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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.169567
Energy at 298.15K-539.174936
Nuclear repulsion energy102.148436
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 PBEPBE/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' 3041 3020 21.51      
2 A' 3010 2989 12.58      
3 A' 2970 2949 15.75      
4 A' 1450 1440 2.99      
5 A' 1439 1429 1.15      
6 A' 1360 1350 6.62      
7 A' 1264 1256 30.15      
8 A' 1060 1052 0.66      
9 A' 956 949 22.17      
10 A' 651 647 24.69      
11 A' 321 318 2.97      
12 A" 3073 3052 19.64      
13 A" 3048 3027 0.81      
14 A" 1431 1421 8.96      
15 A" 1232 1223 0.40      
16 A" 1037 1030 0.01      
17 A" 765 760 3.60      
18 A" 251 249 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14177.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14080.0 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.04884 0.17988 0.16305

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.508 0.674 0.000
C2 0.000 0.818 0.000
H3 1.972 1.673 0.000
H4 1.854 0.133 0.890
H5 1.854 0.133 -0.890
Cl6 -0.823 -0.798 0.000
H7 -0.365 1.340 0.892
H8 -0.365 1.340 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51461.10101.09751.09752.75722.17862.1786
C21.51462.14882.16772.16771.81401.09591.0959
H31.10102.14881.78191.78193.73052.52292.5229
H41.09752.16771.78191.78022.97142.52623.0913
H51.09752.16771.78191.78022.97143.09132.5262
Cl62.75721.81403.73052.97142.97142.36202.3620
H72.17861.09592.52292.52623.09132.36201.7832
H82.17861.09592.52293.09132.52622.36201.7832

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 111.538 C1 C2 H7 112.140
C1 C2 H8 112.140 C2 C1 H3 109.458
C2 C1 H4 111.160 C2 C1 H5 111.160
H3 C1 H4 108.292 H3 C1 H5 108.292
H4 C1 H5 108.388 Cl6 C2 H7 105.877
Cl6 C2 H8 105.877 H7 C2 H8 108.886
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.275      
2 C -0.112      
3 H 0.098      
4 H 0.111      
5 H 0.111      
6 Cl -0.170      
7 H 0.118      
8 H 0.118      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.114 1.757 0.000 2.080
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.967 -0.254 0.000
y -0.254 -25.807 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.330
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.899 -0.254 0.000
y -0.254 0.842 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.057
Polar
3z2-r20.114
x2-y2-1.160
xy-0.254
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.144 1.018 0.000
y 1.018 6.252 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.716


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.839
(<r2>)1/2 8.935