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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.420289
Energy at 298.15K-539.425728
Nuclear repulsion energy102.717584
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 B1B95/6-31+G**
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' 3146 3009 20.88      
2 A' 3112 2977 14.48      
3 A' 3064 2931 16.83      
4 A' 1500 1435 3.83      
5 A' 1491 1427 1.52      
6 A' 1413 1352 9.75      
7 A' 1325 1267 41.45      
8 A' 1097 1049 0.66      
9 A' 992 949 22.70      
10 A' 680 651 30.25      
11 A' 329 315 3.02      
12 A" 3182 3044 17.17      
13 A" 3157 3020 2.56      
14 A" 1484 1420 10.02      
15 A" 1274 1219 0.85      
16 A" 1083 1036 0.00      
17 A" 788 753 3.45      
18 A" 264 252 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14690.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14053.1 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 B1B95/6-31+G**
ABC
1.05885 0.18195 0.16487

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.504 0.664 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
H3 1.966 1.656 0.000
H4 1.847 0.126 0.885
H5 1.847 0.126 -0.885
Cl6 -0.822 -0.790 0.000
H7 -0.356 1.337 0.886
H8 -0.356 1.337 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51071.09431.09151.09152.74252.16722.1672
C21.51072.13952.15972.15971.80041.08991.0899
H31.09432.13951.77181.77183.70872.50602.5060
H41.09152.15971.77181.77072.95692.51403.0754
H51.09152.15971.77181.77072.95693.07542.5140
Cl62.74251.80043.70872.95692.95692.35082.3508
H72.16721.08992.50602.51403.07542.35081.7720
H82.16721.08992.50603.07542.51402.35081.7720

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 111.546 C1 C2 H7 111.874
C1 C2 H8 111.874 C2 C1 H3 109.390
C2 C1 H4 111.167 C2 C1 H5 111.167
H3 C1 H4 108.307 H3 C1 H5 108.307
H4 C1 H5 108.414 Cl6 C2 H7 106.229
Cl6 C2 H8 106.229 H7 C2 H8 108.768
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.495      
2 C -0.385      
3 H 0.167      
4 H 0.180      
5 H 0.180      
6 Cl -0.055      
7 H 0.204      
8 H 0.204      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.210 1.937 0.000 2.284
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.032 -0.361 0.000
y -0.361 -25.849 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.323
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.947 -0.361 0.000
y -0.361 0.828 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.118
Polar
3z2-r20.236
x2-y2-1.183
xy-0.361
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.595 0.891 0.000
y 0.891 5.832 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.491


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.171
(<r2>)1/2 8.898