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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.627918
Energy at 298.15K-538.633415
Nuclear repulsion energy102.230094
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 CCD/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' 3162 3025 20.77      
2 A' 3117 2982 18.84      
3 A' 3074 2941 16.88      
4 A' 1503 1438 1.69      
5 A' 1498 1433 0.60      
6 A' 1422 1360 3.94      
7 A' 1337 1279 36.51      
8 A' 1106 1058 0.53      
9 A' 1010 966 14.58      
10 A' 710 679 20.73      
11 A' 338 324 2.12      
12 A" 3188 3050 25.30      
13 A" 3167 3030 0.28      
14 A" 1488 1423 6.25      
15 A" 1284 1229 0.39      
16 A" 1090 1042 0.00      
17 A" 792 758 1.97      
18 A" 276 264 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14779.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14139.8 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.03856 0.18111 0.16390

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.516 0.652 0.000
C2 0.000 0.814 0.000
H3 1.994 1.648 0.000
H4 1.851 0.101 0.895
H5 1.851 0.101 -0.895
Cl6 -0.829 -0.785 0.000
H7 -0.350 1.353 0.895
H8 -0.350 1.353 -0.895

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52431.10541.10321.10322.74992.18472.1847
C21.52432.16192.17592.17591.80121.10181.1018
H31.10542.16191.79351.79353.72732.52672.5267
H41.10322.17591.79351.79012.96072.53213.1008
H51.10322.17591.79351.79012.96073.10082.5321
Cl62.74991.80123.72732.96072.96072.36702.3670
H72.18471.10182.52672.53213.10082.36701.7895
H82.18471.10182.52673.10082.53212.36701.7895

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 111.294 C1 C2 H7 111.588
C1 C2 H8 111.588 C2 C1 H3 109.566
C2 C1 H4 110.798 C2 C1 H5 110.798
H3 C1 H4 108.586 H3 C1 H5 108.586
H4 C1 H5 108.446 Cl6 C2 H7 106.759
Cl6 C2 H8 106.759 H7 C2 H8 108.605
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability