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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.368584
Energy at 298.15K-539.374027
Nuclear repulsion energy102.269789
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 B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
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' 3132 3022 16.87      
2 A' 3090 2982 15.63      
3 A' 3046 2940 15.76      
4 A' 1471 1420 2.70      
5 A' 1466 1415 0.74      
6 A' 1390 1342 5.54      
7 A' 1296 1251 37.20      
8 A' 1092 1054 0.90      
9 A' 989 954 22.06      
10 A' 677 653 28.03      
11 A' 332 320 3.18      
12 A" 3164 3054 18.09      
13 A" 3141 3031 0.43      
14 A" 1453 1402 8.26      
15 A" 1259 1215 0.60      
16 A" 1061 1024 0.04      
17 A" 786 758 4.14      
18 A" 267 258 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14556.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14046.6 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 B3PW91/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.05192 0.18041 0.16359

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.506 0.673 0.000
C2 0.000 0.814 0.000
H3 1.968 1.675 0.000
H4 1.855 0.132 0.892
H5 1.855 0.132 -0.892
Cl6 -0.822 -0.796 0.000
H7 -0.366 1.340 0.892
H8 -0.366 1.340 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51221.10311.10011.10012.75302.17832.1783
C21.51222.14782.16852.16851.80791.09901.0990
H31.10312.14781.78531.78533.72702.52092.5209
H41.10012.16851.78531.78422.97132.52863.0949
H51.10012.16851.78531.78422.97133.09492.5286
Cl62.75301.80793.72702.97132.97132.35992.3599
H72.17831.09902.52092.52863.09492.35991.7850
H82.17831.09902.52093.09492.52862.35991.7850

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 111.720 C1 C2 H7 112.104
C1 C2 H8 112.104 C2 C1 H3 109.419
C2 C1 H4 111.235 C2 C1 H5 111.235
H3 C1 H4 108.246 H3 C1 H5 108.246
H4 C1 H5 108.363 Cl6 C2 H7 105.964
Cl6 C2 H8 105.964 H7 C2 H8 108.606
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.077      
2 C -0.134      
3 H 0.053      
4 H 0.064      
5 H 0.064      
6 Cl -0.153      
7 H 0.092      
8 H 0.092      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.142 1.800 0.000 2.132
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.523 -0.275 0.000
y -0.275 -25.390 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.925
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.866 -0.275 0.000
y -0.275 0.834 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.032
Polar
3z2-r20.064
x2-y2-1.134
xy-0.275
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.416
(<r2>)1/2 8.912