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All results from a given calculation for CH2ClCH2CH2CH3 (Butane, 1-chloro-)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-613.256486
Energy at 298.15K-613.266612
Nuclear repulsion energy218.174572
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 HF/3-21G*
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' 3276 2957 21.30      
2 A' 3259 2941 36.34      
3 A' 3225 2911 15.07      
4 A' 3199 2887 9.57      
5 A' 3195 2884 33.12      
6 A' 1676 1513 8.40      
7 A' 1664 1502 5.56      
8 A' 1655 1494 0.69      
9 A' 1648 1487 3.69      
10 A' 1577 1424 4.64      
11 A' 1518 1370 3.13      
12 A' 1485 1341 20.67      
13 A' 1415 1277 14.41      
14 A' 1220 1101 8.71      
15 A' 1092 985 1.61      
16 A' 1046 944 3.39      
17 A' 961 868 0.09      
18 A' 748 675 66.80      
19 A' 431 389 1.63      
20 A' 350 316 5.26      
21 A' 171 154 1.71      
22 A" 3338 3013 10.96      
23 A" 3272 2953 48.86      
24 A" 3255 2938 12.87      
25 A" 3223 2909 3.22      
26 A" 1673 1510 9.01      
27 A" 1472 1329 0.07      
28 A" 1452 1311 0.80      
29 A" 1361 1229 0.48      
30 A" 1226 1107 0.06      
31 A" 1035 934 1.57      
32 A" 873 788 0.01      
33 A" 807 728 6.07      
34 A" 260 235 0.06      
35 A" 123 111 0.65      
36 A" 111 100 1.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29145.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26306.3 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 HF/3-21G*
ABC
0.55913 0.04353 0.04163

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.193 -0.997 0.000
H2 0.715 -1.331 0.882
H3 0.715 -1.331 -0.882
C4 0.000 0.519 0.000
H5 -0.570 0.807 0.876
H6 -0.570 0.807 -0.876
C7 1.360 1.246 0.000
H8 1.929 0.949 -0.875
H9 1.929 0.949 0.875
C10 1.181 2.777 0.000
H11 0.631 3.097 -0.879
H12 0.631 3.097 0.879
H13 2.142 3.278 0.000
Cl14 -1.409 -1.858 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9 C10 H11 H12 H13 Cl14
C11.07751.07751.52892.14572.14572.52902.75072.75073.90124.21014.21014.69851.8188
H21.07751.76342.17082.49433.05112.79963.12382.58324.22734.76574.42864.90492.3591
H31.07751.76342.17083.05112.49432.79962.58323.12384.22734.42864.76574.90492.3591
C41.52892.17082.17081.08351.08351.54192.16142.16142.54762.79522.79523.49252.7641
H52.14572.49433.05111.08351.75112.16403.05442.50302.77693.12462.58563.77172.9285
H62.14573.05112.49431.08351.75112.16402.50303.05442.77692.58563.12463.77172.9285
C72.52902.79962.79961.54192.16402.16401.08561.08561.54082.17392.17392.17694.1602
H82.75073.12382.58322.16143.05442.50301.08561.74982.16052.50963.06162.49734.4485
H92.75072.58323.12382.16142.50303.05441.08561.74982.16053.06162.50962.49734.4485
C103.90124.22734.22732.54762.77692.77691.54082.16052.16051.08451.08451.08405.3098
H114.21014.76574.42862.79523.12462.58562.17392.50963.06161.08451.75741.75685.4305
H124.21014.42864.76572.79522.58563.12462.17393.06162.50961.08451.75741.75685.4305
H134.69854.90494.90493.49253.77173.77172.17692.49732.49731.08401.75681.75686.2444
Cl141.81882.35912.35912.76412.92852.92854.16024.44854.44855.30985.43055.43056.2444

picture of Butane, 1-chloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C4 H5 109.251 C1 C4 H6 109.251
C1 C4 C7 110.883 H2 C1 H3 109.833
H2 C1 C4 111.621 H2 C1 Cl14 106.240
H3 C1 C4 111.621 H3 C1 Cl14 106.240
C4 C1 Cl14 111.014 C4 C7 H8 109.466
C4 C7 H9 109.466 C4 C7 C10 111.463
H5 C4 H6 107.817 H5 C4 C7 109.790
H6 C4 C7 109.790 C7 C10 H11 110.596
C7 C10 H12 110.596 C7 C10 H13 110.864
H8 C7 H9 107.402 H8 C7 C10 109.477
H9 C7 C10 109.477 H11 C10 H12 108.237
H11 C10 H13 108.227 H12 C10 H13 108.227
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.473 -0.153    
2 H 0.258 0.126    
3 H 0.258 0.126    
4 C -0.422 0.034    
5 H 0.233 0.033    
6 H 0.233 0.033    
7 C -0.431 0.106    
8 H 0.211 -0.009    
9 H 0.211 -0.009    
10 C -0.581 -0.282    
11 H 0.204 0.069    
12 H 0.204 0.069    
13 H 0.206 0.079    
14 Cl -0.109 -0.222    


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.171 1.578 0.000 2.684
CHELPG 2.208 1.555 0.000 2.701
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.286 -3.233 0.000
y -3.233 -43.402 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -39.884
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.643 -3.233 0.000
y -3.233 -2.317 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.960
Polar
3z2-r25.921
x2-y21.116
xy-3.233
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.854 1.573 0.000
y 1.573 8.022 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.045


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 258.703
(<r2>)1/2 16.084