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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.417381
Energy at 298.15K-539.422822
Nuclear repulsion energy102.757609
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 B1B95/6-31G**
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' 3154 3012 19.01      
2 A' 3115 2974 14.92      
3 A' 3071 2932 14.39      
4 A' 1509 1441 2.91      
5 A' 1499 1431 1.17      
6 A' 1419 1354 6.85      
7 A' 1326 1266 39.04      
8 A' 1100 1050 0.97      
9 A' 995 950 21.62      
10 A' 683 652 28.69      
11 A' 329 315 3.14      
12 A" 3187 3043 20.20      
13 A" 3164 3021 0.85      
14 A" 1491 1424 7.60      
15 A" 1279 1221 0.59      
16 A" 1084 1035 0.00      
17 A" 789 753 4.17      
18 A" 265 253 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14729.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14063.4 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 B1B95/6-31G**
ABC
1.05900 0.18214 0.16502

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.503 0.663 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
H3 1.966 1.654 0.000
H4 1.845 0.125 0.885
H5 1.845 0.125 -0.885
Cl6 -0.821 -0.790 0.000
H7 -0.357 1.337 0.885
H8 -0.357 1.337 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51041.09371.09101.09102.74122.16742.1674
C21.51042.13912.15842.15841.79971.08981.0898
H31.09372.13911.77131.77133.70722.50622.5062
H41.09102.15841.77131.76992.95432.51363.0745
H51.09102.15841.77131.76992.95433.07452.5136
Cl62.74121.79973.70722.95432.95432.35022.3502
H72.16741.08982.50622.51363.07452.35021.7707
H82.16741.08982.50623.07452.51362.35021.7707

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 111.523 C1 C2 H7 111.920
C1 C2 H8 111.920 C2 C1 H3 109.416
C2 C1 H4 111.116 C2 C1 H5 111.116
H3 C1 H4 108.344 H3 C1 H5 108.344
H4 C1 H5 108.421 Cl6 C2 H7 106.241
Cl6 C2 H8 106.241 H7 C2 H8 108.671
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.360      
2 C -0.330      
3 H 0.134      
4 H 0.148      
5 H 0.148      
6 Cl -0.088      
7 H 0.174      
8 H 0.174      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.187 1.875 0.000 2.219
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.483 -0.342 0.000
y -0.342 -25.406 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.910
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.825 -0.342 0.000
y -0.342 0.790 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.035
Polar
3z2-r20.069
x2-y2-1.077
xy-0.342
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.900 0.953 0.000
y 0.953 5.281 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.871


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.821
(<r2>)1/2 8.878