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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.786740
Energy at 298.15K-538.792221
HF Energy-538.199137
Nuclear repulsion energy102.845141
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 QCISD/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' 3135 2995 26.00      
2 A' 3112 2973 10.67      
3 A' 3059 2923 16.25      
4 A' 1521 1453 2.17      
5 A' 1513 1446 0.94      
6 A' 1431 1368 4.53      
7 A' 1338 1279 32.86      
8 A' 1106 1057 0.43      
9 A' 1004 960 15.96      
10 A' 696 665 23.18      
11 A' 335 320 2.14      
12 A" 3174 3032 17.48      
13 A" 3144 3004 4.83      
14 A" 1506 1439 7.13      
15 A" 1294 1236 0.26      
16 A" 1093 1045 0.00      
17 A" 795 760 1.96      
18 A" 264 253 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14760.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9555) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14103.5 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 QCISD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.05280 0.18289 0.16545

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/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 1.638 0.000
H4 1.837 0.110 0.884
H5 1.837 0.110 -0.884
Cl6 -0.823 -0.785 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
C11.51471.09171.08881.08882.73692.16702.1670
C21.51472.14172.15682.15681.79831.08611.0861
H31.09172.14171.77061.77063.70242.50712.5071
H41.08882.15681.77061.76762.94212.50793.0688
H51.08882.15681.77061.76762.94213.06882.5079
Cl62.73691.79833.70242.94212.94212.34822.3482
H72.16701.08612.50712.50793.06882.34821.7697
H82.16701.08612.50713.06882.50792.34821.7697

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 111.115 C1 C2 H7 111.799
C1 C2 H8 111.799 C2 C1 H3 109.444
C2 C1 H4 110.812 C2 C1 H5 110.812
H3 C1 H4 108.590 H3 C1 H5 108.590
H4 C1 H5 108.532 Cl6 C2 H7 106.363
Cl6 C2 H8 106.363 H7 C2 H8 109.113
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability