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

using model chemistry: MP2/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 MP2/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.745814
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-538.199146
Nuclear repulsion energy103.197731
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 MP2/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' 3171 3011 15.33      
2 A' 3127 2969 14.47      
3 A' 3082 2926 13.09      
4 A' 1517 1440 2.44      
5 A' 1507 1431 1.21      
6 A' 1416 1345 5.75      
7 A' 1329 1261 30.69      
8 A' 1105 1049 0.42      
9 A' 1004 953 17.49      
10 A' 710 674 20.48      
11 A' 335 318 2.14      
12 A" 3200 3038 14.51      
13 A" 3177 3017 0.80      
14 A" 1502 1426 8.15      
15 A" 1289 1224 0.33      
16 A" 1089 1034 0.00      
17 A" 794 754 2.40      
18 A" 270 256 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14811.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9495) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14063.2 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 MP2/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.05484 0.18459 0.16687

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.502 0.644 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
H3 1.981 1.623 0.000
H4 1.828 0.099 0.882
H5 1.828 0.099 -0.882
Cl6 -0.821 -0.779 0.000
H7 -0.348 1.339 0.883
H8 -0.348 1.339 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51151.08991.08721.08722.72412.16442.1644
C21.51152.14042.15142.15141.79011.08571.0857
H31.08992.14041.76821.76823.69032.50672.5067
H41.08722.15141.76821.76432.92632.50423.0641
H51.08722.15141.76821.76432.92633.06412.5042
Cl62.72411.79013.69032.92632.92632.34262.3426
H72.16441.08572.50672.50423.06412.34261.7670
H82.16441.08572.50673.06412.50422.34261.7670

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 110.914 C1 C2 H7 111.850
C1 C2 H8 111.850 C2 C1 H3 109.673
C2 C1 H4 110.702 C2 C1 H5 110.702
H3 C1 H4 108.622 H3 C1 H5 108.622
H4 C1 H5 108.461 Cl6 C2 H7 106.508
Cl6 C2 H8 106.508 H7 C2 H8 108.928
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability