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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.521937
Energy at 298.15K-158.532580
HF Energy-158.521937
Nuclear repulsion energy134.540188
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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3078 2978 99.38      
2 A1 3019 2921 15.67      
3 A1 2992 2894 12.26      
4 A1 1512 1463 18.02      
5 A1 1429 1382 2.95      
6 A1 1212 1172 0.08      
7 A1 795 769 0.50      
8 A1 436 422 0.19      
9 A2 3077 2977 0.00      
10 A2 1482 1434 0.00      
11 A2 956 925 0.00      
12 A2 206 199 0.00      
13 E 3081 2981 58.78      
13 E 3081 2981 58.81      
14 E 3068 2968 6.08      
14 E 3068 2968 6.07      
15 E 3012 2914 35.37      
15 E 3012 2914 35.38      
16 E 1507 1458 4.09      
16 E 1507 1458 4.09      
17 E 1488 1440 0.36      
17 E 1488 1440 0.36      
18 E 1400 1354 6.39      
18 E 1400 1354 6.39      
19 E 1361 1316 3.49      
19 E 1361 1316 3.49      
20 E 1192 1153 2.67      
20 E 1192 1153 2.67      
21 E 970 938 0.00      
21 E 970 938 0.00      
22 E 923 893 0.75      
22 E 923 893 0.75      
23 E 361 349 0.01      
23 E 361 349 0.01      
24 E 252 243 0.02      
24 E 252 243 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28709.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27775.9 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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.25974 0.25974 0.15029

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.371
H2 0.000 0.000 1.466
C3 0.000 1.458 -0.095
C4 1.263 -0.729 -0.095
C5 -1.263 -0.729 -0.095
H6 0.000 1.517 -1.187
H7 1.313 -0.758 -1.187
H8 -1.313 -0.758 -1.187
H9 0.882 1.991 0.265
H10 -0.882 1.991 0.265
H11 1.283 -1.759 0.265
H12 2.165 -0.231 0.265
H13 -2.165 -0.231 0.265
H14 -1.283 -1.759 0.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09531.53081.53081.53082.17402.17402.17402.17992.17992.17992.17992.17992.1799
H21.09532.13632.13632.13633.05583.05583.05582.48672.48672.48672.48672.48672.4867
C31.53082.13632.52562.52561.09312.79812.79811.09151.09153.48242.76972.76973.4824
C41.53082.13632.52562.52562.79811.09312.79812.76973.48241.09151.09153.48242.7697
C51.53082.13632.52562.52562.79812.79811.09313.48242.76972.76973.48241.09151.0915
H62.17403.05581.09312.79812.79812.62692.62691.76351.76353.80583.13843.13843.8058
H72.17403.05582.79811.09312.79812.62692.62693.13843.80581.76351.76353.80583.1384
H82.17403.05582.79812.79811.09312.62692.62693.80583.13843.13843.80581.76351.7635
H92.17992.48671.09152.76973.48241.76353.13843.80581.76443.77122.56563.77124.3300
H102.17992.48671.09153.48242.76971.76353.80583.13841.76444.33003.77122.56563.7712
H112.17992.48673.48241.09152.76973.80581.76353.13843.77124.33001.76443.77122.5656
H122.17992.48672.76971.09153.48243.13841.76353.80582.56563.77121.76444.33003.7712
H132.17992.48672.76973.48241.09153.13843.80581.76353.77122.56563.77124.33001.7644
H142.17992.48673.48242.76971.09153.80583.13841.76354.33003.77122.56563.77121.7644

picture of Isobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 110.790 C1 C3 H9 111.363
C1 C3 H10 111.363 C1 C4 H7 110.790
C1 C4 H11 111.363 C1 C4 H12 111.363
C1 C5 H8 110.790 C1 C5 H13 111.363
C1 C5 H14 111.363 H2 C1 C3 107.722
H2 C1 C4 107.722 H2 C1 C5 107.722
C3 C1 C4 111.162 C3 C1 C5 111.162
C4 C1 C5 111.162 H6 C3 H9 107.652
H6 C3 H10 107.652 H7 C4 H11 107.652
H7 C4 H12 107.652 H8 C5 H13 107.652
H8 C5 H14 107.652 H9 C3 H10 107.850
H11 C4 H12 107.850 H13 C5 H14 107.850
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.780      
2 H 0.222      
3 C -0.866      
4 C -0.866      
5 C -0.866      
6 H 0.191      
7 H 0.191      
8 H 0.191      
9 H 0.170      
10 H 0.170      
11 H 0.170      
12 H 0.170      
13 H 0.170      
14 H 0.170      


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 0.142 0.142
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.241 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.241 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.555
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.343 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.343 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.686
Polar
3z2-r21.371
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 8.308 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.308 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.274


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.520
(<r2>)1/2 9.976