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All results from a given calculation for CH3CCl2CH3 (Propane, 2,2-dichloro-)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1038.188087
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-1038.188087
Nuclear repulsion energy294.210972
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 A1 3181 3043 6.60      
2 A1 3078 2945 11.10      
3 A1 1512 1447 2.45      
4 A1 1443 1381 7.17      
5 A1 1193 1141 40.21      
6 A1 934 894 10.61      
7 A1 565 541 19.27      
8 A1 366 350 0.99      
9 A1 256 245 1.32      
10 A2 3154 3018 0.00      
11 A2 1501 1436 0.00      
12 A2 1034 990 0.00      
13 A2 285 273 0.00      
14 A2 275 263 0.00      
15 B1 3160 3023 18.34      
16 B1 1522 1456 7.64      
17 B1 1150 1100 94.23      
18 B1 656 628 109.21      
19 B1 362 347 3.80      
20 B1 309 296 0.01      
21 B2 3180 3042 4.69      
22 B2 3074 2941 4.34      
23 B2 1497 1432 4.67      
24 B2 1427 1365 17.02      
25 B2 1229 1176 9.45      
26 B2 960 919 0.07      
27 B2 390 373 3.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18847.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18030.9 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
0.12190 0.08055 0.07087

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.342
Cl2 1.471 0.000 -0.718
Cl3 -1.471 0.000 -0.718
C4 0.000 1.271 1.173
C5 0.000 -1.271 1.173
H6 0.000 2.156 0.533
H7 0.000 -2.156 0.533
H8 -0.891 1.292 1.808
H9 0.891 1.292 1.808
H10 0.891 -1.292 1.808
H11 -0.891 -1.292 1.808

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 Cl3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.81301.81301.51811.51812.16432.16432.14772.14772.14772.1477
Cl21.81302.94102.71182.71182.89432.89433.69202.89632.89633.6920
Cl31.81302.94102.71182.71182.89432.89432.89633.69203.69202.8963
C41.51812.71182.71182.54121.09223.48571.09471.09472.78632.7863
C51.51812.71182.71182.54123.48571.09222.78632.78631.09471.0947
H62.16432.89432.89431.09223.48574.31181.77951.77953.78233.7823
H72.16432.89432.89433.48571.09224.31183.78233.78231.77951.7795
H82.14773.69202.89631.09472.78631.77953.78231.78243.13872.5835
H92.14772.89633.69201.09472.78631.77953.78231.78242.58353.1387
H102.14772.89633.69202.78631.09473.78231.77953.13872.58351.7824
H112.14773.69202.89632.78631.09473.78231.77952.58353.13871.7824

picture of Propane, 2,2-dichloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C4 H6 110.974 C1 C4 H8 109.501
C1 C4 H9 109.501 C1 C5 H7 110.974
C1 C5 H10 109.501 C1 C5 H11 109.501
Cl2 C1 Cl3 108.404 Cl2 C1 C4 108.669
Cl2 C1 C5 108.669 Cl3 C1 C4 108.669
Cl3 C1 C5 108.669 C4 C1 C5 113.642
H6 C4 H8 108.921 H6 C4 H9 108.921
H7 C5 H10 108.921 H7 C5 H11 108.921
H8 C4 H9 108.992 H10 C5 H11 108.992
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.219      
2 Cl -0.017      
3 Cl -0.017      
4 C -0.482      
5 C -0.482      
6 H 0.213      
7 H 0.213      
8 H 0.198      
9 H 0.198      
10 H 0.198      
11 H 0.198      


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 2.502 2.502
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.005 0.000 2.568 2.568


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -46.966 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -42.725 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.332
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.937 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.424 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.513
Polar
3z2-r23.026
x2-y2-4.241
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.904 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.554 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.648


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 188.144
(<r2>)1/2 13.717