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Relative enthalpies of isomers - Comparison of 0K enthalpies (kJ mol-1)

Isomers of C8H18

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index Species CAS number Name Relative experimental enthalpy (kJ mol-1) sketch
a C8H18 111659 Octane   sketch of Octane
b (CH3)3CC(CH3)3 594821 tetramethylbutane   sketch of tetramethylbutane
The calculated enthalpies include the calculated and scaled vibrational zero-point energy.
Methods with predefined basis sets
composite CBS-Q 0.0 a
-23.5 b

Methods with standard basis sets
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G** 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF     0.0 a
40.7 b
      0.0 a
39.6 b
   
density functional B3LYP     0.0 a
26.5 b
      0.0 a
27.5 b
0.0 a
28.8 b
 
M06-2X   0.0 a
-35.3 b
             
TPSSh     0.0 a
19.6 b
           
wB97X-D   0.0 a
-21.4 b
            0.0 a
0.6 b
B97D3 0.0 a
-18.3 b
  0.0 a
1.4 b
0.0 a
1.0 b
0.0 a
0.1 b
0.0 a
0.6 b
0.0 a
1.9 b
0.0 a
3.6 b
0.0 a
2.9 b
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G** 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2     0.0 a
-12.1 b
      0.0 a
-30.0 b
   
3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G* 6-31+G** 6-311G** 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVTZ

Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
CEP-31G CEP-31G* CEP-121G CEP-121G* LANL2DZ SDD cc-pVTZ-PP aug-cc-pVTZ-PP Def2TZVPP
hartree fock HF                 0.0 a
42.8 b
density functional B3LYP                 0.0 a
29.3 b
PBEPBE                 0.0 a
17.0 b
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2                 0.0 a
-25.0 b
NC = not calculated
For descriptions of the methods (AM1, HF, MP2, ...) and basis sets (3-21G, 3-21G*, 6-31G, ...) see the glossary in section I.C. Predefined means the basis set used is determined by the method.
gaw refers to the group additivity method implemeted in the NIST Chemistry Webbook.
See section Calculated; Vibrations; Scale Factors; Scale factors to list vibrational scaling factors.
See section Calculated; Vibrations; Scale Factors; Calculate a scale factor to calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules.