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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.387728
Energy at 298.15K-539.393182
Nuclear repulsion energy102.520497
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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' 3117 3001 32.02      
2 A' 3094 2978 13.20      
3 A' 3044 2930 19.10      
4 A' 1513 1457 4.17      
5 A' 1500 1444 1.32      
6 A' 1424 1371 9.26      
7 A' 1338 1289 41.23      
8 A' 1101 1060 1.08      
9 A' 994 957 23.49      
10 A' 673 648 31.24      
11 A' 332 319 2.91      
12 A" 3159 3041 25.30      
13 A" 3129 3012 4.41      
14 A" 1497 1441 10.24      
15 A" 1289 1241 1.82      
16 A" 1094 1053 0.16      
17 A" 794 764 5.23      
18 A" 269 259 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14679.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14131.7 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
1.05761 0.18105 0.16410

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.504 0.670 0.000
C2 0.000 0.814 0.000
H3 1.967 1.663 0.000
H4 1.851 0.134 0.885
H5 1.851 0.134 -0.885
Cl6 -0.822 -0.795 0.000
H7 -0.361 1.337 0.886
H8 -0.361 1.337 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51051.09561.09221.09222.74852.16912.1691
C21.51052.14202.16212.16211.80681.09001.0900
H31.09562.14201.77131.77133.71722.51152.5115
H41.09222.16211.77131.77062.96492.51823.0787
H51.09222.16211.77131.77062.96493.07872.5182
Cl62.74851.80683.71722.96492.96492.35412.3541
H72.16911.09002.51152.51823.07872.35411.7720
H82.16911.09002.51153.07872.51822.35411.7720

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 111.588 C1 C2 H7 112.030
C1 C2 H8 112.030 C2 C1 H3 109.530
C2 C1 H4 111.329 C2 C1 H5 111.329
H3 C1 H4 108.122 H3 C1 H5 108.122
H4 C1 H5 108.299 Cl6 C2 H7 106.047
Cl6 C2 H8 106.047 H7 C2 H8 108.743
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.643      
2 C -0.507      
3 H 0.229      
4 H 0.244      
5 H 0.244      
6 Cl -0.103      
7 H 0.268      
8 H 0.268      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.242 1.944 0.000 2.307
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.211 -0.336 0.000
y -0.336 -25.921 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.443
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.028 -0.336 0.000
y -0.336 0.906 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.122
Polar
3z2-r20.245
x2-y2-1.290
xy-0.336
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> 79.524
(<r2>)1/2 8.918