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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1077.650330
Energy at 298.15K-1077.659384
Nuclear repulsion energy350.434019
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 B1B95/6-31+G**
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 3187 3048 3.67      
2 A 3169 3031 13.43      
3 A 3148 3012 18.12      
4 A 3127 2991 10.76      
5 A 3112 2977 11.00      
6 A 3103 2969 4.33      
7 A 3069 2936 18.88      
8 A 3064 2931 6.27      
9 A 1495 1430 4.73      
10 A 1491 1426 3.94      
11 A 1486 1421 10.78      
12 A 1473 1409 1.61      
13 A 1411 1350 9.13      
14 A 1395 1335 13.32      
15 A 1340 1282 7.60      
16 A 1320 1262 12.85      
17 A 1284 1228 19.84      
18 A 1265 1211 17.17      
19 A 1183 1132 8.39      
20 A 1131 1082 5.42      
21 A 1123 1074 4.76      
22 A 1075 1029 1.71      
23 A 1036 991 18.32      
24 A 960 918 1.78      
25 A 920 880 6.45      
26 A 783 749 14.47      
27 A 764 731 32.10      
28 A 631 603 32.07      
29 A 434 415 2.64      
30 A 409 391 5.65      
31 A 335 320 3.39      
32 A 253 242 0.31      
33 A 242 231 0.20      
34 A 148 142 2.51      
35 A 119 114 1.09      
36 A 76 73 3.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25278.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24181.2 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 B1B95/6-31+G**
ABC
0.14856 0.03177 0.02728

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -2.177 1.507 -0.105
H2 -2.209 1.531 -1.196
H3 -3.186 1.323 0.267
H4 -1.850 2.487 0.254
C5 -1.216 0.442 0.382
H6 -1.220 0.398 1.474
Cl7 -1.826 -1.190 -0.136
C8 0.201 0.653 -0.129
H9 0.511 1.661 0.168
H10 0.204 0.624 -1.223
C11 1.194 -0.353 0.417
H12 1.220 -0.340 1.507
H13 0.966 -1.362 0.079
Cl14 2.858 0.024 -0.142

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 Cl7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 Cl14
C11.09231.09071.09411.51472.15332.71982.52682.70622.77533.88534.18884.26015.2494
H21.09231.77161.77412.15883.06412.94492.77753.04532.57804.21044.74974.48075.3904
H31.09071.77161.77252.16132.48552.88583.47543.71373.76874.69234.86974.94886.1959
H41.09411.77411.77252.14482.49983.69792.77772.50233.14224.16614.35694.77295.3282
C51.51472.15882.16132.14481.09281.81771.52102.12442.15062.53792.79452.84794.1289
H62.15333.06412.48552.49981.09282.34052.15772.50963.05822.74052.54913.13464.4027
Cl72.71982.94492.88583.69791.81772.34052.73963.69882.93123.18203.56302.80574.8387
C82.52682.77753.47542.77771.52102.15772.73961.09561.09401.51552.16852.16622.7308
H92.70623.04533.71372.50232.12442.50963.69881.09561.76222.14132.51023.05912.8788
H102.77532.57803.76873.14222.15063.05822.93121.09401.76222.14983.06812.49392.9279
C113.88534.21044.69234.16612.53792.74053.18201.51552.14132.14981.09101.08871.7952
H124.18884.74974.86974.35692.79452.54913.56302.16852.51023.06811.09101.77482.3531
H134.26014.48074.94884.77292.84793.13462.80572.16623.05912.49391.08871.77482.3557
Cl145.24945.39046.19595.32824.12894.40274.83872.73082.87882.92791.79522.35312.3557

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 110.297 C1 C5 Cl7 109.071
C1 C5 C8 112.687 H2 C1 H3 108.490
H2 C1 H4 108.476 H2 C1 C5 110.768
H3 C1 H4 108.442 H3 C1 C5 111.054
H4 C1 C5 109.540 C5 C8 H9 107.450
C5 C8 H10 109.574 C5 C8 C11 113.402
H6 C5 Cl7 104.282 H6 C5 C8 110.200
Cl7 C5 C8 109.965 C8 C11 H12 111.571
C8 C11 H13 111.517 C8 C11 Cl14 110.864
H9 C8 H10 107.183 H9 C8 C11 109.127
H10 C8 C11 109.890 H12 C11 H13 109.022
H12 C11 Cl14 106.673 H13 C11 Cl14 106.969
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.617      
2 H 0.180      
3 H 0.183      
4 H 0.166      
5 C 0.001      
6 H 0.205      
7 Cl -0.086      
8 C -0.347      
9 H 0.182      
10 H 0.197      
11 C -0.490      
12 H 0.202      
13 H 0.224      
14 Cl -0.002      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.421 1.774 1.062 2.509
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -59.794 -3.934 0.060
y -3.934 -51.292 0.102
z 0.060 0.102 -50.501
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.897 -3.934 0.060
y -3.934 3.855 0.102
z 0.060 0.102 5.042
Polar
3z2-r210.084
x2-y2-8.501
xy-3.934
xz0.060
yz0.102


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.634 0.332 -0.211
y 0.332 10.490 0.080
z -0.211 0.080 8.638


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 365.984
(<r2>)1/2 19.131