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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-617.992956
Energy at 298.15K-618.002944
HF Energy-617.992956
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 wB97X-D/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 3179 3015 18.69      
2 A 3165 3002 24.47      
3 A 3158 2996 28.59      
4 A 3152 2990 29.63      
5 A 3130 2968 10.83      
6 A 3108 2948 3.36      
7 A 3079 2920 20.20      
8 A 3075 2917 23.94      
9 A 3060 2902 20.55      
10 A 1544 1464 7.89      
11 A 1540 1461 11.74      
12 A 1538 1459 0.81      
13 A 1521 1443 7.31      
14 A 1513 1435 1.18      
15 A 1456 1381 5.30      
16 A 1447 1372 8.32      
17 A 1429 1356 0.37      
18 A 1355 1285 14.19      
19 A 1346 1276 8.44      
20 A 1291 1224 15.73      
21 A 1204 1142 7.33      
22 A 1150 1091 2.49      
23 A 1120 1062 4.26      
24 A 1062 1007 1.64      
25 A 1029 976 9.98      
26 A 994 943 7.71      
27 A 874 829 9.36      
28 A 816 774 12.63      
29 A 639 607 23.75      
30 A 469 445 1.31      
31 A 398 377 2.24      
32 A 335 318 1.21      
33 A 260 247 0.18      
34 A 253 240 0.21      
35 A 221 209 1.03      
36 A 122 116 0.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27514.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26097.9 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
0.15257 0.10320 0.06664

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.300 1.487 -0.005
H2 -1.474 1.504 -1.085
H3 -2.251 1.291 0.496
H4 -0.944 2.476 0.304
C5 -0.258 0.438 0.354
H6 -0.119 0.405 1.438
Cl7 -0.910 -1.213 -0.069
C8 1.086 0.675 -0.331
H9 1.366 1.716 -0.117
H10 0.946 0.606 -1.416
C11 2.212 -0.252 0.122
H12 2.371 -0.176 1.204
H13 1.984 -1.295 -0.114
H14 3.151 0.011 -0.374

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 Cl7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09441.09281.09621.52132.15592.72892.54152.67832.79473.92084.20794.30534.7038
H21.09441.77501.77672.16453.06782.95542.79473.00822.60194.25744.78014.55364.9116
H31.09281.77501.77532.17242.49362.89643.49293.69333.78754.73694.90114.99955.6194
H41.09621.77671.77532.15152.50173.70872.78722.46813.16654.17574.34034.79294.8276
C51.52132.16452.17242.15151.09391.82441.52722.11982.14722.57512.83102.87223.5121
H62.15593.06782.49362.50171.09392.34852.15732.51803.05312.75612.56803.11793.7592
Cl72.72892.95542.89643.70871.82442.34852.76003.70952.92713.27173.66882.89524.2521
C82.54152.79473.49292.78721.52722.15732.76001.09871.09671.52702.17512.17602.1693
H92.67833.00823.69332.46812.11982.51803.70951.09871.75982.15512.51673.07362.4816
H102.79472.60193.78753.16652.14723.05312.92711.09671.75982.16933.08362.52772.5106
C113.92084.25744.73694.17572.57512.75613.27171.52702.15512.16931.09601.09331.0943
H124.20794.78014.90114.34032.83102.56803.66882.17512.51673.08361.09601.77131.7699
H134.30534.55364.99954.79292.87223.11792.89522.17603.07362.52771.09331.77131.7706
H144.70384.91165.61944.82763.51213.75924.25212.16932.48162.51061.09431.76991.7706

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 109.976 C1 C5 Cl7 108.962
C1 C5 C8 112.952 H2 C1 H3 108.500
H2 C1 H4 108.397 H2 C1 C5 110.629
H3 C1 H4 108.393 H3 C1 C5 111.351
H4 C1 C5 109.493 C5 C8 H9 106.511
C5 C8 H10 108.723 C5 C8 C11 114.942
H6 C5 Cl7 104.369 H6 C5 C8 109.676
Cl7 C5 C8 110.557 C8 C11 H12 110.977
C8 C11 H13 111.208 C8 C11 H14 110.621
H9 C8 H10 106.560 H9 C8 C11 109.240
H10 C8 C11 110.473 H12 C11 H13 108.010
H12 C11 H14 107.820 H13 C11 H14 108.074
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.487      
2 H 0.184      
3 H 0.190      
4 H 0.172      
5 C -0.227      
6 H 0.203      
7 Cl -0.105      
8 C -0.290      
9 H 0.165      
10 H 0.176      
11 C -0.500      
12 H 0.162      
13 H 0.190      
14 H 0.170      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.881 2.124 0.379 2.331
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.430 -1.381 -0.325
y -1.381 -39.960 0.342
z -0.325 0.342 -38.751
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.075 -1.381 -0.325
y -1.381 -0.869 0.342
z -0.325 0.342 0.944
Polar
3z2-r21.887
x2-y20.530
xy-1.381
xz-0.325
yz0.342


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.138 0.348 0.051
y 0.348 8.591 0.221
z 0.051 0.221 6.601


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 181.820
(<r2>)1/2 13.484