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All results from a given calculation for CH3CCl(CH3)CH3 (Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl-)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-614.906715
Energy at 298.15K-614.916641
Nuclear repulsion energy237.899385
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 B3PW91/3-21G
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 3137 3015 20.89      
2 A 3061 2942 20.93      
3 A 1570 1509 12.87      
4 A 1474 1417 4.73      
5 A 1214 1167 91.74      
6 A 818 786 12.88      
7 A 555 533 34.63      
8 A 364 350 6.78      
9 A 3155 3033 0.00      
10 A 1523 1464 0.00      
11 A 1017 978 0.00      
12 A 252 243 0.00      
13 A 3160 3038 16.51      
13 A 3160 3038 16.51      
14 A 3131 3009 4.43      
14 A 3131 3009 4.43      
15 A 3053 2935 6.98      
15 A 3053 2935 6.98      
16 A 1553 1492 9.45      
16 A 1553 1492 9.45      
17 A 1539 1479 1.37      
17 A 1539 1479 1.37      
18 A 1449 1392 26.17      
18 A 1449 1392 26.17      
19 A 1291 1241 17.40      
19 A 1291 1241 17.40      
20 A 1080 1038 0.02      
20 A 1080 1038 0.02      
21 A 958 920 0.54      
21 A 958 920 0.54      
22 A 402 386 0.35      
22 A 402 386 0.35      
23 A 299 287 1.36      
23 A 299 287 1.36      
24 A 290 279 0.15      
24 A 290 279 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27273.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26215.6 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 B3PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.14989 0.09666 0.09666

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.406
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.515
C3 0.000 1.464 -0.826
C4 1.268 -0.732 -0.826
C5 -1.268 -0.732 -0.826
H6 0.000 1.519 -1.924
H7 1.315 -0.759 -1.924
H8 -1.315 -0.759 -1.924
H9 0.890 1.974 -0.447
H10 -0.890 1.974 -0.447
H11 1.264 -1.758 -0.447
H12 2.155 -0.216 -0.447
H13 -2.155 -0.216 -0.447
H14 -1.264 -1.758 -0.447

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.92101.52291.52291.52292.14722.14722.14722.16612.16612.16612.16612.16612.1661
Cl21.92102.76132.76132.76133.75923.75923.75922.92222.92222.92222.92222.92222.9222
C31.52292.76132.53532.53531.09872.80652.80651.09431.09433.48192.75842.75843.4819
C41.52292.76132.53532.53532.80651.09872.80652.75843.48191.09431.09433.48192.7584
C51.52292.76132.53532.53532.80652.80651.09873.48192.75842.75843.48191.09431.0943
H62.14723.75921.09872.80652.80652.63072.63071.78361.78363.81043.13593.13593.8104
H72.14723.75922.80651.09872.80652.63072.63073.13593.81041.78361.78363.81043.1359
H82.14723.75922.80652.80651.09872.63072.63073.81043.13593.13593.81041.78361.7836
H92.16612.92221.09432.75843.48191.78363.13593.81041.78093.75112.52883.75114.3098
H102.16612.92221.09433.48192.75841.78363.81043.13591.78094.30983.75112.52883.7511
H112.16612.92223.48191.09432.75843.81041.78363.13593.75114.30981.78093.75112.5288
H122.16612.92222.75841.09433.48193.13591.78363.81042.52883.75111.78094.30983.7511
H132.16612.92222.75843.48191.09433.13593.81041.78363.75112.52883.75114.30981.7809
H142.16612.92223.48192.75841.09433.81043.13591.78364.30983.75112.52883.75111.7809

picture of Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 108.901 C1 C3 H9 110.642
C1 C3 H10 110.642 C1 C4 H7 108.901
C1 C4 H11 110.642 C1 C4 H12 110.642
C1 C5 H8 108.901 C1 C5 H13 110.642
C1 C5 H14 110.642 Cl2 C1 C3 106.026
Cl2 C1 C4 106.026 Cl2 C1 C5 106.026
C3 C1 C4 112.686 C3 C1 C5 112.686
C4 C1 C5 112.686 H6 C3 H9 108.845
H6 C3 H10 108.845 H7 C4 H11 108.845
H7 C4 H12 108.845 H8 C5 H13 108.845
H8 C5 H14 108.845 H9 C3 H10 108.924
H11 C4 H12 108.924 H13 C5 H14 108.924
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.318      
2 Cl -0.067      
3 C -0.561      
4 C -0.561      
5 C -0.561      
6 H 0.219      
7 H 0.219      
8 H 0.219      
9 H 0.235      
10 H 0.235      
11 H 0.235      
12 H 0.235      
13 H 0.235      
14 H 0.235      


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 -2.975 2.975
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.547 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.547 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -42.009
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.731 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.731 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.463
Polar
3z2-r2-6.925
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 163.024
(<r2>)1/2 12.768