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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/3-21G

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/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-536.798038
Energy at 298.15K-536.803433
Nuclear repulsion energy99.881028
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/3-21G
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' 3140 3030 17.32      
2 A' 3119 3010 2.71      
3 A' 3052 2945 9.77      
4 A' 1565 1510 5.44      
5 A' 1539 1485 3.56      
6 A' 1469 1418 9.58      
7 A' 1318 1272 42.30      
8 A' 1099 1061 4.00      
9 A' 982 947 23.34      
10 A' 598 577 34.88      
11 A' 323 311 4.62      
12 A" 3208 3095 8.04      
13 A" 3147 3037 6.60      
14 A" 1550 1495 9.55      
15 A" 1303 1257 1.20      
16 A" 1071 1033 0.50      
17 A" 812 784 6.04      
18 A" 256 247 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14775.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14256.5 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/3-21G
ABC
0.99804 0.17152 0.15502

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.512 0.723 0.000
C2 0.000 0.883 0.000
H3 1.979 1.716 0.000
H4 1.843 0.180 0.889
H5 1.843 0.180 -0.889
Cl6 -0.822 -0.849 0.000
H7 -0.385 1.363 0.898
H8 -0.385 1.363 -0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52001.09801.09301.09302.81322.19342.1934
C21.52002.14752.16382.16381.91701.08811.0881
H31.09802.14751.77971.77973.79802.55302.5530
H41.09302.16381.77971.77832.99212.52243.0910
H51.09302.16381.77971.77832.99213.09102.5224
Cl62.81321.91703.79802.99212.99212.42692.4269
H72.19341.08812.55302.52243.09102.42691.7951
H82.19341.08812.55303.09102.52242.42691.7951

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 109.329 C1 C2 H7 113.453
C1 C2 H8 113.453 C2 C1 H3 109.158
C2 C1 H4 110.740 C2 C1 H5 110.740
H3 C1 H4 108.636 H3 C1 H5 108.636
H4 C1 H5 108.877 Cl6 C2 H7 104.312
Cl6 C2 H8 104.312 H7 C2 H8 111.142
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.558     -0.240
2 C -0.515     -0.020
3 H 0.207     0.083
4 H 0.221     0.102
5 H 0.221     0.102
6 Cl -0.083     -0.251
7 H 0.253     0.112
8 H 0.253     0.112


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.443 2.377 0.000 2.781
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 1.429 2.434 0.000 2.822


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.878 -0.651 0.000
y -0.651 -26.022 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.256
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.740 -0.651 0.000
y -0.651 0.545 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.195
Polar
3z2-r20.389
x2-y2-0.857
xy-0.651
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.411 1.265 0.000
y 1.265 5.295 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.281


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 82.658
(<r2>)1/2 9.092