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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-536.830071
Energy at 298.15K-536.835531
Nuclear repulsion energy101.933184
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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 3008 17.64      
2 A' 3109 2983 7.30      
3 A' 3059 2935 11.03      
4 A' 1560 1497 6.10      
5 A' 1538 1476 5.73      
6 A' 1463 1403 12.46      
7 A' 1347 1292 28.60      
8 A' 1107 1062 6.04      
9 A' 990 950 20.61      
10 A' 649 622 28.58      
11 A' 341 327 3.24      
12 A" 3179 3050 12.95      
13 A" 3148 3020 2.41      
14 A" 1546 1483 11.55      
15 A" 1315 1262 1.00      
16 A" 1107 1062 0.21      
17 A" 818 785 7.78      
18 A" 265 254 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14837.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14235.0 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
1.03149 0.17979 0.16256

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.516 0.661 0.000
C2 0.000 0.829 0.000
H3 1.993 1.650 0.000
H4 1.842 0.113 0.890
H5 1.842 0.113 -0.890
Cl6 -0.828 -0.795 0.000
H7 -0.351 1.352 0.893
H8 -0.351 1.352 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52491.09821.09451.09452.75862.18112.1811
C21.52492.15512.16732.16731.82311.09221.0922
H31.09822.15511.78191.78193.73262.52522.5252
H41.09452.16731.78191.77952.95712.51833.0852
H51.09452.16731.78191.77952.95713.08522.5183
Cl62.75861.82313.73262.95712.95712.37372.3737
H72.18111.09222.52522.51833.08522.37371.7851
H82.18111.09222.52523.08522.51832.37371.7851

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 110.653 C1 C2 H7 111.835
C1 C2 H8 111.835 C2 C1 H3 109.407
C2 C1 H4 110.595 C2 C1 H5 110.595
H3 C1 H4 108.712 H3 C1 H5 108.712
H4 C1 H5 108.775 Cl6 C2 H7 106.305
Cl6 C2 H8 106.305 H7 C2 H8 109.618
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.627      
2 C -0.534      
3 H 0.225      
4 H 0.238      
5 H 0.238      
6 Cl -0.071      
7 H 0.265      
8 H 0.265      


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 -26.699 -0.365 0.000
y -0.365 -25.572 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.138
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.844 -0.365 0.000
y -0.365 0.847 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.003
Polar
3z2-r2-0.005
x2-y2-1.127
xy-0.365
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> 79.826
(<r2>)1/2 8.935