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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.558330
Energy at 298.15K-157.569069
HF Energy-157.558330
Nuclear repulsion energy134.225749
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 wB97X-D/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 3154 2989 81.80      
2 A1 3094 2932 3.90      
3 A1 3073 2913 6.51      
4 A1 1582 1500 26.23      
5 A1 1481 1404 7.44      
6 A1 1252 1186 2.68      
7 A1 809 766 1.29      
8 A1 446 423 0.64      
9 A2 3143 2979 0.00      
10 A2 1547 1467 0.00      
11 A2 1000 948 0.02      
12 A2 206 195 0.00      
13 E 3148 2984 43.30      
13 E 3148 2984 43.38      
14 E 3141 2977 3.07      
14 E 3141 2977 3.10      
15 E 3068 2908 26.54      
15 E 3068 2908 26.50      
16 E 1573 1491 8.05      
16 E 1573 1491 8.04      
17 E 1555 1474 0.65      
17 E 1555 1474 0.67      
18 E 1455 1379 16.79      
18 E 1455 1379 16.74      
19 E 1395 1322 3.44      
19 E 1395 1322 3.42      
20 E 1226 1162 5.41      
20 E 1226 1162 5.45      
21 E 1000 948 0.27      
21 E 1000 948 0.31      
22 E 961 911 3.61      
22 E 961 911 3.63      
23 E 378 358 0.03      
23 E 378 358 0.03      
24 E 258 244 0.02      
24 E 258 244 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29549.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9478) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28006.5 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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
ABC
0.25882 0.25882 0.15058

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.390
H2 0.000 0.000 1.489
C3 0.000 1.457 -0.099
C4 1.262 -0.729 -0.099
C5 -1.262 -0.729 -0.099
H6 0.000 1.487 -1.196
H7 1.287 -0.743 -1.196
H8 -1.287 -0.743 -1.196
H9 0.888 1.991 0.257
H10 -0.888 1.991 0.257
H11 1.280 -1.765 0.257
H12 2.168 -0.226 0.257
H13 -2.168 -0.226 0.257
H14 -1.280 -1.765 0.257

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09861.53741.53741.53742.17402.17402.17402.18432.18432.18432.18432.18432.1843
H21.09862.15542.15542.15543.06893.06893.06892.50412.50412.50412.50412.50412.5041
C31.53742.15542.52442.52441.09732.77572.77571.09581.09583.48552.76832.76833.4855
C41.53742.15542.52442.52442.77571.09732.77572.76833.48551.09581.09583.48552.7683
C51.53742.15542.52442.52442.77572.77571.09733.48552.76832.76833.48551.09581.0958
H62.17403.06891.09732.77572.77572.57492.57491.77631.77633.78453.12213.12213.7845
H72.17403.06892.77571.09732.77572.57492.57493.12213.78451.77631.77633.78453.1221
H82.17403.06892.77572.77571.09732.57492.57493.78453.12213.12213.78451.77631.7763
H92.18432.50411.09582.76833.48551.77633.12213.78451.77683.77632.56023.77634.3370
H102.18432.50411.09583.48552.76831.77633.78453.12211.77684.33703.77632.56023.7763
H112.18432.50413.48551.09582.76833.78451.77633.12213.77634.33701.77683.77632.5602
H122.18432.50412.76831.09583.48553.12211.77633.78452.56023.77631.77684.33703.7763
H132.18432.50412.76833.48551.09583.12213.78451.77633.77632.56023.77634.33701.7768
H142.18432.50413.48552.76831.09583.78453.12211.77634.33703.77632.56023.77631.7768

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.082 C1 C3 H9 110.986
C1 C3 H10 110.986 C1 C4 H7 110.082
C1 C4 H11 110.986 C1 C4 H12 110.986
C1 C5 H8 110.082 C1 C5 H13 110.986
C1 C5 H14 110.986 H2 C1 C3 108.558
H2 C1 C4 108.558 H2 C1 C5 108.558
C3 C1 C4 110.369 C3 C1 C5 110.369
C4 C1 C5 110.369 H6 C3 H9 108.180
H6 C3 H10 108.180 H7 C4 H11 108.180
H7 C4 H12 108.180 H8 C5 H13 108.180
H8 C5 H14 108.180 H9 C3 H10 108.330
H11 C4 H12 108.330 H13 C5 H14 108.330
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.294      
2 H 0.210      
3 C -0.576      
4 C -0.576      
5 C -0.576      
6 H 0.199      
7 H 0.199      
8 H 0.199      
9 H 0.202      
10 H 0.202      
11 H 0.202      
12 H 0.202      
13 H 0.202      
14 H 0.202      


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 0.053 0.053
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.231 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.231 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.872
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.180 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.180 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.359
Polar
3z2-r20.718
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 6.276 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.281 -0.002
z 0.000 -0.002 5.702


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.951
(<r2>)1/2 9.947