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

using model chemistry: HF/Def2TZVPP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.193628
Energy at 298.15K-538.199206
HF Energy-538.193628
Nuclear repulsion energy103.063676
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 HF/Def2TZVPP
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3242 2939 50.18      
2 A' 3226 2924 3.35      
3 A' 3167 2871 25.10      
4 A' 1620 1468 2.43      
5 A' 1614 1463 1.10      
6 A' 1539 1395 3.52      
7 A' 1437 1302 45.18      
8 A' 1168 1059 1.27      
9 A' 1046 948 18.70      
10 A' 711 645 43.55      
11 A' 355 322 2.96      
12 A" 3296 2987 20.98      
13 A" 3247 2943 14.02      
14 A" 1602 1452 7.43      
15 A" 1381 1251 0.13      
16 A" 1171 1061 0.01      
17 A" 846 766 1.92      
18 A" 277 251 0.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15471.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9064) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14023.0 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 HF/Def2TZVPP
ABC
1.06661 0.18275 0.16554

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.505 0.657 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.964 1.640 0.000
H4 1.839 0.122 0.878
H5 1.839 0.122 -0.878
Cl6 -0.822 -0.785 0.000
H7 -0.351 1.328 0.878
H8 -0.351 1.328 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51261.08481.08151.08152.73742.15952.1595
C21.51262.13202.15152.15151.79511.07731.0773
H31.08482.13201.75831.75833.69362.49552.4955
H41.08152.15151.75831.75602.94532.50033.0551
H51.08152.15151.75831.75602.94533.05512.5003
Cl62.73741.79513.69362.94532.94532.33572.3357
H72.15951.07732.49552.50033.05512.33571.7554
H82.15951.07732.49553.05512.50032.33571.7554

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 111.418 C1 C2 H7 111.886
C1 C2 H8 111.886 C2 C1 H3 109.226
C2 C1 H4 110.978 C2 C1 H5 110.978
H3 C1 H4 108.522 H3 C1 H5 108.522
H4 C1 H5 108.547 Cl6 C2 H7 106.101
Cl6 C2 H8 106.101 H7 C2 H8 109.125
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.154      
2 C 0.027      
3 H 0.052      
4 H 0.064      
5 H 0.064      
6 Cl -0.202      
7 H 0.074      
8 H 0.074      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.220 1.957 0.000 2.306
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.158 -0.425 0.000
y -0.425 -25.858 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.292
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.083 -0.425 0.000
y -0.425 0.868 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.216
Polar
3z2-r20.431
x2-y2-1.301
xy-0.425
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.604 0.901 0.000
y 0.901 5.871 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.526


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.855
(<r2>)1/2 8.880