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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.461221
Energy at 298.15K-539.466685
Nuclear repulsion energy102.739917
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
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' 3137 3001 24.44      
2 A' 3110 2975 13.45      
3 A' 3060 2928 15.25      
4 A' 1502 1437 3.51      
5 A' 1492 1427 1.12      
6 A' 1417 1355 8.02      
7 A' 1331 1274 39.48      
8 A' 1101 1053 0.80      
9 A' 996 953 23.29      
10 A' 683 654 30.54      
11 A' 334 319 2.93      
12 A" 3177 3039 19.57      
13 A" 3147 3011 3.60      
14 A" 1485 1421 9.02      
15 A" 1283 1227 1.56      
16 A" 1089 1041 0.08      
17 A" 793 758 4.86      
18 A" 266 255 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14700.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14064.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
ABC
1.06029 0.18193 0.16488

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.503 0.666 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
H3 1.964 1.657 0.000
H4 1.845 0.128 0.885
H5 1.845 0.128 -0.885
Cl6 -0.821 -0.791 0.000
H7 -0.358 1.333 0.886
H8 -0.358 1.333 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51001.09361.09061.09062.74282.16662.1666
C21.51002.13822.15792.15791.80131.08841.0884
H31.09362.13821.77081.77083.70832.50672.5067
H41.09062.15791.77081.76972.95592.51153.0731
H51.09062.15791.77081.76972.95593.07312.5115
Cl62.74281.80133.70832.95592.95592.34752.3475
H72.16661.08842.50672.51153.07312.34751.7721
H82.16661.08842.50673.07312.51152.34751.7721

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 111.548 C1 C2 H7 111.962
C1 C2 H8 111.962 C2 C1 H3 109.377
C2 C1 H4 111.124 C2 C1 H5 111.124
H3 C1 H4 108.338 H3 C1 H5 108.338
H4 C1 H5 108.456 Cl6 C2 H7 106.013
Cl6 C2 H8 106.013 H7 C2 H8 108.997
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.329      
2 C -0.336      
3 H 0.130      
4 H 0.146      
5 H 0.146      
6 Cl -0.120      
7 H 0.181      
8 H 0.181      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.232 1.925 0.000 2.285
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.079 -0.335 0.000
y -0.335 -25.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.402
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.933 -0.335 0.000
y -0.335 0.848 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.084
Polar
3z2-r20.168
x2-y2-1.187
xy-0.335
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.260 1.092 0.000
y 1.092 5.661 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.946


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.187
(<r2>)1/2 8.899