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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHCH2CH3 (2-Butyl radical)

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.686540
Energy at 298.15K-157.694925
HF Energy-157.686540
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 B97D3/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3109 3048 39.00      
2 A 3066 3006 40.34      
3 A 3059 2999 45.69      
4 A 3046 2986 30.01      
5 A 2989 2930 34.34      
6 A 2984 2925 44.10      
7 A 2952 2895 30.46      
8 A 2894 2838 59.51      
9 A 2865 2809 46.40      
10 A 1508 1478 2.75      
11 A 1500 1471 5.12      
12 A 1489 1460 3.61      
13 A 1476 1447 4.99      
14 A 1471 1443 0.25      
15 A 1411 1384 1.91      
16 A 1407 1379 0.11      
17 A 1398 1371 0.38      
18 A 1304 1278 12.02      
19 A 1260 1235 0.12      
20 A 1172 1149 0.39      
21 A 1126 1104 0.32      
22 A 1063 1042 0.51      
23 A 1015 995 0.13      
24 A 979 959 3.49      
25 A 966 947 2.46      
26 A 841 825 0.28      
27 A 761 746 1.64      
28 A 424 416 0.19      
29 A 401 393 19.52      
30 A 260 255 1.33      
31 A 233 228 0.04      
32 A 105 103 0.05      
33 A 46 46 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25290.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24794.8 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.87082 0.12056 0.11355

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.987 -0.041 -0.081
H2 2.064 -0.831 -0.848
H3 2.675 0.772 -0.358
H4 2.381 -0.486 0.857
C5 0.581 0.441 0.067
H6 0.411 1.471 0.392
C7 -0.574 -0.509 0.108
H8 -0.590 -1.054 1.078
H9 -0.430 -1.298 -0.653
C10 -1.937 0.172 -0.098
H11 -2.114 0.934 0.676
H12 -1.980 0.673 -1.076
H13 -2.760 -0.556 -0.048

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9 C10 H11 H12 H13
C11.10371.10041.11081.49342.23472.60993.00172.78393.92974.28294.15204.7750
H21.10371.78421.76832.15753.09362.82433.28692.54524.19274.78534.32134.8979
H31.10041.78421.77372.16182.48523.52294.00693.74364.65794.90204.71145.6033
H41.11081.76831.77372.17322.81563.04803.03243.29274.47084.71754.90935.2204
C51.49342.15752.16182.17321.09341.49582.15152.13692.53782.80702.81463.4887
H62.23473.09362.48522.81561.09342.22922.80153.07702.72742.59692.91713.7889
C72.60992.82433.52293.04801.49582.22921.11281.10611.53772.18602.18592.1925
H83.00173.28694.00693.03242.15152.80151.11281.75562.16812.53763.09142.4954
H92.78392.54523.74363.29272.13693.07701.10611.75562.17733.09652.54332.5192
C103.92974.19274.65794.47082.53782.72741.53772.16812.17731.10081.10001.0998
H114.28294.78534.90204.71752.80702.59692.18602.53763.09651.10081.77671.7784
H124.15204.32134.71144.90932.81462.91712.18593.09142.54331.10001.77671.7815
H134.77504.89795.60335.22043.48873.78892.19252.49542.51921.09981.77841.7815

picture of 2-Butyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 118.575 C1 C5 C7 121.426
H2 C1 H3 108.068 H2 C1 H4 106.127
H2 C1 C5 111.400 H3 C1 H4 106.797
H3 C1 C5 112.017 H4 C1 C5 112.111
C5 C7 H8 110.072 C5 C7 H9 109.400
C5 C7 C10 113.633 H6 C5 C7 117.915
C7 C10 H11 110.865 C7 C10 H12 110.830
C7 C10 H13 111.513 H8 C7 H9 104.674
H8 C7 C10 108.838 H9 C7 C10 109.839
H11 C10 H12 107.636 H11 C10 H13 107.754
H12 C10 H13 108.089
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.481      
2 H 0.152      
3 H 0.155      
4 H 0.152      
5 C -0.104      
6 H 0.129      
7 C -0.273      
8 H 0.141      
9 H 0.141      
10 C -0.457      
11 H 0.148      
12 H 0.152      
13 H 0.145      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.068 -0.141 0.149 0.216
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.077 0.164 -0.061
y 0.164 -26.851 0.349
z -0.061 0.349 -27.540
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.118 0.164 -0.061
y 0.164 0.458 0.349
z -0.061 0.349 -0.576
Polar
3z2-r2-1.152
x2-y2-0.226
xy0.164
xz-0.061
yz0.349


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.855 0.052 -0.061
y 0.052 6.301 0.082
z -0.061 0.082 5.436


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 117.118
(<r2>)1/2 10.822