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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-617.937608
Energy at 298.15K-617.947271
Nuclear repulsion energy236.951992
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 BLYP/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 3044 3021 38.85      
2 A 2975 2952 34.58      
3 A 1492 1481 4.57      
4 A 1405 1394 0.90      
5 A 1146 1137 67.98      
6 A 773 767 11.87      
7 A 523 519 34.91      
8 A 353 351 9.63      
9 A 3063 3039 0.00      
10 A 1447 1436 0.00      
11 A 953 946 0.00      
12 A 232 230 0.00      
13 A 3068 3044 29.00      
13 A 3068 3044 28.99      
14 A 3037 3014 6.98      
14 A 3037 3014 6.99      
15 A 2965 2943 12.00      
15 A 2965 2943 12.01      
16 A 1474 1462 3.84      
16 A 1474 1462 3.84      
17 A 1463 1451 0.37      
17 A 1463 1451 0.37      
18 A 1377 1366 6.11      
18 A 1377 1366 6.11      
19 A 1223 1214 11.18      
19 A 1223 1214 11.18      
20 A 1024 1016 0.02      
20 A 1024 1016 0.02      
21 A 902 895 0.01      
21 A 902 895 0.01      
22 A 395 392 0.61      
22 A 395 392 0.61      
23 A 289 287 1.05      
23 A 289 287 1.05      
24 A 276 274 0.11      
24 A 276 274 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26195.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25994.2 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.14767 0.09625 0.09625

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

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.384
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.514
C3 0.000 1.473 -0.827
C4 1.276 -0.737 -0.827
C5 -1.276 -0.737 -0.827
H6 0.000 1.521 -1.930
H7 1.317 -0.761 -1.930
H8 -1.317 -0.761 -1.930
H9 0.893 2.000 -0.460
H10 -0.893 2.000 -0.460
H11 1.286 -1.773 -0.460
H12 2.178 -0.227 -0.460
H13 -2.178 -0.227 -0.460
H14 -1.286 -1.773 -0.460

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.89871.53851.53851.53852.16882.16882.16882.19142.19142.19142.19142.19142.1914
Cl21.89872.76662.76662.76663.76563.76563.76562.94842.94842.94842.94842.94842.9484
C31.53852.76662.55202.55201.10402.81832.81831.09961.09963.51102.78762.78763.5110
C41.53852.76662.55202.55202.81831.10402.81832.78763.51101.09961.09963.51102.7876
C51.53852.76662.55202.55202.81832.81831.10403.51102.78762.78763.51101.09961.0996
H62.16883.76561.10402.81832.81832.63482.63481.78571.78573.82983.15653.15653.8298
H72.16883.76562.81831.10402.81832.63482.63483.15653.82981.78571.78573.82983.1565
H82.16883.76562.81832.81831.10402.63482.63483.82983.15653.15653.82981.78571.7857
H92.19142.94841.09962.78763.51101.78573.15653.82981.78533.79332.57123.79334.3565
H102.19142.94841.09963.51102.78761.78573.82983.15651.78534.35653.79332.57123.7933
H112.19142.94843.51101.09962.78763.82981.78573.15653.79334.35651.78533.79332.5712
H122.19142.94842.78761.09963.51103.15651.78573.82982.57123.79331.78534.35653.7933
H132.19142.94842.78763.51101.09963.15653.82981.78573.79332.57123.79334.35651.7853
H142.19142.94843.51102.78761.09963.82983.15651.78574.35653.79332.57123.79331.7853

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 109.211 C1 C3 H9 111.241
C1 C3 H10 111.241 C1 C4 H7 109.211
C1 C4 H11 111.241 C1 C4 H12 111.241
C1 C5 H8 109.211 C1 C5 H13 111.241
C1 C5 H14 111.241 Cl2 C1 C3 106.730
Cl2 C1 C4 106.730 Cl2 C1 C5 106.730
C3 C1 C4 112.068 C3 C1 C5 112.068
C4 C1 C5 112.068 H6 C3 H9 108.255
H6 C3 H10 108.255 H7 C4 H11 108.255
H7 C4 H12 108.255 H8 C5 H13 108.255
H8 C5 H14 108.255 H9 C3 H10 108.544
H11 C4 H12 108.544 H13 C5 H14 108.544
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.046      
2 Cl -0.137      
3 C -0.255      
4 C -0.255      
5 C -0.255      
6 H 0.096      
7 H 0.096      
8 H 0.096      
9 H 0.110      
10 H 0.110      
11 H 0.110      
12 H 0.110      
13 H 0.110      
14 H 0.110      


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 -2.478 2.478
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.808 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.808 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.338
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.265 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.265 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.530
Polar
3z2-r2-5.060
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> 164.199
(<r2>)1/2 12.814