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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.147596
Energy at 298.15K-538.153173
Nuclear repulsion energy102.918241
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3252 2944 48.44      
2 A' 3238 2932 0.19      
3 A' 3175 2875 22.70      
4 A' 1618 1466 1.73      
5 A' 1613 1461 0.98      
6 A' 1538 1393 3.03      
7 A' 1435 1299 49.97      
8 A' 1167 1057 1.42      
9 A' 1046 947 19.01      
10 A' 715 647 44.46      
11 A' 355 321 2.98      
12 A" 3308 2995 19.10      
13 A" 3262 2954 11.58      
14 A" 1603 1451 5.56      
15 A" 1378 1248 0.20      
16 A" 1169 1058 0.00      
17 A" 843 763 2.01      
18 A" 279 253 0.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15496.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14031.7 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.06141 0.18240 0.16517

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.508 0.657 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
H3 1.968 1.642 0.000
H4 1.843 0.120 0.880
H5 1.843 0.120 -0.880
Cl6 -0.823 -0.786 0.000
H7 -0.352 1.330 0.880
H8 -0.352 1.330 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51601.08691.08371.08372.74192.16452.1645
C21.51602.13582.15602.15601.79771.07971.0797
H31.08692.13581.76231.76233.69962.50032.5003
H41.08372.15601.76231.75972.95012.50583.0618
H51.08372.15601.76231.75972.95013.06182.5058
Cl62.74191.79773.69962.95012.95012.33972.3397
H72.16451.07972.50032.50583.06182.33971.7592
H82.16451.07972.50033.06182.50582.33971.7592

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 111.394 C1 C2 H7 111.902
C1 C2 H8 111.902 C2 C1 H3 109.173
C2 C1 H4 110.964 C2 C1 H5 110.964
H3 C1 H4 108.557 H3 C1 H5 108.557
H4 C1 H5 108.561 Cl6 C2 H7 106.105
Cl6 C2 H8 106.105 H7 C2 H8 109.107
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.406      
2 C -0.205      
3 H 0.144      
4 H 0.157      
5 H 0.157      
6 Cl -0.197      
7 H 0.175      
8 H 0.175      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.247 1.985 0.000 2.345
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.031 -0.428 0.000
y -0.428 -25.708 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.195
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.079 -0.428 0.000
y -0.428 0.905 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.174
Polar
3z2-r20.348
x2-y2-1.323
xy-0.428
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.125 0.872 0.000
y 0.872 5.459 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.190


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.924
(<r2>)1/2 8.884