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

using model chemistry: CCSD/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.786092
Energy at 298.15K-538.791576
HF Energy-538.199148
Nuclear repulsion energy102.872906
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 CCSD/cc-pVTZ
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' 3138 2953 25.53      
2 A' 3115 2932 10.51      
3 A' 3062 2882 15.97      
4 A' 1521 1432 2.22      
5 A' 1514 1425 0.95      
6 A' 1432 1348 4.59      
7 A' 1340 1261 32.71      
8 A' 1107 1042 0.43      
9 A' 1005 946 15.96      
10 A' 698 657 22.94      
11 A' 336 316 2.13      
12 A" 3177 2990 17.03      
13 A" 3147 2962 4.76      
14 A" 1507 1418 7.18      
15 A" 1295 1219 0.26      
16 A" 1095 1030 0.00      
17 A" 796 749 1.98      
18 A" 265 249 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14773.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9412) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13905.1 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 CCSD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.05330 0.18299 0.16555

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.506 0.653 0.000
C2 0.000 0.814 0.000
H3 1.977 1.637 0.000
H4 1.837 0.110 0.884
H5 1.837 0.110 -0.884
Cl6 -0.823 -0.784 0.000
H7 -0.349 1.338 0.885
H8 -0.349 1.338 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51451.09141.08861.08862.73612.16662.1666
C21.51452.14132.15642.15641.79771.08591.0859
H31.09142.14131.77031.77033.70142.50662.5066
H41.08862.15641.77031.76732.94132.50743.0682
H51.08862.15641.77031.76732.94133.06822.5074
Cl62.73611.79773.70142.94132.94132.34762.3476
H72.16661.08592.50662.50743.06822.34761.7693
H82.16661.08592.50663.06822.50742.34761.7693

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 111.111 C1 C2 H7 111.796
C1 C2 H8 111.796 C2 C1 H3 109.441
C2 C1 H4 110.809 C2 C1 H5 110.809
H3 C1 H4 108.593 H3 C1 H5 108.593
H4 C1 H5 108.534 Cl6 C2 H7 106.368
Cl6 C2 H8 106.368 H7 C2 H8 109.114
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability