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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-617.951402
Energy at 298.15K-617.961266
Nuclear repulsion energy240.349329
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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 3142 3006 39.40      
2 A 3065 2933 25.13      
3 A 1539 1472 7.88      
4 A 1451 1388 3.25      
5 A 1192 1141 71.82      
6 A 828 792 12.02      
7 A 578 553 33.18      
8 A 372 356 4.89      
9 A 3158 3021 0.00      
10 A 1493 1428 0.00      
11 A 980 937 0.00      
12 A 239 229 0.00      
13 A 3162 3025 24.92      
13 A 3162 3025 24.92      
14 A 3136 3000 5.14      
14 A 3136 3000 5.14      
15 A 3058 2925 13.62      
15 A 3058 2925 13.61      
16 A 1522 1456 6.05      
16 A 1522 1456 6.05      
17 A 1508 1442 0.64      
17 A 1508 1442 0.64      
18 A 1424 1363 14.20      
18 A 1424 1363 14.20      
19 A 1277 1222 8.35      
19 A 1277 1222 8.36      
20 A 1060 1014 0.01      
20 A 1060 1014 0.01      
21 A 943 902 0.33      
21 A 943 902 0.33      
22 A 405 387 0.58      
22 A 405 387 0.58      
23 A 300 287 0.95      
23 A 300 287 0.95      
24 A 288 276 0.08      
24 A 288 276 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27098.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25925.4 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.15101 0.09964 0.09964

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.362
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.483
C3 0.000 1.456 -0.812
C4 1.261 -0.728 -0.812
C5 -1.261 -0.728 -0.812
H6 0.000 1.499 -1.909
H7 1.298 -0.749 -1.909
H8 -1.298 -0.749 -1.909
H9 0.888 1.981 -0.448
H10 -0.888 1.981 -0.448
H11 1.272 -1.760 -0.448
H12 2.160 -0.222 -0.448
H13 -2.160 -0.222 -0.448
H14 -1.272 -1.760 -0.448

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.84481.52401.52401.52402.15362.15362.15362.17292.17292.17292.17292.17292.1729
Cl21.84482.71772.71772.71773.70773.70773.70772.90512.90512.90512.90512.90512.9051
C31.52402.71772.52212.52211.09752.78422.78421.09411.09413.47732.75932.75933.4773
C41.52402.71772.52212.52212.78421.09752.78422.75933.47731.09411.09413.47732.7593
C51.52402.71772.52212.52212.78422.78421.09753.47732.75932.75933.47731.09411.0941
H62.15363.70771.09752.78422.78422.59592.59591.77661.77663.79083.12423.12423.7908
H72.15363.70772.78421.09752.78422.59592.59593.12423.79081.77661.77663.79083.1242
H82.15363.70772.78422.78421.09752.59592.59593.79083.12423.12423.79081.77661.7766
H92.17292.90511.09412.75933.47731.77663.12423.79081.77563.76072.54413.76074.3197
H102.17292.90511.09413.47732.75931.77663.79083.12421.77564.31973.76072.54413.7607
H112.17292.90513.47731.09412.75933.79081.77663.12423.76074.31971.77563.76072.5441
H122.17292.90512.75931.09413.47733.12421.77663.79082.54413.76071.77564.31973.7607
H132.17292.90512.75933.47731.09413.12423.79081.77663.76072.54413.76074.31971.7756
H142.17292.90513.47732.75931.09413.79083.12421.77664.31973.76072.54413.76071.7756

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 109.395 C1 C3 H9 111.123
C1 C3 H10 111.123 C1 C4 H7 109.395
C1 C4 H11 111.123 C1 C4 H12 111.123
C1 C5 H8 109.395 C1 C5 H13 111.123
C1 C5 H14 111.123 Cl2 C1 C3 107.168
Cl2 C1 C4 107.168 Cl2 C1 C5 107.168
C3 C1 C4 111.673 C3 C1 C5 111.673
C4 C1 C5 111.673 H6 C3 H9 108.318
H6 C3 H10 108.318 H7 C4 H11 108.318
H7 C4 H12 108.318 H8 C5 H13 108.318
H8 C5 H14 108.318 H9 C3 H10 108.477
H11 C4 H12 108.477 H13 C5 H14 108.477
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.096     0.397
2 Cl -0.098     -0.215
3 C -0.485     -0.615
4 C -0.485     -0.548
5 C -0.485     -0.548
6 H 0.173     0.183
7 H 0.173     0.169
8 H 0.173     0.169
9 H 0.188     0.180
10 H 0.188     0.180
11 H 0.188     0.161
12 H 0.188     0.163
13 H 0.188     0.163
14 H 0.188     0.161


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 -2.408 2.408
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -0.002 2.497 0.000 2.497


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.544 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.544 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.886
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.171 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.171 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.342
Polar
3z2-r2-4.683
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> 159.907
(<r2>)1/2 12.645