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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.391119
Energy at 298.15K-539.396511
Nuclear repulsion energy100.028459
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 B3LYP/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' 3134 3015 31.69      
2 A' 3120 3002 0.69      
3 A' 3048 2932 15.31      
4 A' 1546 1487 6.03      
5 A' 1532 1473 2.20      
6 A' 1466 1411 8.03      
7 A' 1333 1282 46.32      
8 A' 1110 1067 2.13      
9 A' 1006 968 24.58      
10 A' 596 573 37.15      
11 A' 323 311 4.74      
12 A" 3203 3081 15.94      
13 A" 3150 3030 9.61      
14 A" 1527 1469 9.62      
15 A" 1296 1247 1.02      
16 A" 1082 1041 0.11      
17 A" 815 784 5.35      
18 A" 253 244 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14768.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14207.7 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 B3LYP/6-31G
ABC
1.02087 0.17077 0.15489

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.510 0.737 0.000
C2 0.000 0.866 0.000
H3 1.958 1.740 0.000
H4 1.865 0.205 0.887
H5 1.865 0.205 -0.887
Cl6 -0.822 -0.851 0.000
H7 -0.389 1.353 0.894
H8 -0.389 1.353 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51571.09841.09381.09382.82142.18762.1876
C21.51572.14422.16832.16831.90341.08971.0897
H31.09842.14421.77581.77583.80012.54112.5411
H41.09382.16831.77581.77463.01982.52953.0936
H51.09382.16831.77581.77463.01983.09362.5295
Cl62.82141.90343.80013.01983.01982.41732.4173
H72.18761.08972.54112.52953.09362.41731.7874
H82.18761.08972.54113.09362.52952.41731.7874

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 110.705 C1 C2 H7 113.190
C1 C2 H8 113.190 C2 C1 H3 109.178
C2 C1 H4 111.361 C2 C1 H5 111.361
H3 C1 H4 108.203 H3 C1 H5 108.203
H4 C1 H5 108.432 Cl6 C2 H7 104.422
Cl6 C2 H8 104.422 H7 C2 H8 110.197
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.396      
2 C -0.391      
3 H 0.151      
4 H 0.167      
5 H 0.167      
6 Cl -0.088      
7 H 0.195      
8 H 0.195      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.414 2.377 0.000 2.765
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.788 -0.635 0.000
y -0.635 -25.945 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.185
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.723 -0.635 0.000
y -0.635 0.542 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.181
Polar
3z2-r20.362
x2-y2-0.843
xy-0.635
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.613 1.248 0.000
y 1.248 5.477 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.510


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 82.701
(<r2>)1/2 9.094