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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.047068
Energy at 298.15K-119.055356
HF Energy-119.047068
Nuclear repulsion energy81.504139
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/cc-pVDZ
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 3013 3018 55.06 104.55 0.58 0.73
2 A1 2943 2948 21.49 270.29 0.00 0.00
3 A1 2934 2939 33.17 125.58 0.15 0.25
4 A1 1447 1449 2.13 5.22 0.73 0.85
5 A1 1422 1424 0.14 36.44 0.75 0.86
6 A1 1367 1369 0.41 2.02 0.65 0.79
7 A1 1133 1135 1.03 1.70 0.33 0.49
8 A1 850 851 0.73 9.82 0.26 0.41
9 A1 357 357 0.11 0.30 0.24 0.39
10 A2 3000 3005 0.00 10.44 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1421 1423 0.00 32.51 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1271 1273 0.00 7.78 0.75 0.86
13 A2 882 883 0.00 0.10 0.75 0.86
14 A2 222 223 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3010 3015 103.39 45.73 0.75 0.86
16 B1 2956 2961 8.06 172.11 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1439 1442 8.58 0.07 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1165 1167 0.24 0.35 0.75 0.86
19 B1 736 738 3.19 0.11 0.75 0.86
20 B1 272 272 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3010 3015 31.21 68.31 0.75 0.86
22 B2 2940 2944 38.41 0.86 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1431 1433 0.95 0.92 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1349 1351 1.27 3.78 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1316 1318 9.39 0.07 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1032 1033 0.76 5.89 0.75 0.86
27 B2 901 903 1.19 0.20 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21908.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1.0016) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21943.7 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.96398 0.27433 0.24325

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.589
C2 0.000 1.286 -0.261
C3 0.000 -1.286 -0.261
H4 0.888 0.000 1.260
H5 -0.888 0.000 1.260
H6 0.000 2.197 0.374
H7 0.000 -2.197 0.374
H8 0.895 1.335 -0.918
H9 -0.895 1.335 -0.918
H10 -0.895 -1.335 -0.918
H11 0.895 -1.335 -0.918

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.54201.54201.11261.11262.20722.20722.20322.20322.20322.2032
C21.54202.57292.18072.18071.10963.54051.11111.11112.84692.8469
C31.54202.57292.18072.18073.54051.10962.84692.84691.11111.1111
H41.11262.18072.18071.77602.52962.52962.55393.11473.11472.5539
H51.11262.18072.18071.77602.52962.52963.11472.55392.55393.1147
H62.20721.10963.54052.52962.52964.39341.79181.79183.86553.8655
H72.20723.54051.10962.52962.52964.39343.86553.86551.79181.7918
H82.20321.11112.84692.55393.11471.79183.86551.78983.21472.6704
H92.20321.11112.84693.11472.55391.79183.86551.78982.67043.2147
H102.20322.84691.11113.11472.55393.86551.79183.21472.67041.7898
H112.20322.84691.11112.55393.11473.86551.79182.67043.21471.7898

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.660 C1 C2 H8 111.251
C1 C2 H9 111.251 C1 C3 H7 111.660
C1 C3 H10 111.251 C1 C3 H11 111.251
C2 C1 C3 113.084 C2 C1 H4 109.400
C2 C1 H5 109.400 C3 C1 H4 109.400
C3 C1 H5 109.400 H4 C1 H5 105.903
H6 C2 H8 107.579 H6 C2 H9 107.579
H7 C3 H10 107.579 H7 C3 H11 107.579
H8 C2 H9 107.309 H10 C3 H11 107.309
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.025      
2 C 0.010      
3 C 0.010      
4 H -0.006      
5 H -0.006      
6 H -0.001      
7 H -0.001      
8 H 0.004      
9 H 0.004      
10 H 0.004      
11 H 0.004      


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 0.067 0.067
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.655 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.281 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.997
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.484 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.455 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.029
Polar
3z2-r2-0.058
x2-y20.626
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.136 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.070 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.352


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 64.868
(<r2>)1/2 8.054