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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHCl2 (Ethane, 1,1-dichloro-)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-997.031725
Energy at 298.15K-997.036652
Nuclear repulsion energy209.212463
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 HF/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' 3342 3016 9.44      
2 A' 3299 2978 6.84      
3 A' 3208 2896 11.92      
4 A' 1612 1455 5.92      
5 A' 1555 1404 4.83      
6 A' 1438 1298 14.78      
7 A' 1193 1077 1.70      
8 A' 1070 965 13.44      
9 A' 702 634 18.61      
10 A' 437 395 5.42      
11 A' 302 273 1.46      
12 A" 3287 2967 13.34      
13 A" 1614 1457 1.25      
14 A" 1395 1260 57.68      
15 A" 1180 1065 43.70      
16 A" 782 706 132.56      
17 A" 344 311 0.67      
18 A" 289 260 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13524.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12207.3 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 HF/6-31G**
ABC
0.21454 0.10669 0.07546

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.538 0.000
C2 -1.457 0.953 0.000
H3 0.660 1.388 0.000
Cl4 0.397 -0.397 1.464
Cl5 0.397 -0.397 -1.464
H6 -2.101 0.083 0.000
H7 -1.664 1.546 0.883
H8 -1.664 1.546 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 H6 H7 H8
C11.51501.07551.78221.78222.14982.13592.1359
C21.51502.16112.72112.72111.08201.08341.0834
H31.07552.16112.32352.32353.05352.49012.4901
Cl41.78222.72112.32352.92742.93522.89183.6783
Cl51.78222.72112.32352.92742.93523.67832.8918
H62.14981.08203.05352.93522.93521.76391.7639
H72.13591.08342.49012.89183.67831.76391.7652
H82.13591.08342.49013.67832.89181.76391.7652

picture of Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 110.646 C1 C2 H7 109.448
C1 C2 H8 109.448 C2 C1 H3 111.956
C2 C1 Cl4 110.980 C2 C1 Cl5 110.980
H3 C1 Cl4 106.143 H3 C1 Cl5 106.143
Cl4 C1 Cl5 110.432 H6 C2 H7 109.087
H6 C2 H8 109.087 H7 C2 H8 109.101
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.277 0.073    
2 C -0.325 -0.147    
3 H 0.217 0.148    
4 Cl -0.036 -0.154    
5 Cl -0.036 -0.154    
6 H 0.160 0.092    
7 H 0.149 0.072    
8 H 0.149 0.072    


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.200 2.089 0.000 2.410
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.696 -0.155 0.000
y -0.155 -36.980 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.425
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.507 -0.155 0.000
y -0.155 2.581 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.088
Polar
3z2-r2-8.175
x2-y2-0.716
xy-0.155
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.937 -0.691 0.000
y -0.691 5.221 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.301


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 146.335
(<r2>)1/2 12.097