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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-29.237988
Energy at 298.15K-29.243359
Nuclear repulsion energy42.217886
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 B3LYP/CEP-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' 3120 3013 50.61      
2 A' 3100 2994 15.18      
3 A' 3047 2943 28.71      
4 A' 1500 1449 3.35      
5 A' 1488 1437 0.72      
6 A' 1408 1360 5.32      
7 A' 1308 1263 49.42      
8 A' 1081 1044 1.59      
9 A' 969 936 22.79      
10 A' 649 627 32.73      
11 A' 319 308 3.28      
12 A" 3170 3061 45.20      
13 A" 3136 3029 8.80      
14 A" 1482 1431 8.53      
15 A" 1255 1212 1.53      
16 A" 1062 1026 0.01      
17 A" 773 747 5.89      
18 A" 257 249 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14561.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14062.4 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
ABC
1.01922 0.17602 0.15929

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.326 -0.139 0.000
C2 0.000 0.640 0.000
H3 2.169 0.579 0.000
H4 1.409 -0.777 0.896
H5 1.409 -0.777 -0.896
Cl6 -1.438 -0.508 0.000
H7 -0.114 1.265 0.897
H8 -0.114 1.265 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.53811.10671.10241.10242.78872.20242.2024
C21.53812.16942.18932.18931.83961.09941.0994
H31.10672.16941.79331.79333.76652.54662.5466
H41.10242.18931.79331.79132.99662.54703.1146
H51.10242.18931.79331.79132.99663.11462.5470
Cl62.78871.83963.76652.99662.99662.38752.3875
H72.20241.09942.54662.54703.11462.38751.7941
H82.20241.09942.54663.11462.54702.38751.7941

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 110.985 C1 C2 H7 112.171
C1 C2 H8 112.171 C2 C1 H3 109.126
C2 C1 H4 110.946 C2 C1 H5 110.946
H3 C1 H4 108.540 H3 C1 H5 108.540
H4 C1 H5 108.678 Cl6 C2 H7 105.887
Cl6 C2 H8 105.887 H7 C2 H8 109.365
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.392      
2 C -0.287      
3 H 0.151      
4 H 0.169      
5 H 0.169      
6 Cl -0.182      
7 H 0.186      
8 H 0.186      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.024 1.287 0.000 2.399
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.563 -0.310 0.000
y -0.310 -24.936 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.231
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.479 -0.310 0.000
y -0.310 1.461 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.018
Polar
3z2-r22.036
x2-y2-2.627
xy-0.310
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.906 0.897 0.000
y 0.897 4.531 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.535


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.865
(<r2>)1/2 7.607