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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1077.027328
Energy at 298.15K-1077.036232
Nuclear repulsion energy356.094188
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 PBEPBE/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 3113 3070 2.98      
2 A 3081 3039 15.11      
3 A 3069 3026 26.93      
4 A 3044 3002 14.44      
5 A 3037 2995 1.21      
6 A 3023 2982 1.33      
7 A 2991 2950 23.89      
8 A 2981 2941 8.23      
9 A 1472 1452 7.46      
10 A 1463 1443 6.94      
11 A 1443 1423 4.70      
12 A 1436 1416 4.27      
13 A 1378 1359 3.58      
14 A 1360 1341 0.51      
15 A 1298 1280 4.71      
16 A 1286 1268 3.43      
17 A 1258 1241 8.91      
18 A 1210 1193 8.47      
19 A 1169 1153 13.14      
20 A 1103 1088 1.88      
21 A 1069 1054 1.44      
22 A 1040 1026 3.47      
23 A 1020 1006 0.98      
24 A 926 913 11.93      
25 A 813 802 6.36      
26 A 794 783 12.38      
27 A 714 704 52.47      
28 A 640 631 44.29      
29 A 451 445 1.93      
30 A 376 371 1.95      
31 A 287 283 0.11      
32 A 237 234 0.50      
33 A 212 209 3.02      
34 A 185 182 4.17      
35 A 114 112 3.49      
36 A 96 94 1.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24591.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24254.8 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.10035 0.04285 0.03143

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.776 0.991 1.510
H2 -1.176 -1.762 -0.204
H3 -0.978 -0.903 1.361
C4 -1.017 -0.783 0.268
H5 0.181 0.018 -1.349
Cl6 1.582 -1.369 -0.029
C7 0.255 -0.119 -0.258
C8 0.626 1.191 0.433
H9 2.750 1.268 -0.073
H10 2.040 2.844 0.360
H11 1.696 2.121 -1.230
C12 1.848 1.893 -0.162
H13 -0.260 1.847 0.353
Cl14 -2.482 0.222 -0.113

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 C4 H5 Cl6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 C12 H13 Cl14
H13.78432.58582.81143.07802.93032.15161.10502.54582.52093.10332.18101.77303.7198
H23.78431.79561.09792.51412.79102.17893.51674.96095.64534.93744.74373.76412.3767
H32.58581.79561.09993.08832.95012.18102.79594.54694.91464.79714.25743.01542.3873
C42.81141.09791.09992.16662.68101.52852.57344.30354.74464.24773.94432.73791.8167
H53.07802.51413.08832.16662.37361.10212.17963.12963.78962.59492.77592.53682.9424
Cl62.93032.79102.95012.68102.37361.83792.77172.88504.25583.69353.27593.72594.3650
C72.15162.17892.18101.52851.10211.83791.52692.86133.51402.83572.56842.12202.7614
C81.10503.51672.79592.57342.17962.77171.52692.18582.17702.18601.53031.10523.3004
H92.54584.96094.54694.30353.12962.88502.86132.18581.78191.78271.10113.09535.3359
H102.52095.64534.91464.74463.78964.25583.51402.17701.78191.77951.10122.50725.2483
H113.10334.93744.79714.24772.59493.69352.83572.18601.78271.77951.10302.53164.7233
C122.18104.74374.25743.94432.77593.27592.56841.53031.10111.10121.10302.17094.6414
H131.77303.76413.01542.73792.53683.72592.12201.10523.09532.50722.53162.17092.7914
Cl143.71982.37672.38731.81672.94244.36502.76143.30045.33595.24834.72334.64142.7914

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 108.611 H1 C8 C12 110.673
H1 C8 H13 106.684 H2 C4 H3 109.572
H2 C4 C7 111.055 H2 C4 Cl14 106.652
H3 C4 C7 111.106 H3 C4 Cl14 107.306
C4 C7 H5 109.831 C4 C7 Cl6 105.206
C4 C7 C8 114.760 H5 C7 Cl6 104.896
H5 C7 C8 110.969 Cl6 C7 C8 110.579
C7 C4 Cl14 110.983 C7 C8 C12 114.303
C7 C8 H13 106.349 C8 C12 H9 111.283
C8 C12 H10 110.578 C8 C12 H11 111.187
H9 C12 H10 108.018 H9 C12 H11 107.957
H10 C12 H11 107.672 C12 C8 H13 109.865
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.133      
2 H 0.191      
3 H 0.185      
4 C -0.321      
5 H 0.181      
6 Cl -0.068      
7 C -0.213      
8 C -0.202      
9 H 0.145      
10 H 0.128      
11 H 0.126      
12 C -0.372      
13 H 0.151      
14 Cl -0.064      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.338 0.656 0.226 0.772
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -57.158 3.430 -0.292
y 3.430 -50.591 -0.190
z -0.292 -0.190 -50.266
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.730 3.430 -0.292
y 3.430 3.121 -0.190
z -0.292 -0.190 3.609
Polar
3z2-r27.217
x2-y2-6.567
xy3.430
xz-0.292
yz-0.190


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 11.775 -1.077 0.212
y -1.077 9.868 -0.141
z 0.212 -0.141 7.350


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 326.340
(<r2>)1/2 18.065