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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.101087
Energy at 298.15K-539.106469
HF Energy-539.101087
Nuclear repulsion energy101.796770
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3069 3018 19.91      
2 A' 3031 2981 15.36      
3 A' 2992 2943 14.86      
4 A' 1484 1459 3.21      
5 A' 1470 1445 1.15      
6 A' 1388 1365 7.08      
7 A' 1295 1273 40.72      
8 A' 1073 1056 1.04      
9 A' 969 953 22.89      
10 A' 653 642 27.80      
11 A' 324 318 3.39      
12 A" 3100 3049 22.81      
13 A" 3077 3026 0.09      
14 A" 1466 1441 8.07      
15 A" 1251 1230 0.74      
16 A" 1059 1042 0.00      
17 A" 774 762 4.80      
18 A" 263 259 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14368.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14131.3 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
1.04253 0.17861 0.16193

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.513 0.676 0.000
C2 0.000 0.819 0.000
H3 1.975 1.680 0.000
H4 1.862 0.135 0.894
H5 1.862 0.135 -0.894
Cl6 -0.826 -0.801 0.000
H7 -0.364 1.348 0.894
H8 -0.364 1.348 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51981.10501.10181.10182.76702.18462.1846
C21.51982.15422.17582.17581.81901.10071.1007
H31.10502.15421.78891.78893.74212.52542.5254
H41.10182.17581.78891.78742.98362.53473.1020
H51.10182.17581.78891.78742.98363.10202.5347
Cl62.76701.81903.74212.98362.98362.37342.3734
H72.18461.10072.52542.53473.10202.37341.7888
H82.18461.10072.52543.10202.53472.37341.7888

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 111.624 C1 C2 H7 111.962
C1 C2 H8 111.962 C2 C1 H3 109.296
C2 C1 H4 111.195 C2 C1 H5 111.195
H3 C1 H4 108.323 H3 C1 H5 108.323
H4 C1 H5 108.421 Cl6 C2 H7 106.129
Cl6 C2 H8 106.129 H7 C2 H8 108.692
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.476      
2 C -0.397      
3 H 0.171      
4 H 0.185      
5 H 0.185      
6 Cl -0.082      
7 H 0.207      
8 H 0.207      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.181 1.867 0.000 2.209
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.593 -0.304 -0.001
y -0.304 -25.493 0.001
z -0.001 0.001 -26.037
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.828 -0.304 -0.001
y -0.304 0.822 0.001
z -0.001 0.001 0.006
Polar
3z2-r20.012
x2-y2-1.100
xy-0.304
xz-0.001
yz0.001


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.007 1.006 0.000
y 1.006 5.364 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.898


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.083
(<r2>)1/2 8.949