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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHCl2 (Ethane, 1,1-dichloro-)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-998.828055
Energy at 298.15K-998.832677
Nuclear repulsion energy203.133931
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 B3PW91/6-31G
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' 3216 3080 3.83      
2 A' 3180 3046 2.15      
3 A' 3075 2945 4.22      
4 A' 1519 1455 11.85      
5 A' 1466 1404 18.81      
6 A' 1327 1271 17.86      
7 A' 1134 1086 7.20      
8 A' 1024 981 21.27      
9 A' 613 587 17.47      
10 A' 395 379 7.38      
11 A' 260 249 1.70      
12 A" 3164 3030 5.06      
13 A" 1526 1461 5.85      
14 A" 1266 1213 46.36      
15 A" 1105 1059 49.16      
16 A" 640 613 134.46      
17 A" 317 303 1.29      
18 A" 262 251 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12744.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12205.8 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 B3PW91/6-31G
ABC
0.20721 0.09876 0.07078

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.578 0.000
C2 -1.441 1.010 0.000
H3 0.717 1.395 0.000
Cl4 0.392 -0.420 1.523
Cl5 0.392 -0.420 -1.523
H6 -2.110 0.146 0.000
H7 -1.645 1.613 0.890
H8 -1.645 1.613 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 Cl4 Cl5 H6 H7 H8
C11.50431.08691.86261.86262.15352.13792.1379
C21.50432.19202.77932.77931.09251.09461.0946
H31.08692.19202.39182.39183.09022.53362.5336
Cl41.86262.77932.39183.04532.98292.94733.7561
Cl51.86262.77932.39183.04532.98293.75612.9473
H62.15351.09253.09022.98292.98291.77791.7779
H72.13791.09462.53362.94733.75611.77791.7801
H82.13791.09462.53363.75612.94731.77791.7801

picture of Ethane, 1,1-dichloro- state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 111.058 C1 C2 H7 109.694
C1 C2 H8 109.694 C2 C1 H3 114.580
C2 C1 Cl4 110.823 C2 C1 Cl5 110.823
H3 C1 Cl4 105.320 H3 C1 Cl5 105.320
Cl4 C1 Cl5 109.669 H6 C2 H7 108.768
H6 C2 H8 108.768 H7 C2 H8 108.817
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.514      
2 C -0.450      
3 H 0.276      
4 Cl 0.032      
5 Cl 0.032      
6 H 0.216      
7 H 0.204      
8 H 0.204      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.334 2.435 0.000 2.777
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.994 -0.231 0.000
y -0.231 -36.548 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.904
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.232 -0.231 0.000
y -0.231 2.901 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.133
Polar
3z2-r2-10.266
x2-y2-0.446
xy-0.231
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> 153.820
(<r2>)1/2 12.402