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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.435057
Energy at 298.15K-539.440514
Nuclear repulsion energy102.523237
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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
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' 3154 3023 15.98      
2 A' 3111 2981 15.57      
3 A' 3067 2939 15.07      
4 A' 1479 1417 2.77      
5 A' 1474 1412 0.76      
6 A' 1397 1339 5.99      
7 A' 1304 1250 37.02      
8 A' 1100 1054 0.86      
9 A' 996 954 21.84      
10 A' 686 658 27.90      
11 A' 334 320 3.09      
12 A" 3186 3053 16.96      
13 A" 3162 3030 0.50      
14 A" 1460 1399 8.43      
15 A" 1266 1213 0.61      
16 A" 1068 1023 0.04      
17 A" 789 756 4.08      
18 A" 268 256 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14650.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14039.1 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.05391 0.18154 0.16454

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.503 0.667 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
H3 1.968 1.666 0.000
H4 1.849 0.126 0.891
H5 1.849 0.126 -0.891
Cl6 -0.821 -0.792 0.000
H7 -0.364 1.338 0.891
H8 -0.364 1.338 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51021.10101.09841.09842.74462.17512.1751
C21.51022.14472.16442.16441.80231.09721.0972
H31.10102.14471.78281.78283.71732.51742.5174
H41.09842.16441.78281.78152.96102.52363.0894
H51.09842.16441.78281.78152.96103.08942.5236
Cl62.74461.80233.71732.96102.96102.35442.3544
H72.17511.09722.51742.52363.08942.35441.7826
H82.17511.09722.51743.08942.52362.35441.7826

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 111.597 C1 C2 H7 112.094
C1 C2 H8 112.094 C2 C1 H3 109.441
C2 C1 H4 111.156 C2 C1 H5 111.156
H3 C1 H4 108.310 H3 C1 H5 108.310
H4 C1 H5 108.380 Cl6 C2 H7 106.013
Cl6 C2 H8 106.013 H7 C2 H8 108.661
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.076      
2 C -0.135      
3 H 0.053      
4 H 0.064      
5 H 0.064      
6 Cl -0.153      
7 H 0.092      
8 H 0.092      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.139 1.796 0.000 2.127
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.545 -0.279 0.000
y -0.279 -25.397 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.924
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.885 -0.279 0.000
y -0.279 0.838 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.047
Polar
3z2-r20.095
x2-y2-1.148
xy-0.279
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> 79.072
(<r2>)1/2 8.892