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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.455032
Energy at 298.15K-539.460481
Nuclear repulsion energy102.832412
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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' 3132 3003 30.91      
2 A' 3107 2978 14.02      
3 A' 3058 2931 18.73      
4 A' 1513 1451 3.84      
5 A' 1500 1438 1.15      
6 A' 1422 1363 8.91      
7 A' 1336 1281 40.55      
8 A' 1103 1057 0.83      
9 A' 995 954 22.92      
10 A' 677 649 31.48      
11 A' 328 315 2.84      
12 A" 3173 3042 25.22      
13 A" 3143 3013 4.28      
14 A" 1498 1436 9.91      
15 A" 1288 1235 1.71      
16 A" 1093 1047 0.18      
17 A" 791 758 4.85      
18 A" 268 257 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14711.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14102.8 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
1.05878 0.18254 0.16532

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.500 0.663 0.000
C2 0.000 0.814 0.000
H3 1.968 1.651 0.000
H4 1.842 0.125 0.883
H5 1.842 0.125 -0.883
Cl6 -0.820 -0.790 0.000
H7 -0.359 1.335 0.885
H8 -0.359 1.335 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.50721.09301.08991.08992.73712.16512.1651
C21.50722.13832.15622.15621.80131.08771.0877
H31.09302.13831.76791.76793.70522.50882.5088
H41.08992.15621.76791.76682.95012.51203.0718
H51.08992.15621.76791.76682.95013.07182.5120
Cl62.73711.80133.70522.95012.95012.34792.3479
H72.16511.08772.50882.51203.07182.34791.7691
H82.16511.08772.50883.07182.51202.34791.7691

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 111.336 C1 C2 H7 112.090
C1 C2 H8 112.090 C2 C1 H3 109.621
C2 C1 H4 111.232 C2 C1 H5 111.232
H3 C1 H4 108.177 H3 C1 H5 108.177
H4 C1 H5 108.297 Cl6 C2 H7 106.074
Cl6 C2 H8 106.074 H7 C2 H8 108.820
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.637      
2 C -0.506      
3 H 0.227      
4 H 0.242      
5 H 0.242      
6 Cl -0.100      
7 H 0.266      
8 H 0.266      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.230 1.932 0.000 2.290
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.212 -0.338 0.000
y -0.338 -25.930 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.443
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.025 -0.338 0.000
y -0.338 0.897 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.128
Polar
3z2-r20.256
x2-y2-1.281
xy-0.338
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.211 1.092 0.000
y 1.092 5.630 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.915


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.079
(<r2>)1/2 8.893