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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHClCH2CH3 (Butane, 2-chloro-)

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 C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-616.203463
Energy at 298.15K-616.213658
HF Energy-616.203463
Nuclear repulsion energy233.698773
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 3306 2970 45.79      
2 A 3296 2961 47.04      
3 A 3290 2956 16.45      
4 A 3275 2943 8.45      
5 A 3266 2935 47.51      
6 A 3242 2913 6.17      
7 A 3214 2887 33.03      
8 A 3208 2883 32.36      
9 A 3197 2872 21.75      
10 A 1651 1484 4.62      
11 A 1643 1476 7.48      
12 A 1641 1474 0.71      
13 A 1634 1468 4.56      
14 A 1625 1460 0.63      
15 A 1571 1412 1.55      
16 A 1569 1410 4.28      
17 A 1541 1385 0.07      
18 A 1458 1310 15.23      
19 A 1450 1302 18.50      
20 A 1391 1250 19.05      
21 A 1289 1158 6.97      
22 A 1222 1098 1.89      
23 A 1203 1081 5.33      
24 A 1109 996 3.11      
25 A 1099 988 5.35      
26 A 1050 944 6.33      
27 A 917 824 12.46      
28 A 865 778 11.84      
29 A 659 592 41.84      
30 A 491 441 1.81      
31 A 418 375 3.11      
32 A 353 317 1.35      
33 A 273 245 0.21      
34 A 250 225 0.10      
35 A 233 209 1.02      
36 A 119 107 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29008.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26064.3 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
0.15375 0.10275 0.06661

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.311 1.474 -0.006
H2 -1.484 1.493 -1.076
H3 -2.252 1.268 0.489
H4 -0.969 2.457 0.305
C5 -0.261 0.435 0.356
H6 -0.127 0.401 1.428
Cl7 -0.899 -1.213 -0.070
C8 1.079 0.680 -0.330
H9 1.353 1.712 -0.118
H10 0.943 0.608 -1.405
C11 2.210 -0.241 0.122
H12 2.368 -0.169 1.194
H13 2.000 -1.276 -0.117
H14 3.138 0.035 -0.368

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 Cl7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 H14
C11.08401.08271.08621.52092.14712.71922.53982.67732.79083.91884.20444.30594.6903
H21.08401.75781.76082.15973.04992.94552.79023.00222.60374.25254.76974.55214.8977
H31.08271.75781.75902.16192.47912.88033.48043.68253.77214.72424.88904.99165.5951
H41.08621.76081.75902.14272.48983.68962.78502.47523.16184.17364.33854.78854.8154
C51.52092.15972.16192.14271.08061.81781.52572.11162.14042.57252.82472.87503.4983
H62.14713.04992.47912.48981.08062.33242.15102.51023.03562.75332.57023.11863.7447
Cl72.71922.94552.88033.68961.81782.33242.75023.69122.91393.26253.65472.89964.2355
C82.53982.79023.48042.78501.52572.15102.75021.08811.08561.52702.16942.17262.1579
H92.67733.00223.68252.47522.11162.51023.69121.08811.74432.14592.50763.05702.4618
H102.79082.60373.77213.16182.14043.03562.91391.08561.74432.15833.06452.51512.4946
C113.91884.25254.72424.17362.57252.75333.26251.52702.14592.15831.08631.08291.0851
H124.20444.76974.88904.33852.82472.57023.65472.16942.50763.06451.08631.75551.7535
H134.30594.55214.99164.78852.87503.11862.89962.17263.05702.51511.08291.75551.7539
H144.69034.89775.59514.81543.49833.74474.23552.15792.46182.49461.08511.75351.7539

picture of Butane, 2-chloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.090 C1 C5 Cl7 108.739
C1 C5 C8 112.947 H2 C1 H3 108.448
H2 C1 H4 108.466 H2 C1 C5 110.896
H3 C1 H4 108.396 H3 C1 C5 111.146
H4 C1 C5 109.412 C5 C8 H9 106.572
C5 C8 H10 108.934 C5 C8 C11 114.852
H6 C5 Cl7 104.262 H6 C5 C8 110.063
Cl7 C5 C8 110.377 C8 C11 H12 111.106
C8 C11 H13 111.568 C8 C11 H14 110.257
H9 C8 H10 106.729 H9 C8 C11 109.132
H10 C8 C11 110.260 H12 C11 H13 108.052
H12 C11 H14 107.719 H13 C11 H14 107.996
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.473      
2 H 0.183      
3 H 0.190      
4 H 0.170      
5 C -0.230      
6 H 0.213      
7 Cl -0.128      
8 C -0.304      
9 H 0.168      
10 H 0.181      
11 C -0.486      
12 H 0.158      
13 H 0.190      
14 H 0.167      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.959 2.256 0.413 2.486
CHELPG 0.955 2.314 0.456 2.545
AIM        
ESP 0.970 2.315 0.463 2.552


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.393 -1.507 -0.353
y -1.507 -40.953 0.362
z -0.353 0.362 -39.435
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.199 -1.507 -0.353
y -1.507 -1.039 0.362
z -0.353 0.362 1.238
Polar
3z2-r22.475
x2-y20.560
xy-1.507
xz-0.353
yz0.362


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.736 0.416 0.070
y 0.416 8.331 0.249
z 0.070 0.249 6.372


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 182.270
(<r2>)1/2 13.501