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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.149277
Energy at 298.15K-539.154752
HF Energy-539.020144
Nuclear repulsion energy102.412447
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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3166 3006 23.62      
2 A' 3138 2978 13.86      
3 A' 3090 2933 15.36      
4 A' 1552 1473 2.49      
5 A' 1540 1462 1.58      
6 A' 1461 1387 5.23      
7 A' 1366 1297 43.91      
8 A' 1116 1059 1.22      
9 A' 1008 957 18.26      
10 A' 686 651 29.01      
11 A' 337 320 2.89      
12 A" 3204 3041 21.82      
13 A" 3179 3017 3.09      
14 A" 1535 1457 6.88      
15 A" 1311 1244 0.52      
16 A" 1115 1058 0.01      
17 A" 808 767 3.27      
18 A" 271 258 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14941.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14182.1 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
1.05185 0.18079 0.16376

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.511 0.665 0.000
C2 0.000 0.815 0.000
H3 1.973 1.657 0.000
H4 1.850 0.125 0.886
H5 1.850 0.125 -0.886
Cl6 -0.826 -0.793 0.000
H7 -0.352 1.343 0.887
H8 -0.352 1.343 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51821.09491.09191.09192.75392.17112.1711
C21.51822.14582.16412.16411.80711.09001.0900
H31.09492.14581.77481.77483.71992.50822.5082
H41.09192.16411.77481.77262.96392.51583.0777
H51.09192.16411.77481.77262.96393.07772.5158
Cl62.75391.80713.71992.96392.96392.36012.3601
H72.17111.09002.50822.51583.07772.36011.7730
H82.17111.09002.50823.07772.51582.36011.7730

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 111.523 C1 C2 H7 111.638
C1 C2 H8 111.638 C2 C1 H3 109.335
C2 C1 H4 110.957 C2 C1 H5 110.957
H3 C1 H4 108.501 H3 C1 H5 108.501
H4 C1 H5 108.521 Cl6 C2 H7 106.462
Cl6 C2 H8 106.462 H7 C2 H8 108.842
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.455      
2 C -0.359      
3 H 0.162      
4 H 0.177      
5 H 0.177      
6 Cl -0.098      
7 H 0.198      
8 H 0.198      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.180 1.887 0.000 2.226
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.902 -0.361 0.000
y -0.361 -25.698 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.198
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.954 -0.361 0.000
y -0.361 0.853 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.101
Polar
3z2-r20.203
x2-y2-1.204
xy-0.361
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.749 0.956 0.000
y 0.956 5.210 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.792


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.472
(<r2>)1/2 8.915