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All results from a given calculation for C4H8Cl2 (Butane, 1,3-dichloro-)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1077.500682
Energy at 298.15K-1077.509759
Nuclear repulsion energy349.149379
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 A 3182 3050 5.25      
2 A 3165 3033 13.10      
3 A 3144 3013 17.97      
4 A 3124 2994 10.04      
5 A 3107 2978 11.79      
6 A 3099 2970 4.65      
7 A 3066 2938 18.07      
8 A 3059 2932 4.35      
9 A 1505 1442 3.75      
10 A 1499 1436 4.09      
11 A 1495 1433 7.93      
12 A 1483 1421 1.33      
13 A 1420 1361 6.82      
14 A 1402 1343 11.87      
15 A 1348 1292 7.30      
16 A 1329 1273 11.71      
17 A 1290 1236 18.82      
18 A 1272 1219 18.82      
19 A 1187 1137 9.29      
20 A 1133 1086 8.40      
21 A 1123 1076 2.95      
22 A 1074 1029 2.16      
23 A 1036 993 17.78      
24 A 963 923 2.15      
25 A 921 883 6.74      
26 A 785 752 11.73      
27 A 763 731 34.56      
28 A 629 603 31.16      
29 A 440 421 2.91      
30 A 410 393 5.85      
31 A 340 325 3.95      
32 A 256 245 0.42      
33 A 243 233 0.22      
34 A 151 145 2.37      
35 A 118 113 1.30      
36 A 79 76 3.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25318.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24265.0 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
0.14768 0.03146 0.02704

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -2.178 1.516 -0.103
H2 -2.212 1.546 -1.196
H3 -3.188 1.336 0.270
H4 -1.845 2.495 0.259
C5 -1.219 0.443 0.380
H6 -1.223 0.397 1.474
Cl7 -1.842 -1.192 -0.136
C8 0.203 0.650 -0.133
H9 0.511 1.663 0.154
H10 0.208 0.610 -1.227
C11 1.202 -0.349 0.426
H12 1.233 -0.321 1.517
H13 0.977 -1.367 0.104
Cl14 2.871 0.020 -0.144

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 Cl7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 Cl14
C11.09361.09221.09571.51852.15682.72912.53392.70522.78883.89664.19964.27855.2656
H21.09361.77361.77602.16473.06982.95832.78633.04142.59444.22764.76584.50955.4093
H31.09221.77361.77432.16562.48912.89263.48363.71573.78204.70534.88394.96796.2140
H41.09571.77601.77432.14942.50313.70842.78512.50153.15964.17224.35824.78585.3414
C51.51852.16472.16562.14941.09441.82441.52552.12862.15572.54732.80852.85844.1443
H62.15683.06982.48912.50311.09442.34552.16282.51973.06392.74492.55893.13444.4175
Cl72.72912.95832.89263.70841.82442.34552.75213.71102.93903.20813.59852.83454.8661
C82.53392.78633.48362.78511.52552.16282.75211.09721.09521.51922.17422.17252.7408
H92.70523.04143.71572.50152.12862.51973.71101.09721.76352.14482.51333.06542.8904
H102.78882.59443.78203.15962.15573.06392.93901.09521.76352.15413.07432.50382.9343
C113.89664.22764.70534.17222.54732.74493.20811.51922.14482.15411.09261.09031.8016
H124.19964.76584.88394.35822.80852.55893.59852.17422.51333.07431.09261.77652.3580
H134.27854.50954.96794.78582.85843.13442.83452.17253.06542.50381.09031.77652.3604
Cl145.26565.40936.21405.34144.14434.41754.86612.74082.89042.93431.80162.35802.3604

picture of Butane, 1,3-dichloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.206 C1 C5 Cl7 109.105
C1 C5 C8 112.694 H2 C1 H3 108.473
H2 C1 H4 108.434 H2 C1 C5 110.886
H3 C1 H4 108.379 H3 C1 C5 111.042
H4 C1 C5 109.551 C5 C8 H9 107.382
C5 C8 H10 109.591 C5 C8 C11 113.578
H6 C5 Cl7 104.136 H6 C5 C8 110.192
Cl7 C5 C8 110.160 C8 C11 H12 111.665
C8 C11 H13 111.670 C8 C11 Cl14 110.961
H9 C8 H10 107.098 H9 C8 C11 109.058
H10 C8 C11 109.903 H12 C11 H13 108.940
H12 C11 Cl14 106.538 H13 C11 Cl14 106.817
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.373      
2 H 0.156      
3 H 0.157      
4 H 0.143      
5 C -0.239      
6 H 0.180      
7 Cl -0.084      
8 C -0.216      
9 H 0.158      
10 H 0.167      
11 C -0.357      
12 H 0.179      
13 H 0.204      
14 Cl -0.075      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.406 1.774 1.046 2.494
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -59.004 -3.913 0.108
y -3.913 -50.492 0.013
z 0.108 0.013 -49.755
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.881 -3.913 0.108
y -3.913 3.888 0.013
z 0.108 0.013 4.993
Polar
3z2-r29.986
x2-y2-8.513
xy-3.913
xz0.108
yz0.013


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> 368.384
(<r2>)1/2 19.193