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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CH3 (Butane)

using model chemistry: MP2/cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Anti 1Ag
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.127545
Energy at 298.15K-158.138209
HF Energy-157.365786
Nuclear repulsion energy131.333117
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 MP2/cc-pVQZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
Au 122 116 0.01      
Au 228 216 0.00      
Bu 257 244 0.01      
Bg 265 252 0.00      
Ag 428 406 0.00      
Au 740 702 3.02      
Bg 814 772 0.00      
Ag 860 816 0.00      
Au 965 915 0.83      
Bu 984 933 5.42      
Bu 1047 993 0.05      
Ag 1097 1040 0.00      
Ag 1184 1123 0.00      
Bg 1216 1153 0.00      
Au 1297 1230 0.20      
Bu 1321 1253 1.80      
Bg 1341 1272 0.00      
Ag 1397 1325 0.00      
Ag 1414 1341 0.00      
Bu 1416 1343 6.04      
Ag 1496 1419 0.00      
Bu 1504 1426 0.98      
Bg 1514 1436 0.00      
Au 1516 1438 14.82      
Ag 1519 1441 0.00      
Bu 1523 1444 9.61      
Ag 3058 2900 0.00      
Bu 3067 2909 21.24      
Ag 3070 2912 0.00      
Bu 3071 2912 83.08      
Bg 3098 2938 0.00      
Au 3120 2959 18.95      
Bg 3156 2993 0.00      
Au 3158 2995 75.52      
Ag 3162 2999 0.00      
Bu 3163 3000 54.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29293.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9484) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27781.8 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 MP2/cc-pVQZ
ABC
0.78769 0.12289 0.11531

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.422 0.632 0.000
C2 0.422 -0.632 0.000
C3 0.422 1.897 0.000
C4 -0.422 -1.897 0.000
H5 -1.076 0.625 0.874
H6 -1.076 0.625 -0.874
H7 1.076 -0.625 0.874
H8 1.076 -0.625 -0.874
H9 -0.195 2.793 0.000
H10 1.064 1.933 0.879
H11 1.064 1.933 -0.879
H12 0.195 -2.793 0.000
H13 -1.064 -1.933 0.879
H14 -1.064 -1.933 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52051.52052.52961.09151.09152.14202.14202.17252.16132.16133.48052.78672.7867
C21.52052.52961.52052.14202.14201.09151.09153.48052.78672.78672.17252.16132.1613
C31.52052.52963.88702.15112.15112.74782.74781.08771.08871.08874.69574.20124.2012
C42.52961.52053.88702.74782.74782.15112.15114.69574.20124.20121.08771.08871.0887
H51.09152.14202.15112.74781.74732.48873.04092.49852.50833.05983.74952.55783.1005
H61.09152.14202.15112.74781.74733.04092.48872.49853.05982.50833.74953.10052.5578
H72.14201.09152.74782.15112.48873.04091.74733.74952.55783.10052.49852.50833.0598
H82.14201.09152.74782.15113.04092.48871.74733.74953.10052.55782.49853.05982.5083
H92.17253.48051.08774.69572.49852.49853.74953.74951.75941.75945.59964.88504.8850
H102.16132.78671.08874.20122.50833.05982.55783.10051.75941.75764.88504.41294.7500
H112.16132.78671.08874.20123.05982.50833.10052.55781.75941.75764.88504.75004.4129
H123.48052.17254.69571.08773.74953.74952.49852.49855.59964.88504.88501.75941.7594
H132.78672.16134.20121.08872.55783.10052.50833.05984.88504.41294.75001.75941.7576
H142.78672.16134.20121.08873.10052.55783.05982.50834.88504.75004.41291.75941.7576

picture of Butane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 112.572 C1 C2 H7 109.073
C1 C2 H8 109.073 C1 C3 H9 111.740
C1 C3 H11 110.770 C1 C3 H12 30.941
C2 C1 C3 112.572 C2 C1 H5 109.073
C2 C1 H6 109.073 C2 C4 H10 17.322
C2 C4 H13 110.770 C2 C4 H14 110.770
C3 C1 H5 109.794 C3 C1 H6 109.794
C4 C2 H7 109.794 C4 C2 H8 109.794
H5 C1 H6 106.339 H7 C2 H8 106.339
H9 C3 H11 107.881 H9 C3 H12 142.681
H10 C4 H13 93.997 H10 C4 H14 114.040
H11 C3 H12 93.526 H13 C4 H14 107.639
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability