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All results from a given calculation for C4H8Cl2 (Butane, 1,2-dichloro-)

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 C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-1072.466162
Energy at 298.15K-1072.475272
Nuclear repulsion energy357.361906
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 3195 3065 1.18      
2 A 3148 3020 16.36      
3 A 3140 3012 15.11      
4 A 3132 3004 9.97      
5 A 3123 2996 2.52      
6 A 3107 2980 0.41      
7 A 3066 2942 10.39      
8 A 3060 2936 14.17      
9 A 1565 1501 11.09      
10 A 1558 1495 10.53      
11 A 1529 1467 3.89      
12 A 1524 1463 16.57      
13 A 1460 1401 12.44      
14 A 1407 1350 0.45      
15 A 1372 1316 4.41      
16 A 1361 1306 2.68      
17 A 1330 1276 6.48      
18 A 1274 1222 5.28      
19 A 1236 1186 10.28      
20 A 1137 1091 0.77      
21 A 1124 1079 3.91      
22 A 1082 1038 2.05      
23 A 1027 985 0.10      
24 A 972 933 16.18      
25 A 842 807 23.89      
26 A 837 803 1.37      
27 A 724 695 39.32      
28 A 658 631 48.63      
29 A 472 453 1.63      
30 A 388 372 1.50      
31 A 299 287 0.13      
32 A 245 235 0.40      
33 A 223 214 2.93      
34 A 193 186 3.56      
35 A 116 111 3.99      
36 A 101 97 1.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25512.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24476.7 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
0.10190 0.04308 0.03173

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 0.768 0.966 1.506
H2 -1.163 -1.773 -0.203
H3 -0.956 -0.910 1.354
C4 -1.009 -0.802 0.268
H5 0.171 0.023 -1.350
Cl6 1.603 -1.340 -0.028
C7 0.252 -0.124 -0.270
C8 0.595 1.183 0.444
H9 2.702 1.261 -0.099
H10 2.011 2.830 0.371
H11 1.631 2.137 -1.219
C12 1.812 1.895 -0.164
H13 -0.290 1.829 0.372
Cl14 -2.472 0.207 -0.113

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 C4 H5 Cl6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 C12 H13 Cl14
H13.76212.55312.79543.06662.89372.14681.09762.53032.51173.08862.17761.77503.7011
H23.76211.79151.09072.51462.80502.17393.49944.91425.62114.91174.72313.75072.3756
H32.55311.79151.09193.07462.94062.17102.75944.49504.87494.75344.22342.98522.3867
C42.79541.09071.09192.16622.68331.52902.55744.26084.72474.22053.92622.72901.8179
H53.06662.51463.07462.16622.37821.09342.17803.08203.77222.57192.75732.53752.9246
Cl62.89372.80502.94062.68332.37821.83412.75792.82444.20963.67533.24533.71344.3601
C72.14682.17392.17101.52901.09341.83411.52802.81923.49782.81302.55382.12582.7486
C81.09763.49942.75942.55742.17802.75791.52802.17702.17402.17911.53561.09823.2666
H92.53034.91424.49504.26083.08202.82442.81922.17701.77791.77971.09503.08135.2802
H102.51175.62114.87494.72473.77224.20963.49782.17401.77791.77601.09562.50995.2174
H113.08864.91174.75344.22052.57193.67532.81302.17911.77971.77601.09692.51274.6672
C122.17764.72314.22343.92622.75733.24532.55381.53561.09501.09561.09692.16994.6050
H131.77503.75072.98522.72902.53753.71342.12581.09823.08132.50992.51272.16992.7620
Cl143.70112.37562.38671.81792.92464.36012.74863.26665.28025.21744.66724.60502.7620

picture of Butane, 1,2-dichloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 C8 C7 108.593 H1 C8 C12 110.475
H1 C8 H13 107.875 H2 C4 H3 110.337
H2 C4 C7 111.057 H2 C4 Cl14 106.842
H3 C4 C7 110.761 H3 C4 Cl14 107.586
C4 C7 H5 110.285 C4 C7 Cl6 105.496
C4 C7 C8 113.562 H5 C7 Cl6 105.868
H5 C7 C8 111.294 Cl6 C7 C8 109.895
C7 C4 Cl14 110.123 C7 C8 C12 112.939
C7 C8 H13 106.949 C8 C12 H9 110.578
C8 C12 H10 110.303 C8 C12 H11 110.630
H9 C12 H10 108.500 H9 C12 H11 108.568
H10 C12 H11 108.188 C12 C8 H13 109.826
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 H 0.234      
2 H 0.288      
3 H 0.280      
4 C -0.509      
5 H 0.286      
6 Cl -0.044      
7 C -0.362      
8 C -0.430      
9 H 0.237      
10 H 0.220      
11 H 0.213      
12 C -0.620      
13 H 0.257      
14 Cl -0.051      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.302 0.638 0.234 0.744
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -57.918 3.592 -0.279
y 3.592 -50.775 -0.248
z -0.279 -0.248 -50.422
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.319 3.592 -0.279
y 3.592 3.395 -0.248
z -0.279 -0.248 3.924
Polar
3z2-r27.848
x2-y2-7.143
xy3.592
xz-0.279
yz-0.248


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> 323.768
(<r2>)1/2 17.994