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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.411677
Energy at 298.15K-539.417129
Nuclear repulsion energy102.856780
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 B1B95/6-31G*
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' 3166 3006 20.76      
2 A' 3132 2973 14.35      
3 A' 3086 2930 14.97      
4 A' 1530 1453 3.16      
5 A' 1520 1443 1.35      
6 A' 1439 1366 7.33      
7 A' 1345 1277 40.38      
8 A' 1110 1054 1.03      
9 A' 1005 954 21.17      
10 A' 690 655 29.01      
11 A' 331 314 3.04      
12 A" 3201 3039 20.53      
13 A" 3177 3016 1.41      
14 A" 1514 1437 8.10      
15 A" 1294 1229 0.62      
16 A" 1099 1043 0.00      
17 A" 796 756 4.18      
18 A" 267 254 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14851.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9493) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14098.4 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 B1B95/6-31G*
ABC
1.05884 0.18268 0.16545

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.502 0.660 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.968 1.649 0.000
H4 1.843 0.120 0.885
H5 1.843 0.120 -0.885
Cl6 -0.821 -0.787 0.000
H7 -0.355 1.338 0.885
H8 -0.355 1.338 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51001.09391.09121.09122.73732.16612.1661
C21.51002.13932.15792.15791.79661.08951.0895
H31.09392.13931.77181.77183.70372.50482.5048
H41.09122.15791.77181.77022.95002.51253.0734
H51.09122.15791.77181.77022.95003.07342.5125
Cl62.73731.79663.70372.95002.95002.34922.3492
H72.16611.08952.50482.51253.07342.34921.7700
H82.16611.08952.50483.07342.51252.34921.7700

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 111.453 C1 C2 H7 111.851
C1 C2 H8 111.851 C2 C1 H3 109.442
C2 C1 H4 111.087 C2 C1 H5 111.087
H3 C1 H4 108.363 H3 C1 H5 108.363
H4 C1 H5 108.416 Cl6 C2 H7 106.372
Cl6 C2 H8 106.372 H7 C2 H8 108.635
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.488      
2 C -0.406      
3 H 0.175      
4 H 0.189      
5 H 0.189      
6 Cl -0.085      
7 H 0.213      
8 H 0.213      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.184 1.879 0.000 2.221
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.545 -0.341 0.000
y -0.341 -25.394 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.904
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.896 -0.341 0.000
y -0.341 0.831 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.065
Polar
3z2-r20.130
x2-y2-1.151
xy-0.341
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.812 0.943 0.000
y 0.943 5.209 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.815


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.684
(<r2>)1/2 8.870