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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.433050
Energy at 298.15K-539.438484
Nuclear repulsion energy101.954505
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/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' 3123 3000 25.32      
2 A' 3097 2976 11.85      
3 A' 3048 2929 16.01      
4 A' 1517 1457 2.34      
5 A' 1505 1446 1.03      
6 A' 1428 1372 4.28      
7 A' 1329 1277 44.76      
8 A' 1093 1051 1.23      
9 A' 985 947 20.26      
10 A' 658 632 31.98      
11 A' 332 319 3.40      
12 A" 3164 3040 22.09      
13 A" 3137 3014 3.31      
14 A" 1499 1440 6.46      
15 A" 1282 1231 0.52      
16 A" 1084 1042 0.00      
17 A" 794 762 3.57      
18 A" 266 256 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14670.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14095.0 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/6-31G**
ABC
1.05053 0.17857 0.16193

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.511 0.681 0.000
C2 0.000 0.821 0.000
H3 1.967 1.679 0.000
H4 1.859 0.145 0.887
H5 1.859 0.145 -0.887
Cl6 -0.825 -0.803 0.000
H7 -0.363 1.341 0.888
H8 -0.363 1.341 -0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51781.09661.09311.09312.76812.17632.1763
C21.51782.14562.16762.16761.82161.09121.0912
H31.09662.14561.77511.77513.73552.51552.5155
H41.09312.16761.77511.77372.98142.52343.0848
H51.09312.16761.77511.77372.98143.08482.5234
Cl62.76811.82163.73552.98142.98142.36682.3668
H72.17631.09122.51552.52343.08482.36681.7752
H82.17631.09122.51553.08482.52342.36681.7752

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 111.657 C1 C2 H7 112.022
C1 C2 H8 112.022 C2 C1 H3 109.251
C2 C1 H4 111.202 C2 C1 H5 111.202
H3 C1 H4 108.323 H3 C1 H5 108.323
H4 C1 H5 108.452 Cl6 C2 H7 105.956
Cl6 C2 H8 105.956 H7 C2 H8 108.863
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.311      
2 C -0.275      
3 H 0.116      
4 H 0.132      
5 H 0.132      
6 Cl -0.105      
7 H 0.156      
8 H 0.156      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.203 1.920 0.000 2.266
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.644 -0.363 0.000
y -0.363 -25.576 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.078
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.817 -0.363 0.000
y -0.363 0.785 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.032
Polar
3z2-r20.064
x2-y2-1.068
xy-0.363
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.920 1.001 0.000
y 1.001 5.352 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.873


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.023
(<r2>)1/2 8.946