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

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.421250
Energy at 298.15K-539.426595
Nuclear repulsion energy101.268763
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 BLYP/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' 3021 3012 35.60      
2 A' 3007 2998 2.11      
3 A' 2957 2948 19.12      
4 A' 1468 1464 2.34      
5 A' 1456 1452 0.81      
6 A' 1380 1376 3.91      
7 A' 1273 1269 34.62      
8 A' 1052 1049 0.78      
9 A' 943 940 21.12      
10 A' 610 609 29.48      
11 A' 318 317 3.35      
12 A" 3065 3056 20.46      
13 A" 3034 3025 5.32      
14 A" 1450 1445 7.72      
15 A" 1240 1236 0.29      
16 A" 1040 1037 0.00      
17 A" 773 771 2.86      
18 A" 248 247 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14167.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.997) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14124.8 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 BLYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.04130 0.17571 0.15942

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.516 0.697 0.000
C2 0.000 0.831 0.000
H3 1.968 1.699 0.000
H4 1.868 0.162 0.889
H5 1.868 0.162 -0.889
Cl6 -0.827 -0.816 0.000
H7 -0.372 1.342 0.891
H8 -0.372 1.342 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52191.09971.09541.09542.78912.18532.1853
C21.52192.15132.17392.17391.84341.09251.0925
H31.09972.15131.77851.77853.76062.52992.5299
H41.09542.17391.77851.77783.00142.53173.0948
H51.09542.17391.77851.77783.00143.09482.5317
Cl62.78911.84343.76063.00143.00142.37892.3789
H72.18531.09252.52992.53173.09482.37891.7821
H82.18531.09252.52993.09482.53172.37891.7821

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 111.594 C1 C2 H7 112.377
C1 C2 H8 112.377 C2 C1 H3 109.235
C2 C1 H4 111.274 C2 C1 H5 111.274
H3 C1 H4 108.235 H3 C1 H5 108.235
H4 C1 H5 108.490 Cl6 C2 H7 105.369
Cl6 C2 H8 105.369 H7 C2 H8 109.295
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.251      
2 C -0.096      
3 H 0.091      
4 H 0.103      
5 H 0.103      
6 Cl -0.184      
7 H 0.117      
8 H 0.117      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.145 1.831 0.000 2.160
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.195 -0.291 0.000
y -0.291 -26.043 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.550
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.899 -0.291 0.000
y -0.291 0.830 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.069
Polar
3z2-r20.139
x2-y2-1.152
xy-0.291
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> 81.252
(<r2>)1/2 9.014