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All results from a given calculation for CH3CCl(CH3)CH3 (Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl-)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-618.008845
Energy at 298.15K-618.018740
Nuclear repulsion energy240.658828
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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 3120 3004 47.39      
2 A 3047 2934 30.04      
3 A 1528 1471 9.12      
4 A 1439 1385 3.32      
5 A 1184 1140 75.38      
6 A 824 793 11.89      
7 A 575 554 34.09      
8 A 372 358 5.10      
9 A 3133 3017 0.00      
10 A 1478 1423 0.00      
11 A 975 939 0.00      
12 A 240 231 0.00      
13 A 3138 3021 30.40      
13 A 3138 3021 30.41      
14 A 3113 2997 5.63      
14 A 3113 2997 5.63      
15 A 3039 2925 15.38      
15 A 3039 2925 15.37      
16 A 1509 1453 7.99      
16 A 1509 1453 8.00      
17 A 1494 1439 0.47      
17 A 1494 1439 0.47      
18 A 1411 1358 18.22      
18 A 1411 1358 18.22      
19 A 1269 1221 7.84      
19 A 1269 1221 7.85      
20 A 1055 1015 0.08      
20 A 1055 1015 0.08      
21 A 939 904 0.26      
21 A 939 904 0.26      
22 A 404 389 0.44      
22 A 404 389 0.44      
23 A 301 290 0.67      
23 A 301 290 0.67      
24 A 290 280 0.09      
24 A 290 280 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26919.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25915.2 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.15135 0.09991 0.09991

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.365
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.481
C3 0.000 1.454 -0.810
C4 1.259 -0.727 -0.810
C5 -1.259 -0.727 -0.810
H6 0.000 1.503 -1.905
H7 1.302 -0.752 -1.905
H8 -1.302 -0.752 -1.905
H9 0.885 1.979 -0.445
H10 -0.885 1.979 -0.445
H11 1.271 -1.756 -0.445
H12 2.157 -0.223 -0.445
H13 -2.157 -0.223 -0.445
H14 -1.271 -1.756 -0.445

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.84591.52071.52071.52072.15182.15182.15182.16962.16962.16962.16962.16962.1696
Cl21.84592.71352.71352.71353.70433.70433.70432.90002.90002.90002.90002.90002.9000
C31.52072.71352.51872.51871.09562.78542.78541.09211.09213.47222.75622.75623.4722
C41.52072.71352.51872.51872.78551.09562.78542.75623.47221.09211.09213.47222.7562
C51.52072.71352.51872.51872.78552.78541.09563.47222.75622.75623.47221.09211.0921
H62.15183.70431.09562.78552.78552.60392.60391.77211.77213.79103.12423.12423.7910
H72.15183.70432.78541.09562.78542.60392.60393.12423.79101.77211.77213.79103.1242
H82.15183.70432.78542.78541.09562.60392.60393.79103.12423.12423.79101.77211.7721
H92.16962.90001.09212.75623.47221.77213.12423.79101.77073.75532.54253.75534.3132
H102.16962.90001.09213.47222.75621.77213.79103.12421.77074.31323.75532.54253.7553
H112.16962.90003.47221.09212.75623.79101.77213.12423.75534.31321.77073.75532.5425
H122.16962.90002.75621.09213.47223.12421.77213.79102.54253.75531.77074.31323.7553
H132.16962.90002.75623.47221.09213.12423.79101.77213.75532.54253.75534.31321.7707
H142.16962.90003.47222.75621.09213.79103.12421.77214.31323.75532.54253.75531.7707

picture of Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 109.591 C1 C3 H9 111.212
C1 C3 H10 111.212 C1 C4 H7 109.591
C1 C4 H11 111.212 C1 C4 H12 111.212
C1 C5 H8 109.591 C1 C5 H13 111.212
C1 C5 H14 111.212 Cl2 C1 C3 107.017
Cl2 C1 C4 107.017 Cl2 C1 C5 107.017
C3 C1 C4 111.810 C3 C1 C5 111.810
C4 C1 C5 111.810 H6 C3 H9 108.198
H6 C3 H10 108.198 H7 C4 H11 108.198
H7 C4 H12 108.198 H8 C5 H13 108.198
H8 C5 H14 108.198 H9 C3 H10 108.330
H11 C4 H12 108.330 H13 C5 H14 108.330
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.259      
2 Cl -0.095      
3 C -0.594      
4 C -0.594      
5 C -0.594      
6 H 0.224      
7 H 0.224      
8 H 0.224      
9 H 0.244      
10 H 0.244      
11 H 0.244      
12 H 0.244      
13 H 0.244      
14 H 0.244      


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 -2.481 2.481
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.313 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.313 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.702
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.194 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.194 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.389
Polar
3z2-r2-4.777
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 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 160.062
(<r2>)1/2 12.652