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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-119.017462
Energy at 298.15K-119.025836
HF Energy-119.017462
Nuclear repulsion energy82.635421
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 PBE1PBE/6-311G**
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 3122 2995 49.46 94.28 0.59 0.74
2 A1 3042 2919 49.26 37.68 0.23 0.38
3 A1 3041 2917 0.38 347.99 0.02 0.05
4 A1 1508 1447 6.94 3.99 0.75 0.86
5 A1 1487 1427 0.01 26.63 0.74 0.85
6 A1 1415 1358 4.33 0.93 0.49 0.66
7 A1 1178 1130 1.45 1.59 0.33 0.49
8 A1 892 856 1.21 9.10 0.23 0.38
9 A1 366 351 0.11 0.35 0.19 0.32
10 A2 3108 2982 0.00 9.77 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1485 1425 0.00 23.35 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1317 1263 0.00 6.77 0.75 0.86
13 A2 909 872 0.00 0.04 0.75 0.86
14 A2 224 215 0.00 0.02 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3119 2992 95.74 33.68 0.75 0.86
16 B1 3070 2945 3.69 166.68 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1503 1442 16.43 0.00 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1209 1160 0.37 0.00 0.75 0.86
19 B1 750 719 4.17 0.20 0.75 0.86
20 B1 274 263 0.00 0.00 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3119 2993 28.25 61.06 0.75 0.86
22 B2 3039 2916 34.45 0.96 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1493 1432 2.50 0.58 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1404 1347 8.20 1.29 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1362 1307 0.79 0.09 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1084 1040 0.58 5.43 0.75 0.86
27 B2 930 892 2.68 0.05 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22724.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21801.5 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
0.98761 0.28239 0.25014

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.584
C2 0.000 1.268 -0.258
C3 0.000 -1.268 -0.258
H4 0.876 0.000 1.244
H5 -0.876 0.000 1.244
H6 0.000 2.167 0.364
H7 0.000 -2.167 0.364
H8 0.883 1.312 -0.905
H9 -0.883 1.312 -0.905
H10 -0.883 -1.312 -0.905
H11 0.883 -1.312 -0.905

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52271.52271.09641.09642.17862.17862.17192.17192.17192.1719
C21.52272.53662.15232.15231.09383.49171.09511.09512.80232.8023
C31.52272.53662.15232.15233.49171.09382.80232.80231.09511.0951
H41.09642.15232.15231.75112.49762.49762.51773.07083.07082.5177
H51.09642.15232.15231.75112.49762.49763.07082.51772.51773.0708
H62.17861.09383.49172.49762.49764.33491.76721.76723.80713.8071
H72.17863.49171.09382.49762.49764.33493.80713.80711.76721.7672
H82.17191.09512.80232.51773.07081.76723.80711.76543.16182.6231
H92.17191.09512.80233.07082.51771.76723.80711.76542.62313.1618
H102.17192.80231.09513.07082.51773.80711.76723.16182.62311.7654
H112.17192.80231.09512.51773.07083.80711.76722.62313.16181.7654

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.696 C1 C2 H8 111.079
C1 C2 H9 111.079 C1 C3 H7 111.696
C1 C3 H10 111.079 C1 C3 H11 111.079
C2 C1 C3 112.805 C2 C1 H4 109.454
C2 C1 H5 109.454 C3 C1 H4 109.454
C3 C1 H5 109.454 H4 C1 H5 105.991
H6 C2 H8 107.683 H6 C2 H9 107.683
H7 C3 H10 107.683 H7 C3 H11 107.683
H8 C2 H9 107.426 H10 C3 H11 107.426
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.291      
2 C -0.341      
3 C -0.341      
4 H 0.126      
5 H 0.126      
6 H 0.123      
7 H 0.123      
8 H 0.119      
9 H 0.119      
10 H 0.119      
11 H 0.119      


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 0.073 0.073
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.422 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.128 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.838
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.561 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.499 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.063
Polar
3z2-r2-0.125
x2-y20.707
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.097 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.954 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.306


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 63.328
(<r2>)1/2 7.958