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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.080179
Energy at 298.15K-538.085706
Nuclear repulsion energy100.882778
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 HF/6-31G
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' 3306 2985 25.78      
2 A' 3271 2954 10.10      
3 A' 3198 2887 20.45      
4 A' 1656 1495 5.51      
5 A' 1647 1487 3.62      
6 A' 1589 1435 7.42      
7 A' 1448 1307 63.17      
8 A' 1195 1079 3.66      
9 A' 1071 967 22.85      
10 A' 632 570 65.15      
11 A' 348 315 5.13      
12 A" 3381 3053 9.85      
13 A" 3298 2978 14.39      
14 A" 1641 1482 9.45      
15 A" 1401 1265 0.94      
16 A" 1179 1065 0.12      
17 A" 874 789 3.97      
18 A" 264 238 0.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15698.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14174.2 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
1.03479 0.17369 0.15739

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.505 0.722 0.000
C2 0.000 0.859 0.000
H3 1.953 1.711 0.000
H4 1.851 0.193 0.877
H5 1.851 0.193 -0.877
Cl6 -0.819 -0.839 0.000
H7 -0.381 1.340 0.883
H8 -0.381 1.340 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51161.08561.08141.08142.80032.17272.1727
C21.51162.13082.15432.15431.88531.07511.0751
H31.08562.13081.75651.75653.76682.52332.5233
H41.08142.15431.75651.75432.99432.51023.0656
H51.08142.15431.75651.75432.99433.06562.5102
Cl62.80031.88533.76682.99432.99432.39122.3912
H72.17271.07512.52332.51023.06562.39121.7654
H82.17271.07512.52333.06562.51022.39121.7654

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 110.562 C1 C2 H7 113.193
C1 C2 H8 113.193 C2 C1 H3 109.157
C2 C1 H4 111.278 C2 C1 H5 111.278
H3 C1 H4 108.309 H3 C1 H5 108.309
H4 C1 H5 108.417 Cl6 C2 H7 104.393
Cl6 C2 H8 104.393 H7 C2 H8 110.385
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.454 -0.151    
2 C -0.420 0.188    
3 H 0.171 0.039    
4 H 0.187 0.068    
5 H 0.187 0.068    
6 Cl -0.114 -0.322    
7 H 0.221 0.055    
8 H 0.221 0.055    


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.579 2.683 0.000 3.113
CHELPG 1.549 2.702 0.000 3.115
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.405 -0.922 0.000
y -0.922 -26.512 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.516
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.891 -0.922 0.000
y -0.922 0.448 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.443
Polar
3z2-r20.885
x2-y2-0.892
xy-0.922
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.404 1.281 0.000
y 1.281 5.491 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.405


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 81.927
(<r2>)1/2 9.051