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All results from a given calculation for C3H8 (Propane)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-118.979753
Energy at 298.15K-118.988045
HF Energy-118.979753
Nuclear repulsion energy82.100591
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3035 3003 59.50 98.87 0.59 0.74
2 A1 2962 2931 36.15 180.25 0.01 0.01
3 A1 2956 2925 20.43 197.27 0.08 0.16
4 A1 1482 1467 7.80 7.21 0.75 0.86
5 A1 1457 1442 0.20 27.63 0.75 0.85
6 A1 1384 1370 4.21 1.40 0.61 0.76
7 A1 1147 1135 1.45 1.41 0.43 0.60
8 A1 865 856 1.25 7.90 0.27 0.42
9 A1 359 355 0.10 0.40 0.20 0.34
10 A2 3021 2990 0.00 11.14 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1459 1444 0.00 26.33 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1288 1275 0.00 7.85 0.75 0.86
13 A2 889 880 0.00 0.03 0.75 0.86
14 A2 220 217 0.00 0.03 0.75 0.86
15 B1 3032 3001 111.99 37.57 0.75 0.86
16 B1 2980 2949 4.76 172.84 0.75 0.86
17 B1 1479 1464 18.27 0.00 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1178 1166 0.33 0.00 0.75 0.86
19 B1 731 724 4.43 0.26 0.75 0.86
20 B1 269 266 0.00 0.01 0.75 0.86
21 B2 3032 3001 32.76 64.62 0.75 0.86
22 B2 2958 2927 40.53 0.69 0.75 0.86
23 B2 1467 1452 3.17 0.83 0.75 0.86
24 B2 1367 1353 7.66 2.85 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1326 1312 1.97 0.04 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1050 1039 0.81 5.01 0.75 0.86
27 B2 907 897 2.76 0.05 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22150.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21919.6 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
0.97660 0.27859 0.24686

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.586
C2 0.000 1.276 -0.259
C3 0.000 -1.276 -0.259
H4 0.881 0.000 1.253
H5 -0.881 0.000 1.253
H6 0.000 2.182 0.367
H7 0.000 -2.182 0.367
H8 0.888 1.324 -0.911
H9 -0.888 1.324 -0.911
H10 -0.888 -1.324 -0.911
H11 0.888 -1.324 -0.911

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.53121.53121.10451.10452.19302.19302.18742.18742.18742.1874
C21.53122.55292.16602.16601.10143.51481.10261.10262.82422.8242
C31.53122.55292.16602.16603.51481.10142.82422.82421.10261.1026
H41.10452.16602.16601.76152.51412.51412.53703.09273.09272.5370
H51.10452.16602.16601.76152.51412.51413.09272.53702.53703.0927
H62.19301.10143.51482.51412.51414.36411.77761.77763.83633.8363
H72.19303.51481.10142.51412.51414.36413.83633.83631.77761.7776
H82.18741.10262.82422.53703.09271.77763.83631.77583.18852.6482
H92.18741.10262.82423.09272.53701.77763.83631.77582.64823.1885
H102.18742.82421.10263.09272.53703.83631.77763.18852.64821.7758
H112.18742.82421.10262.53703.09273.83631.77762.64823.18851.7758

picture of Propane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.786 C1 C2 H8 111.263
C1 C2 H9 111.263 C1 C3 H7 111.786
C1 C3 H10 111.263 C1 C3 H11 111.263
C2 C1 C3 112.948 C2 C1 H4 109.466
C2 C1 H5 109.466 C3 C1 H4 109.466
C3 C1 H5 109.466 H4 C1 H5 105.776
H6 C2 H8 107.517 H6 C2 H9 107.517
H7 C3 H10 107.517 H7 C3 H11 107.517
H8 C2 H9 107.272 H10 C3 H11 107.272
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.425      
2 C -0.632      
3 C -0.632      
4 H 0.209      
5 H 0.209      
6 H 0.215      
7 H 0.215      
8 H 0.210      
9 H 0.210      
10 H 0.210      
11 H 0.210      


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 0.083 0.083
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.671 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -22.468 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.133
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.629 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.566 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.063
Polar
3z2-r2-0.126
x2-y20.797
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.184 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.086 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.406


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 64.191
(<r2>)1/2 8.012