.49392.76811.08503.47973.11581.75873.77402.56483.76541.75814.32293.7654
H132.17822.49392.76813.47971.08503.11583.77401.75873.76542.56483.76544.32291.7581
H142.17822.49393.47972.76811.08503.77403.11581.75874.32293.76542.56483.76541.7581

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.108 C1 C3 H9 110.965
C1 C3 H10 110.965 C1 C4 H7 110.108
C1 C4 H11 110.965 C1 C4 H12 110.965
C1 C5 H8 110.108 C1 C5 H13 110.965
C1 C5 H14 110.965 H2 C1 C3 108.567
H2 C1 C4 108.567 H2 C1 C5 108.567
C3 C1 C4 110.360 C3 C1 C5 110.360
C4 C1 C5 110.360 H6 C3 H9 108.237
H6 C3 H10 108.237 H7 C4 H11 108.237
H7 C4 H12 108.237 H8 C5 H13 108.237
H8 C5 H14 108.237 H9 C3 H10 108.234
H11 C4 H12 108.234 H13 C5 H14 108.234
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.328      
2 H 0.215      
3 C -0.550      
4 C -0.550      
5 C -0.550      
6 H 0.194      
7 H 0.194      
8 H 0.194      
9 H 0.197      
10 H 0.197      
11 H 0.197      
12 H 0.197      
13 H 0.197      
14 H 0.197      


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 0.063 0.063
CHELPG 0.000 0.001 0.029 0.029
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.014 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.014 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.566
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.224 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.224 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.448
Polar
3z2-r20.896
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 6.168 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.168 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.591


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.277
(<r2>)1/2 9.964