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

using model chemistry: G4

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.225696
Energy at 298.15K-539.220678
HF Energy-539.436312
Nuclear repulsion energy102.153442
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 B3LYP/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' 3113 3004 22.96      
2 A' 3087 2979 9.96      
3 A' 3040 2934 15.62      
4 A' 1501 1449 1.72      
5 A' 1488 1436 0.87      
6 A' 1412 1363 2.75      
7 A' 1313 1267 42.02      
8 A' 1086 1048 0.76      
9 A' 980 946 19.56      
10 A' 661 638 29.92      
11 A' 329 318 3.00      
12 A" 3153 3042 18.06      
13 A" 3125 3016 2.85      
14 A" 1484 1432 5.97      
15 A" 1271 1227 0.36      
16 A" 1072 1035 0.00      
17 A" 787 759 2.88      
18 A" 257 248 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14580.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14070.0 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.04997 0.17962 0.16277

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.511 0.674 0.000
C2 0.000 0.819 0.000
H3 1.971 1.668 0.000
H4 1.854 0.135 0.886
H5 1.854 0.135 -0.886
Cl6 -0.825 -0.798 0.000
H7 -0.363 1.339 0.888
H8 -0.363 1.339 -0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51771.09621.09281.09282.76052.17722.1772
C21.51772.14632.16622.16621.81571.09061.0906
H31.09622.14631.77521.77523.72852.51862.5186
H41.09282.16621.77521.77302.97202.52293.0842
H51.09282.16621.77521.77302.97203.08422.5229
Cl62.76051.81573.72852.97202.97202.36002.3600
H72.17721.09062.51862.52293.08422.36001.7751
H82.17721.09062.51863.08422.52292.36001.7751

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 111.650 C1 C2 H7 111.873
C1 C2 H8 111.873 C2 C1 H3 109.359
C2 C1 H4 111.049 C2 C1 H5 111.049
H3 C1 H4 108.424 H3 C1 H5 108.424
H4 C1 H5 108.459 Cl6 C2 H7 106.113
Cl6 C2 H8 106.113 H7 C2 H8 108.887
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.359      
2 C -0.154      
3 H 0.125      
4 H 0.140      
5 H 0.140      
6 Cl -0.191      
7 H 0.150      
8 H 0.150      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.178 1.856 0.000 2.198
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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> 79.656
(<r2>)1/2 8.925