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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHClCH2CH3 (Butane, 2-chloro-)

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-617.935191
Energy at 298.15K-617.944883
Nuclear repulsion energy229.999340
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 3067 3043 21.74      
2 A 3059 3035 23.31      
3 A 3041 3018 32.37      
4 A 3036 3013 33.42      
5 A 3014 2991 12.08      
6 A 2992 2969 5.16      
7 A 2974 2951 20.91      
8 A 2971 2948 27.15      
9 A 2944 2921 20.78      
10 A 1486 1474 4.59      
11 A 1476 1465 6.46      
12 A 1475 1463 0.88      
13 A 1463 1452 4.72      
14 A 1449 1437 0.33      
15 A 1390 1379 3.23      
16 A 1386 1376 2.10      
17 A 1361 1350 0.30      
18 A 1297 1287 9.47      
19 A 1287 1277 13.46      
20 A 1228 1218 19.58      
21 A 1146 1137 9.53      
22 A 1093 1085 3.61      
23 A 1064 1056 3.00      
24 A 1000 992 1.02      
25 A 981 973 7.81      
26 A 945 938 8.38      
27 A 819 813 7.05      
28 A 777 771 13.46      
29 A 560 555 30.52      
30 A 446 442 1.62      
31 A 372 369 4.14      
32 A 314 312 1.95      
33 A 245 243 0.21      
34 A 227 225 0.08      
35 A 208 206 1.50      
36 A 113 112 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26351.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26148.4 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.14778 0.10030 0.06457

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)
C1 -1.314 1.509 -0.010
H2 -1.486 1.528 -1.097
H3 -2.270 1.303 0.491
H4 -0.967 2.508 0.304
C5 -0.255 0.465 0.360
H6 -0.126 0.414 1.452
Cl7 -0.921 -1.235 -0.069
C8 1.103 0.687 -0.328
H9 1.393 1.732 -0.106
H10 0.961 0.629 -1.421
C11 2.230 -0.262 0.120
H12 2.402 -0.194 1.207
H13 1.985 -1.308 -0.119
H14 3.175 -0.008 -0.386

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 Cl7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 H14
C11.10071.09911.10361.53222.17852.77222.57192.71762.81793.96354.26414.33904.7525
H21.10071.78471.78652.18393.09643.00182.82843.05152.62744.30054.83604.58814.9587
H31.09911.78471.78532.18692.51272.92833.52523.73643.81464.77904.95805.02965.6687
H41.10361.78651.78532.16462.53193.76202.82792.51763.19754.23414.41154.84304.8947
C51.53222.18392.18692.16461.10071.87561.53812.13042.16272.59982.86492.89633.5412
H62.17853.09642.51272.53191.10072.38032.18012.54423.07932.78962.61123.14463.8011
Cl72.77223.00182.92833.76201.87562.38032.80333.76312.97393.30303.70872.90774.2872
C82.57192.82843.52522.82791.53812.18012.80331.10681.10361.54042.19542.19172.1863
H92.71763.05153.73642.51762.13042.54423.76311.10681.76982.17492.53993.09722.5062
H102.81792.62743.81463.19752.16273.07932.97391.10361.76982.18583.10762.54872.5253
C113.96354.30054.77904.23412.59982.78963.30301.54042.17492.18581.10281.09971.1012
H124.26414.83604.95804.41152.86492.61123.70872.19542.53993.10761.10281.78091.7797
H134.33904.58815.02964.84302.89633.14462.90772.19173.09722.54871.09971.78091.7818
H144.75254.95875.66874.89473.54123.80114.28722.18632.50622.52531.10121.77971.7818

picture of Butane, 2-chloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C5 H6 110.597 C1 C5 Cl7 108.457
C1 C5 C8 113.788 H2 C1 H3 108.447
H2 C1 H4 108.287 H2 C1 C5 111.029
H3 C1 H4 108.294 H3 C1 C5 111.358
H4 C1 C5 109.335 C5 C8 H9 106.168
C5 C8 H10 108.795 C5 C8 C11 115.240
H6 C5 Cl7 103.111 H6 C5 C8 110.318
Cl7 C5 C8 110.019 C8 C11 H12 111.236
C8 C11 H13 111.130 C8 C11 H14 110.609
H9 C8 H10 106.387 H9 C8 C11 109.387
H10 C8 C11 110.426 H12 C11 H13 107.915
H12 C11 H14 107.704 H13 C11 H14 108.106
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 -0.269      
2 H 0.114      
3 H 0.113      
4 H 0.099      
5 C -0.134      
6 H 0.128      
7 Cl -0.128      
8 C -0.128      
9 H 0.090      
10 H 0.101      
11 C -0.289      
12 H 0.091      
13 H 0.120      
14 H 0.092      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.910 2.125 0.362 2.340
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.678 -1.489 -0.300
y -1.489 -40.155 0.283
z -0.300 0.283 -39.109
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.045 -1.489 -0.300
y -1.489 -0.762 0.283
z -0.300 0.283 0.807
Polar
3z2-r21.615
x2-y20.478
xy-1.489
xz-0.300
yz0.283


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> 186.678
(<r2>)1/2 13.663