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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-618.051926
Energy at 298.15K-618.061827
Nuclear repulsion energy234.341173
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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 3150 3020 23.27      
2 A 3141 3011 29.66      
3 A 3129 3000 34.76      
4 A 3124 2995 33.19      
5 A 3101 2972 12.24      
6 A 3079 2952 3.36      
7 A 3055 2928 13.04      
8 A 3054 2928 38.93      
9 A 3038 2912 21.67      
10 A 1522 1459 10.02      
11 A 1514 1451 9.43      
12 A 1508 1445 3.02      
13 A 1497 1435 10.19      
14 A 1480 1418 1.51      
15 A 1428 1369 6.13      
16 A 1419 1360 9.47      
17 A 1400 1342 0.48      
18 A 1335 1280 20.26      
19 A 1321 1267 1.91      
20 A 1274 1221 13.96      
21 A 1185 1136 7.44      
22 A 1142 1095 1.85      
23 A 1103 1058 4.47      
24 A 1054 1010 2.50      
25 A 1011 969 11.30      
26 A 976 935 7.02      
27 A 861 825 9.68      
28 A 799 766 11.52      
29 A 620 595 27.50      
30 A 460 441 1.14      
31 A 388 372 2.45      
32 A 321 308 1.01      
33 A 250 240 0.16      
34 A 239 229 0.63      
35 A 226 216 0.28      
36 A 113 108 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27156.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26032.6 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
0.15379 0.10455 0.06738

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.333 1.448 -0.008
H2 -1.503 1.457 -1.086
H3 -2.278 1.222 0.485
H4 -1.018 2.449 0.297
C5 -0.266 0.442 0.358
H6 -0.132 0.403 1.441
Cl7 -0.865 -1.222 -0.070
C8 1.064 0.700 -0.324
H9 1.332 1.742 -0.110
H10 0.919 0.635 -1.406
C11 2.190 -0.218 0.118
H12 2.364 -0.143 1.194
H13 1.962 -1.259 -0.110
H14 3.123 0.039 -0.386

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 Cl7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09111.08941.09311.51132.15242.71112.53062.68282.77243.89894.20044.26584.6883
H21.09111.76711.77012.15543.06162.93522.78273.01142.57774.22994.76574.50974.8885
H31.08941.76711.76852.16132.48772.87673.47763.69493.76044.70834.89004.94855.5966
H41.09311.77011.76852.14372.50543.69242.78902.48753.15334.17554.35434.77484.8393
C51.51132.15542.16132.14371.09121.82011.51692.11202.13442.55442.82092.84253.4928
H62.15243.06162.48772.50541.09122.33682.15212.51773.04362.74342.56683.09113.7498
Cl72.71112.93522.87673.69241.82012.33682.73543.68952.90183.22153.63192.82804.1948
C82.53062.78273.47762.78901.51692.15212.73541.09621.09411.51852.16912.16622.1631
H92.68283.01143.69492.48752.11202.51773.68951.09621.75312.15152.51383.06662.4863
H102.77242.57773.76043.15332.13443.04362.90181.09411.75312.16013.07502.52142.5005
C113.89894.22994.70834.17552.55442.74343.22151.51852.15152.16011.09281.09031.0910
H124.20044.76574.89004.35432.82092.56683.63192.16912.51383.07501.09281.76351.7622
H134.26584.50974.94854.77482.84253.09112.82802.16623.06662.52141.09031.76351.7636
H144.68834.88855.59664.83933.49283.74984.19482.16312.48632.50051.09101.76221.7636

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 110.561 C1 C5 Cl7 108.589
C1 C5 C8 113.378 H2 C1 H3 108.279
H2 C1 H4 108.273 H2 C1 C5 110.807
H3 C1 H4 108.250 H3 C1 C5 111.381
H4 C1 C5 109.757 C5 C8 H9 106.743
C5 C8 H10 108.585 C5 C8 C11 114.611
H6 C5 Cl7 103.949 H6 C5 C8 110.145
Cl7 C5 C8 109.785 C8 C11 H12 111.288
C8 C11 H13 111.211 C8 C11 H14 110.917
H9 C8 H10 106.339 H9 C8 C11 109.685
H10 C8 C11 110.495 H12 C11 H13 107.761
H12 C11 H14 107.601 H13 C11 H14 107.899
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.615      
2 H 0.237      
3 H 0.247      
4 H 0.224      
5 C -0.347      
6 H 0.267      
7 Cl -0.099      
8 C -0.417      
9 H 0.224      
10 H 0.236      
11 C -0.642      
12 H 0.216      
13 H 0.247      
14 H 0.224      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.883 2.153 0.372 2.356
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.200 -1.334 -0.347
y -1.334 -40.708 0.415
z -0.347 0.415 -39.513
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.090 -1.334 -0.347
y -1.334 -0.851 0.415
z -0.347 0.415 0.941
Polar
3z2-r21.882
x2-y20.508
xy-1.334
xz-0.347
yz0.415


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.908 0.285 0.056
y 0.285 9.395 0.206
z 0.056 0.206 6.978


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 180.644
(<r2>)1/2 13.440