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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-615.118696
Energy at 298.15K-615.128610
Nuclear repulsion energy231.725684
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 B3LYP/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 3146 3027 20.00      
2 A 3137 3018 21.50      
3 A 3126 3007 21.65      
4 A 3117 2999 22.17      
5 A 3110 2991 2.18      
6 A 3087 2970 1.88      
7 A 3055 2939 10.94      
8 A 3055 2938 26.21      
9 A 3040 2924 12.28      
10 A 1573 1513 8.03      
11 A 1565 1505 11.82      
12 A 1562 1503 2.37      
13 A 1553 1494 9.28      
14 A 1534 1476 2.38      
15 A 1465 1410 1.76      
16 A 1463 1408 18.94      
17 A 1407 1353 0.32      
18 A 1368 1316 8.19      
19 A 1357 1305 8.03      
20 A 1290 1241 16.97      
21 A 1201 1155 7.87      
22 A 1132 1089 2.35      
23 A 1122 1080 4.89      
24 A 1041 1002 12.82      
25 A 1030 991 1.83      
26 A 987 949 9.66      
27 A 849 817 4.56      
28 A 822 791 19.03      
29 A 586 564 28.59      
30 A 465 447 1.38      
31 A 387 373 3.05      
32 A 329 316 1.61      
33 A 256 246 0.15      
34 A 236 227 0.05      
35 A 217 209 1.28      
36 A 120 115 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27394.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26353.1 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 B3LYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.14942 0.10259 0.06589

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.336 1.477 -0.011
H2 -1.497 1.468 -1.093
H3 -2.282 1.252 0.488
H4 -1.007 2.480 0.290
C5 -0.260 0.457 0.372
H6 -0.121 0.420 1.455
Cl7 -0.883 -1.236 -0.070
C8 1.081 0.709 -0.334
H9 1.364 1.749 -0.117
H10 0.926 0.627 -1.416
C11 2.208 -0.237 0.121
H12 2.387 -0.136 1.198
H13 1.940 -1.276 -0.090
H14 3.140 -0.003 -0.405

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 H4 C5 H6 Cl7 C8 H9 H10 C11 H12 H13 H14
C11.09421.09301.09701.53172.17762.75132.55642.71522.79513.93914.23354.27984.7306
H21.09421.77841.78232.16773.07942.95512.79213.03532.58464.25524.78574.51044.9126
H31.09301.77841.78072.17632.50952.90853.50423.72883.78234.74504.92254.95475.6364
H41.09701.78231.78072.15832.52683.73512.80822.51433.17504.21324.38054.78924.8834
C51.53172.16772.17632.15831.09251.85711.53582.13172.15192.57582.83512.83783.5173
H62.17763.07942.50952.52681.09252.37682.17442.53813.06282.76372.58183.08393.7779
Cl72.75132.95512.90853.73511.85712.37682.77623.73602.92433.25393.67542.82274.2204
C82.55642.79213.50422.80821.53582.17442.77621.09941.09611.54042.18302.17662.1798
H92.71523.03533.72882.51432.13172.53813.73601.09941.77132.17142.51593.07962.5115
H102.79512.58463.78233.17502.15193.06282.92431.09611.77132.17993.08992.53142.5139
C113.93914.25524.74504.21322.57582.76373.25391.54042.17142.17991.09641.09361.0950
H124.23354.78574.92254.38052.83512.58183.67542.18302.51593.08991.09641.77701.7757
H134.27984.51044.95474.78922.83783.08392.82272.17663.07962.53141.09361.77701.7777
H144.73064.91265.63644.88343.51733.77794.22042.17982.51152.51391.09501.77571.7777

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 111.054 C1 C5 Cl7 108.175
C1 C5 C8 112.895 H2 C1 H3 108.801
H2 C1 H4 108.860 H2 C1 C5 110.166
H3 C1 H4 108.795 H3 C1 C5 110.915
H4 C1 C5 109.264 C5 C8 H9 106.812
C5 C8 H10 108.542 C5 C8 C11 113.725
H6 C5 Cl7 104.365 H6 C5 C8 110.512
Cl7 C5 C8 109.452 C8 C11 H12 110.645
C8 C11 H13 110.304 C8 C11 H14 110.466
H9 C8 H10 107.560 H9 C8 C11 109.551
H10 C8 C11 110.415 H12 C11 H13 108.471
H12 C11 H14 108.256 H13 C11 H14 108.631
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.541      
2 H 0.211      
3 H 0.214      
4 H 0.198      
5 C -0.308      
6 H 0.239      
7 Cl -0.091      
8 C -0.371      
9 H 0.201      
10 H 0.210      
11 C -0.557      
12 H 0.186      
13 H 0.218      
14 H 0.191      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.869 2.179 0.378 2.376
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.709 -1.509 -0.287
y -1.509 -40.325 0.309
z -0.287 0.309 -39.162
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.034 -1.509 -0.287
y -1.509 -0.889 0.309
z -0.287 0.309 0.855
Polar
3z2-r21.709
x2-y20.615
xy-1.509
xz-0.287
yz0.309


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.817 0.380 0.056
y 0.380 8.358 0.241
z 0.056 0.241 6.203


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 183.692
(<r2>)1/2 13.553