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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-121G*

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-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-29.247212
Energy at 298.15K-29.252614
Nuclear repulsion energy42.376096
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-121G*
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' 3093 2998 46.14      
2 A' 3073 2979 12.32      
3 A' 3019 2927 25.52      
4 A' 1512 1465 2.66      
5 A' 1499 1453 0.87      
6 A' 1419 1375 5.65      
7 A' 1320 1279 50.72      
8 A' 1079 1046 0.83      
9 A' 967 937 20.72      
10 A' 652 632 34.65      
11 A' 322 312 3.34      
12 A" 3142 3046 35.54      
13 A" 3110 3014 7.63      
14 A" 1493 1448 8.79      
15 A" 1268 1230 0.49      
16 A" 1073 1040 0.10      
17 A" 782 758 2.65      
18 A" 261 253 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14541.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9694) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14096.8 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-121G*
ABC
1.03261 0.17650 0.15987

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.323 -0.133 0.000
C2 0.000 0.635 0.000
H3 2.158 0.583 0.000
H4 1.411 -0.767 0.889
H5 1.411 -0.767 -0.889
Cl6 -1.435 -0.511 0.000
H7 -0.113 1.258 0.891
H8 -0.113 1.258 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.53031.09971.09551.09552.78462.18962.1896
C21.53032.15872.17912.17911.83691.09321.0932
H31.09972.15871.78061.78063.75632.53162.5316
H41.09552.17911.78061.77852.99352.53513.0977
H51.09552.17911.78061.77852.99353.09772.5351
Cl62.78461.83693.75632.99352.99352.38172.3817
H72.18961.09322.53162.53513.09772.38171.7821
H82.18961.09322.53163.09772.53512.38171.7821

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 111.258 C1 C2 H7 112.077
C1 C2 H8 112.077 C2 C1 H3 109.232
C2 C1 H4 111.095 C2 C1 H5 111.095
H3 C1 H4 108.407 H3 C1 H5 108.407
H4 C1 H5 108.526 Cl6 C2 H7 105.942
Cl6 C2 H8 105.942 H7 C2 H8 109.185
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.495      
2 C -0.281      
3 H 0.168      
4 H 0.181      
5 H 0.181      
6 Cl -0.149      
7 H 0.197      
8 H 0.197      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.869 1.266 0.000 2.257
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.709 -0.356 0.000
y -0.356 -25.379 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.650
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.194 -0.356 0.000
y -0.356 1.300 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.894
Polar
3z2-r21.788
x2-y2-2.329
xy-0.356
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.426 0.821 0.000
y 0.821 5.087 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.356


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.854
(<r2>)1/2 7.606