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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.191195
Energy at 298.15K-538.196779
Nuclear repulsion energy103.065557
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 HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3237 2941 47.65      
2 A' 3221 2927 2.57      
3 A' 3163 2874 23.43      
4 A' 1619 1471 2.61      
5 A' 1615 1467 1.17      
6 A' 1539 1399 4.11      
7 A' 1436 1304 44.04      
8 A' 1168 1061 1.35      
9 A' 1047 951 19.16      
10 A' 711 646 42.92      
11 A' 356 324 2.92      
12 A" 3291 2990 17.53      
13 A" 3242 2946 13.75      
14 A" 1603 1456 7.95      
15 A" 1380 1254 0.08      
16 A" 1170 1063 0.00      
17 A" 844 767 1.86      
18 A" 278 253 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15460.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9086) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14047.0 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 HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.06708 0.18273 0.16553

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.506 0.658 0.000
C2 0.000 0.810 0.000
H3 1.964 1.642 0.000
H4 1.842 0.123 0.878
H5 1.842 0.123 -0.878
Cl6 -0.822 -0.785 0.000
H7 -0.351 1.327 0.878
H8 -0.351 1.327 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51341.08501.08171.08172.73962.16012.1601
C21.51342.13302.15282.15281.79501.07761.0776
H31.08502.13301.75831.75833.69552.49612.4961
H41.08172.15281.75831.75622.94872.50153.0563
H51.08172.15281.75831.75622.94873.05632.5015
Cl62.73961.79503.69552.94872.94872.33562.3356
H72.16011.07762.49612.50153.05632.33561.7557
H82.16011.07762.49613.05632.50152.33561.7557

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 111.520 C1 C2 H7 111.859
C1 C2 H8 111.859 C2 C1 H3 109.240
C2 C1 H4 111.009 C2 C1 H5 111.009
H3 C1 H4 108.488 H3 C1 H5 108.488
H4 C1 H5 108.538 Cl6 C2 H7 106.087
Cl6 C2 H8 106.087 H7 C2 H8 109.103
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.115      
2 C -0.336      
3 H 0.132      
4 H 0.145      
5 H 0.145      
6 Cl -0.289      
7 H 0.159      
8 H 0.159      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.244 1.970 0.000 2.330
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.183 -0.382 0.000
y -0.382 -25.952 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.483
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.966 -0.382 0.000
y -0.382 0.881 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.084
Polar
3z2-r20.168
x2-y2-1.231
xy-0.382
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.075 0.827 0.000
y 0.827 6.188 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.992


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.925
(<r2>)1/2 8.884