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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.235486
Energy at 298.15K-157.246482
HF Energy-157.235486
Nuclear repulsion energy134.667692
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/6-31G
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 3252 2937 141.31      
2 A1 3182 2873 11.09      
3 A1 3163 2856 21.46      
4 A1 1671 1508 18.04      
5 A1 1592 1438 4.32      
6 A1 1346 1215 0.54      
7 A1 848 766 0.58      
8 A1 477 430 0.26      
9 A2 3244 2929 0.00      
10 A2 1642 1482 0.00      
11 A2 1067 964 0.00      
12 A2 225 203 0.00      
13 E 3251 2935 80.16      
13 E 3251 2935 80.16      
14 E 3238 2924 5.26      
14 E 3238 2924 5.26      
15 E 3173 2865 44.88      
15 E 3173 2865 44.88      
16 E 1662 1501 5.24      
16 E 1662 1501 5.24      
17 E 1648 1488 0.51      
17 E 1648 1488 0.51      
18 E 1566 1414 8.13      
18 E 1566 1414 8.13      
19 E 1506 1360 4.37      
19 E 1506 1360 4.37      
20 E 1314 1186 3.88      
20 E 1314 1186 3.88      
21 E 1061 958 0.16      
21 E 1061 958 0.16      
22 E 1023 924 1.23      
22 E 1023 924 1.23      
23 E 399 360 0.00      
23 E 399 360 0.00      
24 E 274 247 0.01      
24 E 274 247 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30969.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27962.0 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/6-31G
ABC
0.25966 0.25966 0.15022

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.375
H2 0.000 0.000 1.463
C3 0.000 1.460 -0.097
C4 1.264 -0.730 -0.097
C5 -1.264 -0.730 -0.097
H6 0.000 1.514 -1.182
H7 1.311 -0.757 -1.182
H8 -1.311 -0.757 -1.182
H9 0.877 1.988 0.262
H10 -0.877 1.988 0.262
H11 1.283 -1.754 0.262
H12 2.161 -0.235 0.262
H13 -2.161 -0.235 0.262
H14 -1.283 -1.754 0.262

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.08811.53431.53431.53432.17102.17102.17102.17612.17612.17612.17612.17612.1761
H21.08812.13642.13642.13643.04713.04713.04712.48302.48302.48302.48302.48302.4830
C31.53432.13642.52882.52881.08622.79442.79441.08501.08503.47912.76912.76913.4791
C41.53432.13642.52882.52882.79441.08622.79442.76913.47911.08501.08503.47912.7691
C51.53432.13642.52882.52882.79442.79441.08623.47912.76912.76913.47911.08501.0850
H62.17103.04711.08622.79442.79442.62152.62151.75471.75473.79563.13183.13183.7956
H72.17103.04712.79441.08622.79442.62152.62153.13183.79561.75471.75473.79563.1318
H82.17103.04712.79442.79441.08622.62152.62153.79563.13183.13183.79561.75471.7547
H92.17612.48301.08502.76913.47911.75473.13183.79561.75423.76412.56683.76414.3210
H102.17612.48301.08503.47912.76911.75473.79563.13181.75424.32103.76412.56683.7641
H112.17612.48303.47911.08502.76913.79561.75473.13183.76414.32101.75423.76412.5668
H122.17612.48302.76911.08503.47913.13181.75473.79562.56683.76411.75424.32103.7641
H132.17612.48302.76913.47911.08503.13183.79561.75473.76412.56683.76414.32101.7542
H142.17612.48303.47912.76911.08503.79563.13181.75474.32103.76412.56683.76411.7542

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.727 C1 C3 H9 111.209
C1 C3 H10 111.209 C1 C4 H7 110.727
C1 C4 H11 111.209 C1 C4 H12 111.209
C1 C5 H8 110.727 C1 C5 H13 111.209
C1 C5 H14 111.209 H2 C1 C3 107.901
H2 C1 C4 107.901 H2 C1 C5 107.901
C3 C1 C4 110.994 C3 C1 C5 110.994
C4 C1 C5 110.994 H6 C3 H9 107.834
H6 C3 H10 107.834 H7 C4 H11 107.834
H7 C4 H12 107.834 H8 C5 H13 107.834
H8 C5 H14 107.834 H9 C3 H10 107.878
H11 C4 H12 107.878 H13 C5 H14 107.878
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.180      
2 H 0.154      
3 C -0.435      
4 C -0.435      
5 C -0.435      
6 H 0.146      
7 H 0.146      
8 H 0.146      
9 H 0.149      
10 H 0.149      
11 H 0.149      
12 H 0.149      
13 H 0.149      
14 H 0.149      


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 0.088 0.088
CHELPG 0.000 0.001 0.063 0.063
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.047 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.047 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.585
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.231 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.231 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.462
Polar
3z2-r20.925
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 6.405 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.405 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.881


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.376
(<r2>)1/2 9.969