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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-617.993738
Energy at 298.15K-618.003656
Nuclear repulsion energy234.333883
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 B1B95/6-31G*
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 3185 3023 16.74      
2 A 3175 3014 21.53      
3 A 3163 3003 23.52      
4 A 3158 2998 29.19      
5 A 3129 2970 15.39      
6 A 3111 2953 1.64      
7 A 3083 2927 15.83      
8 A 3083 2926 26.70      
9 A 3066 2910 19.18      
10 A 1538 1460 8.19      
11 A 1529 1452 7.13      
12 A 1524 1447 2.58      
13 A 1514 1437 7.86      
14 A 1501 1425 0.72      
15 A 1446 1373 4.92      
16 A 1436 1363 7.55      
17 A 1414 1343 0.29      
18 A 1342 1274 19.08      
19 A 1334 1266 4.51      
20 A 1282 1217 14.04      
21 A 1196 1136 7.28      
22 A 1151 1093 2.45      
23 A 1112 1056 3.49      
24 A 1063 1009 2.43      
25 A 1018 967 11.51      
26 A 983 933 6.92      
27 A 869 825 10.06      
28 A 807 766 11.26      
29 A 630 598 25.75      
30 A 462 438 1.16      
31 A 393 373 2.29      
32 A 322 306 1.26      
33 A 252 239 0.15      
34 A 244 232 0.90      
35 A 226 215 0.31      
36 A 117 111 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27428.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9493) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26038.1 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 B1B95/6-31G*
ABC
0.15365 0.10472 0.06740

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.340 1.443 -0.011
H2 -1.506 1.450 -1.091
H3 -2.286 1.213 0.481
H4 -1.025 2.445 0.296
C5 -0.270 0.439 0.359
H6 -0.137 0.407 1.443
Cl7 -0.858 -1.225 -0.070
C8 1.063 0.709 -0.318
H9 1.326 1.748 -0.087
H10 0.920 0.657 -1.402
C11 2.190 -0.215 0.115
H12 2.356 -0.155 1.194
H13 1.961 -1.253 -0.133
H14 3.124 0.055 -0.383

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 Cl7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09221.09071.09411.51392.15322.71182.53162.68522.76833.90184.20384.26414.6897
H21.09221.77081.77322.15703.06292.93562.78273.01942.57114.22834.76564.49904.8865
H31.09071.77081.77252.16342.48892.87893.47983.69593.75994.71234.89234.94955.5996
H41.09411.77321.77252.14402.50083.69132.78352.48183.14074.17554.35814.77174.8352
C51.51392.15702.16342.14401.09221.81581.51912.11222.13712.55652.81902.84273.4951
H62.15323.06292.48892.50081.09222.33892.15222.50623.04572.75042.56823.10493.7539
Cl72.71182.93562.87893.69131.81582.33892.73653.68902.91153.21583.61582.81974.1940
C82.53162.78273.47982.78351.51912.15222.73651.09691.09491.51952.16912.16532.1631
H92.68523.01943.69592.48182.11222.50623.68901.09691.75682.15342.51433.06762.4868
H102.76832.57113.75993.14072.13713.04572.91151.09491.75682.16133.07602.51822.5014
C113.90184.22834.71234.17552.55652.75043.21581.51952.15342.16131.09391.09161.0922
H124.20384.76564.89234.35812.81902.56823.61582.16912.51433.07601.09391.76711.7661
H134.26414.49904.94954.77172.84273.10492.81972.16533.06762.51821.09161.76711.7680
H144.68974.88655.59964.83523.49513.75394.19402.16312.48682.50141.09221.76611.7680

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 110.372 C1 C5 Cl7 108.725
C1 C5 C8 113.161 H2 C1 H3 108.429
H2 C1 H4 108.396 H2 C1 C5 110.680
H3 C1 H4 108.442 H3 C1 C5 111.284
H4 C1 C5 109.533 C5 C8 H9 106.571
C5 C8 H10 108.596 C5 C8 C11 114.563
H6 C5 Cl7 104.310 H6 C5 C8 109.932
Cl7 C5 C8 109.963 C8 C11 H12 111.150
C8 C11 H13 110.982 C8 C11 H14 110.769
H9 C8 H10 106.553 H9 C8 C11 109.722
H10 C8 C11 110.469 H12 C11 H13 107.915
H12 C11 H14 107.781 H13 C11 H14 108.109
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.479      
2 H 0.183      
3 H 0.188      
4 H 0.171      
5 C -0.247      
6 H 0.205      
7 Cl -0.093      
8 C -0.293      
9 H 0.166      
10 H 0.177      
11 C -0.494      
12 H 0.161      
13 H 0.189      
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
  0.813 2.079 0.373 2.263
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.300 -1.309 -0.314
y -1.309 -39.870 0.335
z -0.314 0.335 -38.700
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.015 -1.309 -0.314
y -1.309 -0.870 0.335
z -0.314 0.335 0.886
Polar
3z2-r21.771
x2-y20.570
xy-1.309
xz-0.314
yz0.335


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.201 0.295 0.047
y 0.295 8.608 0.206
z 0.047 0.206 6.564


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 180.075
(<r2>)1/2 13.419