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

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.701402
Energy at 298.15K-538.706886
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3174 3001 16.38      
2 A' 3142 2971 10.86      
3 A' 3094 2925 12.18      
4 A' 1533 1449 1.92      
5 A' 1523 1440 1.23      
6 A' 1444 1365 4.22      
7 A' 1348 1275 35.86      
8 A' 1109 1049 0.72      
9 A' 1009 954 16.76      
10 A' 705 667 23.19      
11 A' 337 319 2.18      
12 A" 3209 3034 13.19      
13 A" 3185 3011 2.24      
14 A" 1518 1435 6.17      
15 A" 1298 1227 0.34      
16 A" 1100 1040 0.00      
17 A" 797 754 2.58      
18 A" 267 252 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14895.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9455) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14083.7 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 CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.04842 0.18265 0.16519

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.510 0.649 0.000
C2 0.000 0.814 0.000
H3 1.983 1.636 0.000
H4 1.842 0.105 0.886
H5 1.842 0.105 -0.886
Cl6 -0.825 -0.783 0.000
H7 -0.350 1.340 0.887
H8 -0.350 1.340 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51921.09381.09111.09112.73962.17392.1739
C21.51922.14612.16322.16321.79781.08901.0890
H31.09382.14611.77401.77403.70602.51332.5133
H41.09112.16321.77401.77142.94712.51613.0778
H51.09112.16321.77401.77142.94713.07782.5161
Cl62.73961.79783.70602.94712.94712.34952.3495
H72.17391.08902.51332.51613.07782.34951.7738
H82.17391.08902.51333.07782.51612.34951.7738

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 111.085 C1 C2 H7 111.854
C1 C2 H8 111.854 C2 C1 H3 109.358
C2 C1 H4 110.870 C2 C1 H5 110.870
H3 C1 H4 108.572 H3 C1 H5 108.572
H4 C1 H5 108.537 Cl6 C2 H7 106.349
Cl6 C2 H8 106.349 H7 C2 H8 109.053
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability