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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2Cl (Ethyl chloride)

using model chemistry: HF/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.200608
Energy at 298.15K-538.206196
Nuclear repulsion energy102.955960
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3239 2949 45.71      
2 A' 3221 2932 4.90      
3 A' 3162 2879 24.42      
4 A' 1619 1474 2.43      
5 A' 1614 1469 1.09      
6 A' 1540 1402 3.80      
7 A' 1436 1307 45.51      
8 A' 1169 1064 1.35      
9 A' 1046 953 19.11      
10 A' 708 645 43.97      
11 A' 354 323 3.05      
12 A" 3293 2998 17.46      
13 A" 3242 2952 14.34      
14 A" 1602 1458 7.63      
15 A" 1380 1257 0.08      
16 A" 1170 1066 0.00      
17 A" 847 771 1.85      
18 A" 279 254 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15460.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9104) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14075.6 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.06539 0.18230 0.16514

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.505 0.662 0.000
C2 0.000 0.813 0.000
H3 1.963 1.646 0.000
H4 1.841 0.127 0.878
H5 1.841 0.127 -0.878
Cl6 -0.822 -0.789 0.000
H7 -0.353 1.329 0.878
H8 -0.353 1.329 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51251.08521.08181.08182.74212.15992.1599
C21.51252.13292.15192.15191.80001.07741.0774
H31.08522.13291.75851.75853.69932.49702.4970
H41.08182.15191.75851.75612.94982.50123.0559
H51.08182.15191.75851.75612.94983.05592.5012
Cl62.74211.80003.69932.94982.94982.33952.3395
H72.15991.07742.49702.50123.05592.33951.7554
H82.15991.07742.49703.05592.50122.33951.7554

picture of Ethyl chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl6 111.453 C1 C2 H7 111.919
C1 C2 H8 111.919 C2 C1 H3 109.278
C2 C1 H4 111.005 C2 C1 H5 111.005
H3 C1 H4 108.481 H3 C1 H5 108.481
H4 C1 H5 108.521 Cl6 C2 H7 106.054
Cl6 C2 H8 106.054 H7 C2 H8 109.107
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.883      
2 C -0.289      
3 H 0.299      
4 H 0.317      
5 H 0.317      
6 Cl -0.322      
7 H 0.281      
8 H 0.281      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.253 2.007 0.000 2.366
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.226 -0.431 0.000
y -0.431 -25.942 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.381
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.065 -0.431 0.000
y -0.431 0.862 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.203
Polar
3z2-r20.406
x2-y2-1.285
xy-0.431
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.212 0.831 0.000
y 0.831 6.327 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.100


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.039
(<r2>)1/2 8.890