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

using model chemistry: MP2/LANL2DZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-93.534787
Energy at 298.15K-93.540217
HF Energy-93.324697
Nuclear repulsion energy62.332289
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 MP2/LANL2DZ
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' 3133 3017 42.37      
2 A' 3110 2995 19.43      
3 A' 3031 2920 23.85      
4 A' 1539 1482 6.03      
5 A' 1522 1466 1.12      
6 A' 1467 1413 8.07      
7 A' 1365 1314 36.69      
8 A' 1105 1064 2.07      
9 A' 1001 964 17.83      
10 A' 624 601 19.39      
11 A' 324 312 3.45      
12 A" 3199 3081 32.51      
13 A" 3151 3034 15.75      
14 A" 1523 1467 8.93      
15 A" 1299 1251 1.33      
16 A" 1097 1057 0.21      
17 A" 815 785 5.05      
18 A" 273 263 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14788.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14243.1 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 MP2/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.99517 0.16995 0.15378

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.186 -0.366 0.000
C2 0.000 0.624 0.000
H3 2.136 0.202 0.000
H4 1.162 -1.009 0.895
H5 1.162 -1.009 -0.895
Cl6 -1.647 -0.319 0.000
H7 -0.025 1.251 0.902
H8 -0.025 1.251 -0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.54471.10611.10251.10252.83332.21162.2116
C21.54472.17702.19522.19521.89771.09851.0985
H31.10612.17701.79281.79283.81822.56522.5652
H41.10252.19521.79281.78953.02792.55263.1215
H51.10252.19521.79281.78953.02793.12152.5526
Cl62.83331.89773.81823.02793.02792.43092.4309
H72.21161.09852.56522.55263.12152.43091.8038
H82.21161.09852.56523.12152.55262.43091.8038

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 110.362 C1 C2 H7 112.497
C1 C2 H8 112.497 C2 C1 H3 109.307
C2 C1 H4 110.945 C2 C1 H5 110.945
H3 C1 H4 108.536 H3 C1 H5 108.536
H4 C1 H5 108.506 Cl6 C2 H7 105.312
Cl6 C2 H8 105.312 H7 C2 H8 110.377
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability