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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CH2CH3 (Butane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/Sadlej_pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Anti 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3LYP/Sadlej_pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-158.482702
Energy at 298.15K-158.493269
HF Energy-158.482702
Nuclear repulsion energy130.200180
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/Sadlej_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 Ag 3088 3000 0.00      
2 Ag 3014 2928 0.00      
3 Ag 2994 2909 0.00      
4 Ag 1483 1441 0.00      
5 Ag 1464 1423 0.00      
6 Ag 1401 1361 0.00      
7 Ag 1382 1343 0.00      
8 Ag 1160 1127 0.00      
9 Ag 1075 1045 0.00      
10 Ag 843 819 0.00      
11 Ag 426 414 0.00      
12 Au 3084 2996 110.17      
13 Au 3041 2955 23.89      
14 Au 1473 1432 12.86      
15 Au 1272 1236 0.13      
16 Au 946 920 0.76      
17 Au 722 702 3.17      
18 Au 206 200 0.00      
19 Au 118 115 0.02      
20 Bg 3080 2993 0.00      
21 Bg 3019 2933 0.00      
22 Bg 1471 1430 0.00      
23 Bg 1319 1281 0.00      
24 Bg 1186 1153 0.00      
25 Bg 793 771 0.00      
26 Bg 245 238 0.00      
27 Bu 3089 3002 78.88      
28 Bu 3013 2928 79.41      
29 Bu 3000 2915 50.13      
30 Bu 1484 1442 8.01      
31 Bu 1464 1422 1.28      
32 Bu 1401 1361 4.13      
33 Bu 1299 1263 3.79      
34 Bu 1026 997 0.13      
35 Bu 969 941 4.65      
36 Bu 257 250 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28653.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9717) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27842.3 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/Sadlej_pVTZ
ABC
0.77858 0.12062 0.11329

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/Sadlej_pVTZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.420 0.639 0.000
C2 -0.420 -0.639 0.000
C3 -0.420 1.914 0.000
C4 0.420 -1.914 0.000
H5 1.087 0.635 0.881
H6 1.087 0.635 -0.881
H7 -1.087 -0.635 0.881
H8 -1.087 -0.635 -0.881
H9 0.208 2.817 0.000
H10 -0.208 -2.817 0.000
H11 -1.072 1.963 -0.888
H12 -1.072 1.963 0.888
H13 1.072 -1.963 -0.888
H14 1.072 -1.963 0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52921.52752.55241.10461.10462.16092.16092.18833.51182.18362.18362.82472.8247
C21.52922.55241.52752.16092.16091.10461.10463.51182.18832.82472.82472.18362.1836
C31.52752.55243.91882.16412.16412.77772.77771.09994.73511.10201.10204.24764.2476
C42.55241.52753.91882.77772.77772.16412.16414.73511.09994.24764.24761.10201.1020
H51.10462.16092.16412.77771.76232.51693.07252.51173.79003.09042.53423.14262.5977
H61.10462.16092.16412.77771.76233.07252.51692.51173.79002.53423.09042.59773.1426
H72.16091.10462.77772.16412.51693.07251.76233.79002.51173.14262.59773.09042.5342
H82.16091.10462.77772.16413.07252.51691.76233.79002.51172.59773.14262.53423.0904
H92.18833.51181.09994.73512.51172.51173.79003.79005.64841.77601.77604.93724.9372
H103.51182.18834.73511.09993.79003.79002.51172.51175.64844.93724.93721.77601.7760
H112.18362.82471.10204.24763.09042.53423.14262.59771.77604.93721.77514.47274.8120
H122.18362.82471.10204.24762.53423.09042.59773.14261.77604.93721.77514.81204.4727
H132.82472.18364.24761.10203.14262.59773.09042.53424.93721.77604.47274.81201.7751
H142.82472.18364.24761.10202.59773.14262.53423.09044.93721.77604.81204.47271.7751

picture of Butane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 113.234 C1 C2 H7 109.193
C1 C2 H8 109.193 C1 C3 H9 111.760
C1 C3 H11 111.256 C1 C3 H12 111.256
C2 C1 C3 113.234 C2 C1 H5 109.193
C2 C1 H6 109.193 C2 C4 H10 111.760
C2 C4 H13 111.256 C2 C4 H14 111.256
C3 C1 H5 109.564 C3 C1 H6 109.564
C4 C2 H7 109.564 C4 C2 H8 109.564
H5 C1 H6 105.822 H7 C2 H8 105.822
H9 C3 H11 107.526 H9 C3 H12 107.526
H10 C4 H13 107.526 H10 C4 H14 107.526
H11 C3 H12 107.297 H13 C4 H14 107.297
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/Sadlej_pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.165      
2 C 0.165      
3 C 4.159      
4 C 4.159      
5 H -0.973      
6 H -0.973      
7 H -0.973      
8 H -0.973      
9 H -0.665      
10 H -0.665      
11 H -0.857      
12 H -0.857      
13 H -0.857      
14 H -0.857      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.349 0.506 0.000
y 0.506 -29.807 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.520
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.185 0.506 0.000
y 0.506 -0.873 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.058
Polar
3z2-r22.116
x2-y20.458
xy0.506
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.803 -0.354 0.000
y -0.354 9.242 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.313


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 119.889
(<r2>)1/2 10.949