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

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.357172
Energy at 298.15K-539.362515
Nuclear repulsion energy101.179561
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 BLYP/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' 3032 3016 25.05      
2 A' 3007 2991 9.91      
3 A' 2963 2947 17.12      
4 A' 1466 1457 1.29      
5 A' 1449 1441 0.53      
6 A' 1373 1366 1.50      
7 A' 1271 1264 43.73      
8 A' 1052 1047 0.73      
9 A' 946 941 19.89      
10 A' 623 619 30.18      
11 A' 318 316 3.31      
12 A" 3072 3055 22.27      
13 A" 3045 3028 2.08      
14 A" 1446 1438 5.12      
15 A" 1235 1228 0.37      
16 A" 1038 1033 0.00      
17 A" 769 765 2.73      
18 A" 252 251 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14178.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14100.4 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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.03448 0.17583 0.15943

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.521 0.690 0.000
C2 0.000 0.830 0.000
H3 1.977 1.694 0.000
H4 1.871 0.150 0.892
H5 1.871 0.150 -0.892
Cl6 -0.830 -0.812 0.000
H7 -0.371 1.347 0.894
H8 -0.371 1.347 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52731.10361.09971.09972.78902.19332.1933
C21.52732.15812.18112.18111.83961.09771.0977
H31.10362.15811.78641.78643.76312.53682.5368
H41.09972.18111.78641.78473.00222.54113.1063
H51.09972.18111.78641.78473.00223.10632.5411
Cl62.78901.83963.76313.00223.00222.38162.3816
H72.19331.09772.53682.54113.10632.38161.7886
H82.19331.09772.53683.10632.54112.38161.7886

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 111.532 C1 C2 H7 112.320
C1 C2 H8 112.320 C2 C1 H3 109.172
C2 C1 H4 111.212 C2 C1 H5 111.212
H3 C1 H4 108.345 H3 C1 H5 108.345
H4 C1 H5 108.468 Cl6 C2 H7 105.559
Cl6 C2 H8 105.559 H7 C2 H8 109.117
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.316      
2 C -0.118      
3 H 0.110      
4 H 0.125      
5 H 0.125      
6 Cl -0.195      
7 H 0.134      
8 H 0.134      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.182 1.856 0.000 2.200
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.626 -0.304 0.000
y -0.304 -25.504 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.061
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.844 -0.304 0.000
y -0.304 0.840 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.004
Polar
3z2-r20.008
x2-y2-1.123
xy-0.304
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.564 0.991 0.000
y 0.991 5.774 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.384


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.970
(<r2>)1/2 8.998