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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.303497
Energy at 298.15K-158.314065
HF Energy-158.303497
Nuclear repulsion energy132.730337
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 BLYP/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 3030 3007 127.12      
2 A1 2959 2937 13.79      
3 A1 2922 2900 21.75      
4 A1 1518 1506 14.68      
5 A1 1432 1421 1.99      
6 A1 1206 1197 0.87      
7 A1 773 767 0.72      
8 A1 434 430 0.47      
9 A2 3024 3001 0.00      
10 A2 1491 1480 0.00      
11 A2 957 950 0.00      
12 A2 207 205 0.00      
13 E 3030 3007 73.13      
13 E 3030 3007 73.16      
14 E 3018 2995 5.11      
14 E 3018 2995 5.11      
15 E 2951 2928 42.78      
15 E 2951 2928 42.79      
16 E 1514 1502 3.78      
16 E 1514 1502 3.78      
17 E 1497 1485 0.60      
17 E 1497 1485 0.60      
18 E 1405 1395 3.14      
18 E 1405 1395 3.14      
19 E 1346 1336 6.95      
19 E 1346 1336 6.94      
20 E 1179 1170 3.91      
20 E 1179 1170 3.91      
21 E 960 953 0.16      
21 E 960 953 0.16      
22 E 916 909 1.50      
22 E 916 909 1.50      
23 E 358 355 0.00      
23 E 358 355 0.00      
24 E 247 245 0.02      
24 E 247 245 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28395.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28179.6 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 BLYP/6-31G
ABC
0.25262 0.25262 0.14617

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.377
H2 0.000 0.000 1.487
C3 0.000 1.479 -0.097
C4 1.281 -0.740 -0.097
C5 -1.281 -0.740 -0.097
H6 0.000 1.536 -1.202
H7 1.330 -0.768 -1.202
H8 -1.330 -0.768 -1.202
H9 0.893 2.017 0.268
H10 -0.893 2.017 0.268
H11 1.300 -1.782 0.268
H12 2.193 -0.235 0.268
H13 -2.193 -0.235 0.268
H14 -1.300 -1.782 0.268

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10971.55331.55331.55332.20272.20272.20272.20842.20842.20842.20842.20842.2084
H21.10972.16712.16712.16713.09623.09623.09622.52002.52002.52002.52002.52002.5200
C31.55332.16712.56222.56221.10602.83562.83561.10451.10453.52962.80732.80733.5296
C41.55332.16712.56222.56222.83561.10602.83562.80733.52961.10451.10453.52962.8073
C51.55332.16712.56222.56222.83562.83561.10603.52962.80732.80733.52961.10451.1045
H62.20273.09621.10602.83562.83562.66092.66091.78551.78553.85483.17903.17903.8548
H72.20273.09622.83561.10602.83562.66092.66093.17903.85481.78551.78553.85483.1790
H82.20273.09622.83562.83561.10602.66092.66093.85483.17903.17903.85481.78551.7855
H92.20842.52001.10452.80733.52961.78553.17903.85481.78653.82032.59983.82034.3863
H102.20842.52001.10453.52962.80731.78553.85483.17901.78654.38633.82032.59983.8203
H112.20842.52003.52961.10452.80733.85481.78553.17903.82034.38631.78653.82032.5998
H122.20842.52002.80731.10453.52963.17901.78553.85482.59983.82031.78654.38633.8203
H132.20842.52002.80733.52961.10453.17903.85481.78553.82032.59983.82034.38631.7865
H142.20842.52003.52962.80731.10453.85483.17901.78554.38633.82032.59983.82031.7865

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.722 C1 C3 H9 111.259
C1 C3 H10 111.259 C1 C4 H7 110.722
C1 C4 H11 111.259 C1 C4 H12 111.259
C1 C5 H8 110.722 C1 C5 H13 111.259
C1 C5 H14 111.259 H2 C1 C3 107.766
H2 C1 C4 107.766 H2 C1 C5 107.766
C3 C1 C4 111.121 C3 C1 C5 111.121
C4 C1 C5 111.121 H6 C3 H9 107.751
H6 C3 H10 107.751 H7 C4 H11 107.751
H7 C4 H12 107.751 H8 C5 H13 107.751
H8 C5 H14 107.751 H9 C3 H10 107.944
H11 C4 H12 107.944 H13 C5 H14 107.944
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.042      
2 H 0.100      
3 C -0.357      
4 C -0.357      
5 C -0.357      
6 H 0.113      
7 H 0.113      
8 H 0.113      
9 H 0.112      
10 H 0.112      
11 H 0.112      
12 H 0.112      
13 H 0.112      
14 H 0.112      


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 0.069 0.069
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.598 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.598 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.246
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.176 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.352
Polar
3z2-r20.703
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 6.859 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.859 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.147


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.440
(<r2>)1/2 10.072