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

using model chemistry: B1B95/CEP-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 B1B95/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-28.556630
Energy at 298.15K-28.567140
Nuclear repulsion energy78.765997
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 B1B95/CEP-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 3147 3012 145.53      
2 A1 3071 2939 19.10      
3 A1 3062 2931 10.26      
4 A1 1503 1439 23.90      
5 A1 1415 1354 5.81      
6 A1 1189 1138 1.73      
7 A1 814 779 1.11      
8 A1 411 394 0.39      
9 A2 3139 3005 0.00      
10 A2 1475 1411 0.00      
11 A2 933 893 0.00      
12 A2 211 202 0.00      
13 E 3145 3010 64.98      
13 E 3145 3010 65.11      
14 E 3138 3004 9.51      
14 E 3138 3004 9.52      
15 E 3058 2927 44.79      
15 E 3058 2927 44.78      
16 E 1500 1436 4.14      
16 E 1500 1436 4.15      
17 E 1480 1416 0.56      
17 E 1480 1416 0.56      
18 E 1400 1340 12.89      
18 E 1400 1340 12.89      
19 E 1339 1282 0.90      
19 E 1339 1282 0.90      
20 E 1188 1137 2.93      
20 E 1188 1137 2.93      
21 E 979 937 0.73      
21 E 979 937 0.73      
22 E 906 868 3.66      
22 E 906 868 3.66      
23 E 338 324 0.00      
23 E 338 324 0.00      
24 E 252 241 0.03      
24 E 252 241 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28907.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9572) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27670.2 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 B1B95/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.25694 0.25694 0.14925

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/CEP-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.386
H2 0.000 0.000 1.490
C3 0.000 1.462 -0.098
C4 1.266 -0.731 -0.098
C5 -1.266 -0.731 -0.098
H6 0.000 1.507 -1.201
H7 1.305 -0.754 -1.201
H8 -1.305 -0.754 -1.201
H9 0.892 2.004 0.259
H10 -0.892 2.004 0.259
H11 1.290 -1.774 0.259
H12 2.182 -0.230 0.259
H13 -2.182 -0.230 0.259
H14 -1.290 -1.774 0.259

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10401.54041.54041.54042.18892.18892.18892.19732.19732.19732.19732.19732.1973
H21.10402.15902.15902.15903.08463.08463.08462.51562.51562.51562.51562.51562.5156
C31.54042.15902.53282.53281.10382.79842.79841.10281.10283.50242.78402.78403.5024
C41.54042.15902.53282.53282.79841.10382.79842.78403.50241.10281.10283.50242.7840
C51.54042.15902.53282.53282.79842.79841.10383.50242.78402.78403.50241.10281.1028
H62.18893.08461.10382.79842.79842.61092.61091.78141.78143.81643.14793.14793.8164
H72.18893.08462.79841.10382.79842.61092.61093.14793.81641.78141.78143.81643.1479
H82.18893.08462.79842.79841.10382.61092.61093.81643.14793.14793.81641.78141.7814
H92.19732.51561.10282.78403.50241.78143.14793.81641.78323.79952.57993.79954.3631
H102.19732.51561.10283.50242.78401.78143.81643.14791.78324.36313.79952.57993.7995
H112.19732.51563.50241.10282.78403.81641.78143.14793.79954.36311.78323.79952.5799
H122.19732.51562.78401.10283.50243.14791.78143.81642.57993.79951.78324.36313.7995
H132.19732.51562.78403.50241.10283.14793.81641.78143.79952.57993.79954.36311.7832
H142.19732.51563.50242.78401.10283.81643.14791.78144.36313.79952.57993.79951.7832

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.668 C1 C3 H9 111.390
C1 C3 H10 111.390 C1 C4 H7 110.668
C1 C4 H11 111.390 C1 C4 H12 111.390
C1 C5 H8 110.668 C1 C5 H13 111.390
C1 C5 H14 111.390 H2 C1 C3 108.326
H2 C1 C4 108.326 H2 C1 C5 108.326
C3 C1 C4 110.592 C3 C1 C5 110.592
C4 C1 C5 110.592 H6 C3 H9 107.665
H6 C3 H10 107.665 H7 C4 H11 107.665
H7 C4 H12 107.665 H8 C5 H13 107.665
H8 C5 H14 107.665 H9 C3 H10 107.893
H11 C4 H12 107.893 H13 C5 H14 107.893
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.088      
2 H 0.121      
3 C -0.513      
4 C -0.513      
5 C -0.513      
6 H 0.129      
7 H 0.129      
8 H 0.129      
9 H 0.157      
10 H 0.157      
11 H 0.157      
12 H 0.157      
13 H 0.157      
14 H 0.157      


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 0.098 0.098
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.041 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.041 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.163
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.439 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.439 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.878
Polar
3z2-r21.757
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 6.634 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.638 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 5.795


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000