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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.157033
Energy at 298.15K-539.162497
HF Energy-539.157033
Nuclear repulsion energy102.711779
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
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' 3161 3004 19.19      
2 A' 3126 2971 14.30      
3 A' 3081 2927 14.23      
4 A' 1528 1452 3.58      
5 A' 1517 1442 1.54      
6 A' 1438 1367 8.84      
7 A' 1346 1279 39.08      
8 A' 1111 1056 1.16      
9 A' 1007 957 21.93      
10 A' 694 660 27.92      
11 A' 336 320 3.04      
12 A" 3196 3037 18.84      
13 A" 3171 3014 1.30      
14 A" 1512 1436 8.71      
15 A" 1295 1231 0.70      
16 A" 1101 1046 0.00      
17 A" 797 758 4.56      
18 A" 269 255 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14842.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14105.1 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
1.05631 0.18216 0.16502

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.505 0.660 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.970 1.653 0.000
H4 1.846 0.119 0.887
H5 1.846 0.119 -0.887
Cl6 -0.823 -0.788 0.000
H7 -0.355 1.340 0.887
H8 -0.355 1.340 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51261.09651.09371.09372.74132.16962.1696
C21.51262.14272.16192.16191.79781.09211.0921
H31.09652.14271.77621.77623.70922.50802.5080
H41.09372.16191.77621.77442.95522.51653.0792
H51.09372.16191.77621.77442.95523.07922.5165
Cl62.74131.79783.70922.95522.95522.35212.3521
H72.16961.09212.50802.51653.07922.35211.7746
H82.16961.09212.50803.07922.51652.35211.7746

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 111.519 C1 C2 H7 111.790
C1 C2 H8 111.790 C2 C1 H3 109.389
C2 C1 H4 111.079 C2 C1 H5 111.079
H3 C1 H4 108.388 H3 C1 H5 108.388
H4 C1 H5 108.436 Cl6 C2 H7 106.385
Cl6 C2 H8 106.385 H7 C2 H8 108.671
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.518      
2 C -0.428      
3 H 0.185      
4 H 0.199      
5 H 0.199      
6 Cl -0.080      
7 H 0.222      
8 H 0.222      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.191 1.888 0.000 2.232
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.643 -0.344 0.000
y -0.344 -25.477 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.989
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.911 -0.344 0.000
y -0.344 0.839 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.072
Polar
3z2-r20.143
x2-y2-1.167
xy-0.344
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.816 0.946 0.000
y 0.946 5.215 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.819


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.917
(<r2>)1/2 8.884