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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.107445
Energy at 298.15K-539.112826
Nuclear repulsion energy101.818070
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 PBEPBE/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' 3071 3028 17.83      
2 A' 3027 2986 15.51      
3 A' 2990 2949 13.95      
4 A' 1468 1447 2.88      
5 A' 1454 1434 1.01      
6 A' 1374 1356 6.62      
7 A' 1282 1265 39.34      
8 A' 1068 1053 1.02      
9 A' 964 951 23.14      
10 A' 653 644 27.46      
11 A' 324 320 3.44      
12 A" 3100 3058 21.19      
13 A" 3077 3035 0.01      
14 A" 1448 1428 7.49      
15 A" 1241 1224 0.69      
16 A" 1049 1035 0.01      
17 A" 770 759 4.69      
18 A" 262 258 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14310.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14114.7 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
1.04466 0.17854 0.16190

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.513 0.678 0.000
C2 0.000 0.819 0.000
H3 1.972 1.682 0.000
H4 1.863 0.138 0.893
H5 1.863 0.138 -0.893
Cl6 -0.826 -0.802 0.000
H7 -0.365 1.346 0.894
H8 -0.365 1.346 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51911.10371.10061.10062.76772.18382.1838
C21.51912.15282.17482.17481.81901.10001.1000
H31.10372.15281.78671.78673.74152.52442.5244
H41.10062.17481.78671.78532.98472.53393.1003
H51.10062.17481.78671.78532.98473.10032.5339
Cl62.76771.81903.74152.98472.98472.37202.3720
H72.18381.10002.52442.53393.10032.37201.7874
H82.18381.10002.52443.10032.53392.37201.7874

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 111.698 C1 C2 H7 111.990
C1 C2 H8 111.990 C2 C1 H3 109.304
C2 C1 H4 111.223 C2 C1 H5 111.223
H3 C1 H4 108.297 H3 C1 H5 108.297
H4 C1 H5 108.405 Cl6 C2 H7 106.066
Cl6 C2 H8 106.066 H7 C2 H8 108.677
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/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 -0.085      
7 H 0.172      
8 H 0.172      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.184 1.861 0.000 2.205
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.538 -0.306 0.000
y -0.306 -25.507 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.047
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.761 -0.306 0.000
y -0.306 0.786 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.025
Polar
3z2-r2-0.049
x2-y2-1.031
xy-0.306
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.074 1.008 0.000
y 1.008 5.418 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.947


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.076
(<r2>)1/2 8.949