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

using model chemistry: MP2/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.587428
Energy at 298.15K-538.592934
HF Energy-538.158458
Nuclear repulsion energy102.465396
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 MP2/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' 3189 3037 15.14      
2 A' 3129 2980 19.26      
3 A' 3090 2943 14.68      
4 A' 1500 1429 2.12      
5 A' 1493 1422 0.62      
6 A' 1410 1343 5.15      
7 A' 1328 1265 35.54      
8 A' 1108 1055 0.61      
9 A' 1009 961 16.67      
10 A' 713 679 20.64      
11 A' 339 322 2.26      
12 A" 3213 3060 19.35      
13 A" 3191 3039 0.31      
14 A" 1485 1414 7.29      
15 A" 1282 1221 0.50      
16 A" 1087 1035 0.00      
17 A" 792 754 2.55      
18 A" 283 270 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14819.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9525) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14115.6 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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.04143 0.18213 0.16478

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.511 0.650 0.000
C2 0.000 0.813 0.000
H3 1.991 1.643 0.000
H4 1.844 0.099 0.893
H5 1.844 0.099 -0.893
Cl6 -0.826 -0.783 0.000
H7 -0.350 1.351 0.894
H8 -0.350 1.351 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52001.10371.10121.10122.74182.18102.1810
C21.52002.15762.17002.17001.79761.10061.1006
H31.10372.15761.79061.79063.71872.52372.5237
H41.10122.17001.79061.78682.95062.52683.0950
H51.10122.17001.79061.78682.95063.09502.5268
Cl62.74181.79763.71872.95062.95062.36252.3625
H72.18101.10062.52372.52683.09502.36251.7875
H82.18101.10062.52373.09502.52682.36251.7875

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 111.193 C1 C2 H7 111.665
C1 C2 H8 111.665 C2 C1 H3 109.622
C2 C1 H4 110.749 C2 C1 H5 110.749
H3 C1 H4 108.608 H3 C1 H5 108.608
H4 C1 H5 108.445 Cl6 C2 H7 106.729
Cl6 C2 H8 106.729 H7 C2 H8 108.606
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability