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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCH2CH3 (Propane, 1-chloro-)

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no anti 1A'
1 2 yes gauche 1A

Conformer 1 (anti)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-578.675772
Energy at 298.15K-578.683300
HF Energy-578.675772
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' 3073 3013 35.73      
2 A' 3037 2978 32.74      
3 A' 3010 2951 13.32      
4 A' 2991 2932 26.67      
5 A' 1510 1480 4.50      
6 A' 1493 1464 0.50      
7 A' 1486 1457 1.24      
8 A' 1409 1381 1.52      
9 A' 1361 1335 8.12      
10 A' 1278 1253 31.22      
11 A' 1105 1084 0.73      
12 A' 1019 999 2.21      
13 A' 894 876 13.83      
14 A' 702 689 45.61      
15 A' 354 347 4.47      
16 A' 231 226 2.32      
17 A" 3101 3040 35.37      
18 A" 3066 3006 37.78      
19 A" 3044 2984 0.09      
20 A" 1500 1471 7.14      
21 A" 1311 1286 0.03      
22 A" 1238 1214 0.30      
23 A" 1088 1067 1.43      
24 A" 866 849 0.08      
25 A" 748 733 3.82      
26 A" 219 215 0.01      
27 A" 114 111 1.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20623.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20219.4 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.85633 0.07756 0.07410

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.587 0.000
C2 0.920 -0.630 0.000
C3 2.396 -0.199 0.000
Cl4 -1.761 0.106 0.000
H5 0.149 1.207 0.893
H6 0.149 1.207 -0.893
H7 0.703 -1.247 -0.884
H8 0.703 -1.247 0.884
H9 3.056 -1.078 0.000
H10 2.637 0.402 -0.889
H11 2.637 0.402 0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52562.52151.82491.09701.09702.15382.15383.47982.78872.7887
C21.52561.53732.78012.18322.18321.09991.09992.18202.19172.1917
C32.52151.53734.16772.79692.79692.17852.17851.09901.10051.1005
Cl41.82492.78014.16772.37782.37782.94682.94684.95984.49614.4961
H51.09702.18322.79692.37781.78513.08002.51583.80363.16412.6146
H61.09702.18322.79692.37781.78512.51583.08003.80362.61463.1641
H72.15381.09992.17852.94683.08002.51581.76872.51912.54163.0994
H82.15381.09992.17852.94682.51583.08001.76872.51913.09942.5416
H93.47982.18201.09904.95983.80363.80362.51912.51911.77731.7773
H102.78872.19171.10054.49613.16412.61462.54163.09941.77731.7788
H112.78872.19171.10054.49612.61463.16413.09942.54161.77731.7788

picture of Propane, 1-chloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 110.822 C1 C2 H7 109.164
C1 C2 H8 109.164 C2 C1 Cl4 111.840
C2 C1 H5 111.657 C2 C1 H6 111.657
C2 C3 H9 110.622 C2 C3 H10 111.302
C2 C3 H11 111.302 C3 C2 H7 110.289
C3 C2 H8 110.289 Cl4 C1 H5 106.247
Cl4 C1 H6 106.247 H5 C1 H6 108.895
H7 C2 H8 107.024 H9 C3 H10 107.809
H9 C3 H11 107.809 H10 C3 H11 107.841
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 -0.367      
2 C -0.257      
3 C -0.465      
4 Cl -0.098      
5 H 0.193      
6 H 0.193      
7 H 0.164      
8 H 0.164      
9 H 0.163      
10 H 0.154      
11 H 0.154      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.349 0.315 0.000 2.370
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.255 0.105 0.000
y 0.105 -32.101 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.328
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.041 0.105 0.000
y 0.105 1.691 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.350
Polar
3z2-r22.700
x2-y2-3.154
xy0.105
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.448 0.049 0.000
y 0.049 5.535 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.268


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 154.372
(<r2>)1/2 12.425

Conformer 2 (gauche)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-578.675956
Energy at 298.15K-578.683632
HF Energy-578.675956
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 3101 3040 21.54      
2 A 3086 3026 26.10      
3 A 3068 3007 46.59      
4 A 3041 2982 30.04      
5 A 3028 2968 6.62      
6 A 2996 2937 25.35      
7 A 2974 2916 27.95      
8 A 1510 1480 5.60      
9 A 1503 1474 5.66      
10 A 1481 1452 2.26      
11 A 1476 1447 2.79      
12 A 1414 1386 4.97      
13 A 1369 1342 1.62      
14 A 1327 1301 37.74      
15 A 1274 1249 4.86      
16 A 1228 1204 0.48      
17 A 1098 1077 0.57      
18 A 1074 1053 1.17      
19 A 1034 1014 3.17      
20 A 894 876 6.71      
21 A 854 837 6.32      
22 A 785 770 17.77      
23 A 623 610 27.58      
24 A 420 412 2.19      
25 A 294 288 0.89      
26 A 216 212 1.43      
27 A 134 131 0.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20650.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20245.4 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.39150 0.10752 0.09257

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 0.173 0.892 0.309
C2 -1.159 0.564 -0.359
C3 -1.813 -0.728 0.145
Cl4 1.466 -0.347 -0.068
H5 0.574 1.853 -0.035
H6 0.084 0.909 1.403
H7 -1.824 1.423 -0.161
H8 -1.014 0.522 -1.449
H9 -2.785 -0.888 -0.343
H10 -1.176 -1.597 -0.066
H11 -1.982 -0.686 1.232

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 Cl4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52552.56781.82981.09621.09732.11872.15343.51312.85582.8257
C21.52551.53252.79312.18352.18331.10441.10062.17982.18052.1838
C32.56781.53253.30753.51922.80362.17202.17681.09921.09811.1008
Cl41.82982.79313.30752.37392.37673.73642.96854.29362.92273.6998
H51.09622.18353.51922.37391.78762.43872.50864.34573.86823.8183
H61.09732.18332.80362.37671.78762.51953.08033.80903.16642.6157
H72.11871.10442.17203.73642.43872.51951.76842.50953.09002.5323
H82.15341.10062.17682.96852.50863.08031.76842.51892.53543.0954
H93.51312.17981.09924.29364.34573.80902.50952.51891.77961.7794
H102.85582.18051.09812.92273.86823.16643.09002.53541.77961.7782
H112.82572.18381.10083.69983.81832.61572.53233.09541.77941.7782

picture of Propane, 1-chloro- state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 114.218 C1 C2 H7 106.234
C1 C2 H8 109.100 C2 C1 Cl4 112.383
C2 C1 H5 111.742 C2 C1 H6 111.656
C2 C3 H9 110.774 C2 C3 H10 110.889
C2 C3 H11 110.993 C3 C2 H7 109.852
C3 C2 H8 110.452 Cl4 C1 H5 105.701
Cl4 C1 H6 105.843 H5 C1 H6 109.169
H7 C2 H8 106.638 H9 C3 H10 108.173
H9 C3 H11 107.959 H10 C3 H11 107.931
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 -0.362      
2 C -0.263      
3 C -0.456      
4 Cl -0.104      
5 H 0.195      
6 H 0.193      
7 H 0.152      
8 H 0.165      
9 H 0.154      
10 H 0.177      
11 H 0.148      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.782 1.322 0.308 2.240
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.516 0.317 0.157
y 0.317 -31.439 0.432
z 0.157 0.432 -32.358
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.617 0.317 0.157
y 0.317 1.998 0.432
z 0.157 0.432 0.619
Polar
3z2-r21.238
x2-y2-3.076
xy0.317
xz0.157
yz0.432


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.407 -0.597 -0.128
y -0.597 6.237 0.135
z -0.128 0.135 5.378


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 132.250
(<r2>)1/2 11.500