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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.453278
Energy at 298.15K-539.458746
Nuclear repulsion energy102.763946
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
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' 3139 2996 31.03      
2 A' 3114 2972 14.23      
3 A' 3064 2924 18.78      
4 A' 1521 1451 4.13      
5 A' 1508 1439 1.34      
6 A' 1431 1365 9.56      
7 A' 1347 1285 40.92      
8 A' 1108 1057 1.02      
9 A' 1001 955 23.08      
10 A' 684 653 30.91      
11 A' 334 319 2.83      
12 A" 3180 3035 24.79      
13 A" 3150 3006 4.57      
14 A" 1505 1436 10.24      
15 A" 1297 1237 1.79      
16 A" 1101 1051 0.16      
17 A" 797 760 5.05      
18 A" 269 257 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14773.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9544) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14099.4 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G*
ABC
1.05944 0.18213 0.16501

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.502 0.664 0.000
C2 0.000 0.813 0.000
H3 1.967 1.654 0.000
H4 1.846 0.126 0.884
H5 1.846 0.126 -0.884
Cl6 -0.821 -0.791 0.000
H7 -0.358 1.335 0.885
H8 -0.358 1.335 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.50921.09361.09051.09052.74072.16602.1660
C21.50922.13952.15852.15851.80101.08841.0884
H31.09362.13951.76931.76933.70792.50792.5079
H41.09052.15851.76931.76812.95512.51343.0735
H51.09052.15851.76931.76812.95513.07352.5134
Cl62.74071.80103.70792.95512.95512.34892.3489
H72.16601.08842.50792.51343.07352.34891.7699
H82.16601.08842.50793.07352.51342.34891.7699

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 111.479 C1 C2 H7 111.979
C1 C2 H8 111.979 C2 C1 H3 109.535
C2 C1 H4 111.233 C2 C1 H5 111.233
H3 C1 H4 108.207 H3 C1 H5 108.207
H4 C1 H5 108.325 Cl6 C2 H7 106.130
Cl6 C2 H8 106.130 H7 C2 H8 108.804
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.648      
2 C -0.510      
3 H 0.230      
4 H 0.245      
5 H 0.245      
6 Cl -0.102      
7 H 0.269      
8 H 0.269      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.235 1.936 0.000 2.297
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.213 -0.340 0.000
y -0.340 -25.910 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.424
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.046 -0.340 0.000
y -0.340 0.908 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.138
Polar
3z2-r20.275
x2-y2-1.302
xy-0.340
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> 79.185
(<r2>)1/2 8.899