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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHCl2 (Ethane, 1,1-dichloro-)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-999.079961
Energy at 298.15K-999.084703
Nuclear repulsion energy208.820854
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
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' 3185 3039 12.53      
2 A' 3164 3020 0.58      
3 A' 3078 2937 7.79      
4 A' 1500 1431 9.12      
5 A' 1433 1368 12.82      
6 A' 1327 1266 17.58      
7 A' 1123 1072 3.71      
8 A' 1006 960 15.79      
9 A' 661 630 13.09      
10 A' 408 390 5.00      
11 A' 283 270 0.86      
12 A" 3158 3014 9.94      
13 A" 1503 1434 2.14      
14 A" 1296 1237 40.71      
15 A" 1090 1040 51.79      
16 A" 704 672 131.98      
17 A" 324 309 0.96      
18 A" 276 263 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12757.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9544) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12176.0 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.21580 0.10576 0.07521

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.542 0.000
C2 -1.449 0.948 0.000
H3 0.672 1.394 0.000
Cl4 0.396 -0.397 1.470
Cl5 0.396 -0.397 -1.470
H6 -2.097 0.072 0.000
H7 -1.665 1.545 0.887
H8 -1.665 1.545 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 H6 H7 H8
C11.50501.08541.78831.78832.14862.13672.1367
C21.50502.16742.71532.71531.08951.09091.0909
H31.08542.16742.33342.33343.06812.50412.5041
Cl41.78832.71532.33342.94002.93112.89053.6841
Cl51.78832.71532.33342.94002.93113.68412.8905
H62.14861.08953.06812.93112.93111.77301.7730
H72.13671.09092.50412.89053.68411.77301.7746
H82.13671.09092.50413.68412.89051.77301.7746

picture of Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 110.796 C1 C2 H7 109.764
C1 C2 H8 109.764 C2 C1 H3 112.582
C2 C1 Cl4 110.775 C2 C1 Cl5 110.775
H3 C1 Cl4 105.973 H3 C1 Cl5 105.973
Cl4 C1 Cl5 110.569 H6 C2 H7 108.812
H6 C2 H8 108.812 H7 C2 H8 108.856
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.423      
2 C -0.624      
3 H 0.317      
4 Cl -0.022      
5 Cl -0.022      
6 H 0.265      
7 H 0.254      
8 H 0.254      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.180 1.965 0.000 2.293
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.826 -0.243 0.000
y -0.243 -37.069 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.066
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.242 -0.243 0.000
y -0.243 2.377 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.618
Polar
3z2-r2-7.237
x2-y2-0.757
xy-0.243
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> 146.727
(<r2>)1/2 12.113