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All results from a given calculation for CH3CCl(CH3)CH3 (Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl-)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C3V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-615.016446
Energy at 298.15K-615.026396
Nuclear repulsion energy239.662366
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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 3138 3011 28.09      
2 A 3062 2938 17.71      
3 A 1570 1506 12.88      
4 A 1473 1413 5.47      
5 A 1217 1168 80.75      
6 A 816 783 11.59      
7 A 569 546 30.93      
8 A 374 358 4.75      
9 A 3150 3023 0.00      
10 A 1525 1463 0.00      
11 A 1014 972 0.00      
12 A 251 241 0.00      
13 A 3155 3027 18.65      
13 A 3155 3027 18.65      
14 A 3131 3004 3.90      
14 A 3131 3004 3.90      
15 A 3055 2931 9.22      
15 A 3055 2931 9.23      
16 A 1554 1491 10.75      
16 A 1554 1491 10.75      
17 A 1540 1477 0.86      
17 A 1540 1477 0.86      
18 A 1446 1387 24.03      
18 A 1446 1387 24.03      
19 A 1279 1227 13.22      
19 A 1279 1227 13.21      
20 A 1080 1036 0.01      
20 A 1080 1036 0.01      
21 A 954 915 0.69      
21 A 954 915 0.69      
22 A 406 389 0.25      
22 A 406 389 0.25      
23 A 307 294 0.98      
23 A 307 294 0.98      
24 A 291 279 0.04      
24 A 291 279 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27275.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26168.4 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.15041 0.09889 0.09889

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is C3v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -0.363
Cl2 0.000 0.000 1.489
C3 0.000 1.461 -0.817
C4 1.265 -0.731 -0.817
C5 -1.265 -0.731 -0.817
H6 0.000 1.495 -1.915
H7 1.294 -0.747 -1.915
H8 -1.294 -0.747 -1.915
H9 0.891 1.979 -0.447
H10 -0.891 1.979 -0.447
H11 1.268 -1.761 -0.447
H12 2.159 -0.218 -0.447
H13 -2.159 -0.218 -0.447
H14 -1.268 -1.761 -0.447

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 C3 C4 C5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.85261.53001.53001.53002.15432.15432.15432.17152.17152.17152.17152.17152.1715
Cl21.85262.73032.73032.73033.71773.71773.71772.90812.90812.90812.90812.90812.9081
C31.53002.73032.53072.53071.09802.78522.78521.09471.09473.48222.76002.76003.4822
C41.53002.73032.53072.53072.78521.09802.78522.76003.48221.09471.09473.48222.7600
C51.53002.73032.53072.53072.78522.78521.09803.48222.76002.76003.48221.09471.0947
H62.15433.71771.09802.78522.78522.58892.58891.78391.78393.78963.12243.12243.7896
H72.15433.71772.78521.09802.78522.58892.58893.12243.78961.78391.78393.78963.1224
H82.15433.71772.78522.78521.09802.58892.58893.78963.12243.12243.78961.78391.7839
H92.17152.90811.09472.76003.48221.78393.12243.78961.78123.75842.53673.75844.3179
H102.17152.90811.09473.48222.76001.78393.78963.12241.78124.31793.75842.53673.7584
H112.17152.90813.48221.09472.76003.78961.78393.12243.75844.31791.78123.75842.5367
H122.17152.90812.76001.09473.48223.12241.78393.78962.53673.75841.78124.31793.7584
H132.17152.90812.76003.48221.09473.12243.78961.78393.75842.53673.75844.31791.7812
H142.17152.90813.48222.76001.09473.78963.12241.78394.31793.75842.53673.75841.7812

picture of Propane, 2-chloro-2-methyl- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 H6 109.014 C1 C3 H9 110.559
C1 C3 H10 110.559 C1 C4 H7 109.014
C1 C4 H11 110.559 C1 C4 H12 110.559
C1 C5 H8 109.014 C1 C5 H13 110.559
C1 C5 H14 110.559 Cl2 C1 C3 107.259
Cl2 C1 C4 107.259 Cl2 C1 C5 107.259
C3 C1 C4 111.590 C3 C1 C5 111.590
C4 C1 C5 111.590 H6 C3 H9 108.891
H6 C3 H10 108.891 H7 C4 H11 108.891
H7 C4 H12 108.891 H8 C5 H13 108.891
H8 C5 H14 108.891 H9 C3 H10 108.888
H11 C4 H12 108.888 H13 C5 H14 108.888
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.269      
2 Cl -0.065      
3 C -0.567      
4 C -0.567      
5 C -0.567      
6 H 0.216      
7 H 0.216      
8 H 0.216      
9 H 0.231      
10 H 0.231      
11 H 0.231      
12 H 0.231      
13 H 0.231      
14 H 0.231      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -2.499 2.499
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.689 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.689 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.179
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.245 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.245 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.490
Polar
3z2-r2-4.980
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
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> 160.778
(<r2>)1/2 12.680