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All results from a given calculation for C4H8Cl2 (Butane, 1,2-dichloro-)

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 C1 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1077.515306
Energy at 298.15K-1077.524124
Nuclear repulsion energy352.479576
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 3108 3084 4.55      
2 A 3059 3035 20.67      
3 A 3043 3019 40.24      
4 A 3039 3016 10.28      
5 A 3033 3010 0.18      
6 A 3004 2981 4.31      
7 A 2977 2954 26.22      
8 A 2968 2945 9.89      
9 A 1486 1474 5.57      
10 A 1476 1465 5.06      
11 A 1458 1447 3.19      
12 A 1452 1440 2.63      
13 A 1391 1381 1.52      
14 A 1366 1355 0.27      
15 A 1308 1298 6.65      
16 A 1291 1281 1.95      
17 A 1261 1251 12.92      
18 A 1211 1202 10.98      
19 A 1167 1158 14.89      
20 A 1089 1080 1.99      
21 A 1066 1057 1.13      
22 A 1034 1026 3.67      
23 A 993 986 0.30      
24 A 928 921 9.03      
25 A 800 794 0.28      
26 A 790 784 18.40      
27 A 676 671 41.27      
28 A 605 601 65.35      
29 A 447 443 2.05      
30 A 368 366 2.77      
31 A 278 276 0.18      
32 A 237 235 0.48      
33 A 210 209 3.22      
34 A 183 182 4.50      
35 A 110 109 3.66      
36 A 93 92 1.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24501.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24312.7 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
0.09811 0.04186 0.03071

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.801 1.001 1.515
H2 -1.174 -1.767 -0.190
H3 -0.988 -0.899 1.371
C4 -1.015 -0.790 0.279
H5 0.182 0.020 -1.343
Cl6 1.609 -1.384 -0.033
C7 0.254 -0.111 -0.254
C8 0.634 1.203 0.443
H9 2.761 1.309 -0.092
H10 2.037 2.873 0.357
H11 1.685 2.156 -1.232
C12 1.852 1.923 -0.168
H13 -0.253 1.857 0.377
Cl14 -2.515 0.214 -0.118

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 C4 H5 Cl6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 C12 H13 Cl14
H13.80372.61322.83423.08452.95592.16021.10372.55322.52513.10842.18771.77153.7783
H23.80371.79591.09542.52232.81292.18723.53414.99505.66944.96414.77193.78142.3931
H32.61321.79591.09753.09522.99132.19162.81244.58964.94054.82164.28873.01992.4048
C42.83421.09541.09752.17312.70821.53492.59214.33594.76904.27203.97242.75581.8475
H53.08452.52233.09522.17312.39221.09932.18943.14253.80412.61332.79112.55372.9689
Cl62.95592.81292.99132.70822.39221.87182.80522.92934.29643.73793.31873.75984.4228
C72.16022.18722.19161.53491.09931.87181.53552.88563.53002.85342.58832.12802.7910
C81.10373.53412.81242.59212.18942.80521.53552.19552.18322.19481.54081.10403.3476
H92.55324.99504.58964.33593.14252.92932.88562.19551.78111.78221.09993.09925.3880
H102.52515.66944.94054.76903.80414.29643.53002.18321.78111.77881.10092.50625.2933
H113.10844.96414.82164.27202.61333.73792.85342.19481.78221.77881.10252.53674.7590
C122.18774.77194.28873.97242.79113.31872.58831.54081.09991.10091.10252.17544.6893
H131.77153.78143.01992.75582.55373.75982.12801.10403.09922.50622.53672.17542.8385
Cl143.77832.39312.40481.84752.96894.42282.79103.34765.38805.29334.75904.68932.8385

picture of Butane, 1,2-dichloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 C8 C7 108.764 H1 C8 C12 110.553
H1 C8 H13 106.725 H2 C4 H3 109.963
H2 C4 C7 111.418 H2 C4 Cl14 105.978
H3 C4 C7 111.645 H3 C4 Cl14 106.706
C4 C7 H5 110.069 C4 C7 Cl6 104.874
C4 C7 C8 115.177 H5 C7 Cl6 104.218
H5 C7 C8 111.316 Cl6 C7 C8 110.440
C7 C4 Cl14 110.876 C7 C8 C12 114.565
C7 C8 H13 106.302 C8 C12 H9 111.399
C8 C12 H10 110.358 C8 C12 H11 111.185
H9 C12 H10 108.052 H9 C12 H11 108.036
H10 C12 H11 107.669 C12 C8 H13 109.568
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 H 0.102      
2 H 0.162      
3 H 0.156      
4 C -0.242      
5 H 0.148      
6 Cl -0.101      
7 C -0.139      
8 C -0.136      
9 H 0.119      
10 H 0.098      
11 H 0.097      
12 C -0.291      
13 H 0.120      
14 Cl -0.092      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.348 0.699 0.253 0.821
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -57.733 3.579 -0.333
y 3.579 -50.858 -0.198
z -0.333 -0.198 -50.457
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.075 3.579 -0.333
y 3.579 3.237 -0.198
z -0.333 -0.198 3.838
Polar
3z2-r27.677
x2-y2-6.875
xy3.579
xz-0.333
yz-0.198


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> 333.151
(<r2>)1/2 18.252