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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1077.661963
Energy at 298.15K-1077.671008
Nuclear repulsion energy347.381578
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 B3LYP/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 3176 3052 5.62      
2 A 3149 3026 16.02      
3 A 3126 3004 22.89      
4 A 3111 2989 14.17      
5 A 3101 2979 7.17      
6 A 3091 2970 2.91      
7 A 3055 2936 21.87      
8 A 3049 2929 2.10      
9 A 1512 1452 2.85      
10 A 1507 1448 3.59      
11 A 1501 1442 6.47      
12 A 1491 1432 0.75      
13 A 1427 1371 4.03      
14 A 1404 1349 10.54      
15 A 1353 1300 7.11      
16 A 1331 1279 11.43      
17 A 1290 1239 18.71      
18 A 1276 1226 26.34      
19 A 1184 1137 9.40      
20 A 1129 1085 8.93      
21 A 1118 1074 1.51      
22 A 1068 1026 3.07      
23 A 1027 986 15.01      
24 A 964 926 2.14      
25 A 915 880 7.22      
26 A 787 756 8.42      
27 A 741 712 39.01      
28 A 610 586 34.90      
29 A 440 422 3.30      
30 A 407 391 6.79      
31 A 338 325 4.39      
32 A 255 245 0.41      
33 A 242 232 0.27      
34 A 152 146 2.37      
35 A 118 113 1.35      
36 A 79 75 3.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25259.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24269.4 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.14604 0.03112 0.02673

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -2.182 1.528 -0.104
H2 -2.216 1.556 -1.197
H3 -3.193 1.350 0.269
H4 -1.847 2.507 0.257
C5 -1.222 0.451 0.382
H6 -1.228 0.402 1.475
Cl7 -1.857 -1.198 -0.137
C8 0.205 0.651 -0.133
H9 0.516 1.663 0.154
H10 0.209 0.610 -1.227
C11 1.203 -0.353 0.428
H12 1.238 -0.324 1.519
H13 0.982 -1.369 0.105
Cl14 2.888 0.018 -0.145

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 Cl7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 Cl14
C11.09351.09211.09591.52262.16122.74542.54302.71402.79703.90964.21444.29505.2902
H21.09351.77381.77612.16863.07322.97272.79463.04952.60344.24014.77914.52505.4331
H31.09211.77381.77472.16922.49242.90523.49203.72403.78974.71744.89854.98476.2386
H41.09591.77611.77472.15202.50863.72552.79362.51113.16694.18474.37264.80065.3640
C51.52262.16862.16922.15201.09341.84211.52992.13112.15952.55562.81842.87164.1658
H62.16123.07322.49242.50861.09342.35662.16772.52513.06722.75272.57083.14594.4396
Cl72.74542.97272.90523.72551.84212.35662.76993.72892.95463.22533.61762.85454.8985
C82.54302.79463.49202.79361.52992.16772.76991.09701.09481.52352.17892.17772.7567
H92.71403.04953.72402.51112.13112.52513.72891.09701.76362.14792.51673.06842.9019
H102.79702.60343.78973.16692.15953.06722.95461.09481.76362.15773.07762.50752.9486
C113.90964.24014.71744.18472.55562.75273.22531.52352.14792.15771.09191.08921.8174
H124.21444.77914.89854.37262.81842.57083.61762.17892.51673.07761.09191.77732.3684
H134.29504.52504.98474.80062.87163.14592.85452.17773.06842.50751.08921.77732.3706
Cl145.29025.43316.23865.36404.16584.43964.89852.75672.90192.94861.81742.36842.3706

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 110.327 C1 C5 Cl7 108.992
C1 C5 C8 112.833 H2 C1 H3 108.504
H2 C1 H4 108.437 H2 C1 C5 110.909
H3 C1 H4 108.410 H3 C1 C5 111.051
H4 C1 C5 109.456 C5 C8 H9 107.287
C5 C8 H10 109.611 C5 C8 C11 113.642
H6 C5 Cl7 103.854 H6 C5 C8 110.337
Cl7 C5 C8 110.114 C8 C11 H12 111.780
C8 C11 H13 111.842 C8 C11 Cl14 110.898
H9 C8 H10 107.147 H9 C8 C11 109.011
H10 C8 C11 109.909 H12 C11 H13 109.151
H12 C11 Cl14 106.300 H13 C11 Cl14 106.590
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.303      
2 H 0.131      
3 H 0.132      
4 H 0.118      
5 C -0.180      
6 H 0.150      
7 Cl -0.104      
8 C -0.157      
9 H 0.129      
10 H 0.138      
11 C -0.292      
12 H 0.152      
13 H 0.178      
14 Cl -0.093      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.411 1.792 1.056 2.513
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -59.467 -3.976 0.110
y -3.976 -50.791 0.006
z 0.110 0.006 -50.035
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.055 -3.976 0.110
y -3.976 3.961 0.006
z 0.110 0.006 5.094
Polar
3z2-r210.188
x2-y2-8.677
xy-3.976
xz0.110
yz0.006


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 11.391 0.443 -0.253
y 0.443 9.297 0.197
z -0.253 0.197 7.298


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 372.236
(<r2>)1/2 19.293