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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.436990
Energy at 298.15K-539.442420
Nuclear repulsion energy101.892671
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/6-31+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' 3113 3002 29.11      
2 A' 3094 2983 9.22      
3 A' 3040 2931 18.77      
4 A' 1507 1453 3.48      
5 A' 1498 1444 1.43      
6 A' 1421 1370 7.12      
7 A' 1327 1280 47.44      
8 A' 1090 1051 0.86      
9 A' 982 947 21.89      
10 A' 654 630 34.22      
11 A' 331 319 3.27      
12 A" 3159 3046 17.43      
13 A" 3129 3017 5.81      
14 A" 1490 1437 9.37      
15 A" 1276 1230 0.76      
16 A" 1083 1044 0.01      
17 A" 793 764 3.13      
18 A" 265 256 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14625.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14101.7 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
1.04990 0.17830 0.16171

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.512 0.682 0.000
C2 0.000 0.821 0.000
H3 1.966 1.681 0.000
H4 1.861 0.146 0.887
H5 1.861 0.146 -0.887
Cl6 -0.826 -0.804 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
C11.51831.09731.09371.09372.77002.17662.1766
C21.51832.14582.16922.16921.82311.09131.0913
H31.09732.14581.77591.77593.73762.51562.5156
H41.09372.16921.77591.77482.98452.52403.0861
H51.09372.16921.77591.77482.98453.08612.5240
Cl62.77001.82313.73762.98452.98452.36752.3675
H72.17661.09132.51562.52403.08612.36751.7769
H82.17661.09132.51563.08612.52402.36751.7769

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 111.668 C1 C2 H7 111.998
C1 C2 H8 111.998 C2 C1 H3 109.189
C2 C1 H4 111.252 C2 C1 H5 111.252
H3 C1 H4 108.296 H3 C1 H5 108.296
H4 C1 H5 108.463 Cl6 C2 H7 105.907
Cl6 C2 H8 105.907 H7 C2 H8 109.003
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.462     -0.102
2 C -0.334     -0.003
3 H 0.155     0.042
4 H 0.168     0.056
5 H 0.168     0.056
6 Cl -0.076     -0.224
7 H 0.190     0.087
8 H 0.190     0.087


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.238 1.997 0.000 2.350
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 1.237 2.061 0.000 2.404


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.331 -0.393 0.000
y -0.393 -26.134 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.593
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.967 -0.393 0.000
y -0.393 0.828 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.139
Polar
3z2-r20.279
x2-y2-1.196
xy-0.393
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.710 0.943 0.000
y 0.943 5.980 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.556


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.474
(<r2>)1/2 8.971