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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.358585
Energy at 298.15K-158.369178
HF Energy-158.358585
Nuclear repulsion energy134.811179
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 B1B95/6-31G**
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 3133 2992 92.04      
2 A1 3054 2916 15.10      
3 A1 3040 2903 13.29      
4 A1 1518 1449 16.27      
5 A1 1429 1364 2.82      
6 A1 1209 1154 0.36      
7 A1 814 777 0.70      
8 A1 420 401 0.22      
9 A2 3136 2994 0.00      
10 A2 1487 1420 0.00      
11 A2 949 906 0.00      
12 A2 212 203 0.00      
13 E 3139 2997 51.07      
13 E 3139 2997 51.05      
14 E 3127 2985 6.55      
14 E 3127 2985 6.56      
15 E 3049 2911 33.83      
15 E 3049 2911 33.86      
16 E 1514 1446 2.87      
16 E 1514 1446 2.87      
17 E 1493 1425 0.51      
17 E 1493 1425 0.51      
18 E 1405 1342 8.06      
18 E 1405 1342 8.06      
19 E 1357 1296 2.52      
19 E 1357 1296 2.51      
20 E 1199 1145 1.99      
20 E 1199 1145 1.99      
21 E 984 940 0.26      
21 E 984 940 0.26      
22 E 919 877 1.66      
22 E 919 877 1.67      
23 E 348 333 0.01      
23 E 348 333 0.01      
24 E 255 243 0.02      
24 E 255 243 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28988.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27678.1 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 B1B95/6-31G**
ABC
0.26127 0.26127 0.15147

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G**

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.374
H2 0.000 0.000 1.472
C3 0.000 1.452 -0.095
C4 1.257 -0.726 -0.095
C5 -1.257 -0.726 -0.095
H6 0.000 1.504 -1.189
H7 1.302 -0.752 -1.189
H8 -1.302 -0.752 -1.189
H9 0.884 1.987 0.262
H10 -0.884 1.987 0.262
H11 1.279 -1.759 0.262
H12 2.163 -0.228 0.262
H13 -2.163 -0.228 0.262
H14 -1.279 -1.759 0.262

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09781.52561.52561.52562.16922.16922.16922.17772.17772.17772.17772.17772.1777
H21.09782.13622.13622.13623.05663.05663.05662.48882.48882.48882.48882.48882.4888
C31.52562.13622.51422.51421.09512.78362.78361.09341.09343.47442.76152.76153.4744
C41.52562.13622.51422.51422.78361.09512.78362.76153.47441.09341.09343.47442.7615
C51.52562.13622.51422.51422.78362.78361.09513.47442.76152.76153.47441.09341.0934
H62.16923.05661.09512.78362.78362.60482.60481.76631.76633.79303.12763.12763.7930
H72.16923.05662.78361.09512.78362.60482.60483.12763.79301.76631.76633.79303.1276
H82.16923.05662.78362.78361.09512.60482.60483.79303.12763.12763.79301.76631.7663
H92.17772.48881.09342.76153.47441.76633.12763.79301.76803.76682.55763.76684.3256
H102.17772.48881.09343.47442.76151.76633.79303.12761.76804.32563.76682.55763.7668
H112.17772.48883.47441.09342.76153.79301.76633.12763.76684.32561.76803.76682.5576
H122.17772.48882.76151.09343.47443.12761.76633.79302.55763.76681.76804.32563.7668
H132.17772.48882.76153.47441.09343.12763.79301.76633.76682.55763.76684.32561.7680
H142.17772.48883.47442.76151.09343.79303.12761.76634.32563.76682.55763.76681.7680

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.658 C1 C3 H9 111.432
C1 C3 H10 111.432 C1 C4 H7 110.658
C1 C4 H11 111.432 C1 C4 H12 111.432
C1 C5 H8 110.658 C1 C5 H13 111.432
C1 C5 H14 111.432 H2 C1 C3 107.922
H2 C1 C4 107.922 H2 C1 C5 107.922
C3 C1 C4 110.975 C3 C1 C5 110.975
C4 C1 C5 110.975 H6 C3 H9 107.626
H6 C3 H10 107.626 H7 C4 H11 107.625
H7 C4 H12 107.626 H8 C5 H13 107.626
H8 C5 H14 107.625 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 B1B95/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.112      
2 H 0.113      
3 C -0.344      
4 C -0.344      
5 C -0.344      
6 H 0.114      
7 H 0.114      
8 H 0.114      
9 H 0.115      
10 H 0.115      
11 H 0.115      
12 H 0.115      
13 H 0.115      
14 H 0.115      


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 0.082 0.082
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.187 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.187 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.778
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.205 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.205 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.410
Polar
3z2-r20.819
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 6.846 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.847 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.129


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.434
(<r2>)1/2 9.921