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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.171162
Energy at 298.15K-538.176743
Nuclear repulsion energy102.785856
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/6-311G*
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' 3270 2957 56.55      
2 A' 3249 2938 10.07      
3 A' 3188 2883 29.19      
4 A' 1633 1477 2.21      
5 A' 1628 1473 1.22      
6 A' 1553 1404 4.44      
7 A' 1456 1317 58.72      
8 A' 1178 1065 1.61      
9 A' 1051 951 19.50      
10 A' 708 640 51.67      
11 A' 354 320 2.97      
12 A" 3326 3008 28.74      
13 A" 3270 2957 19.45      
14 A" 1619 1464 6.84      
15 A" 1393 1260 1.12      
16 A" 1186 1072 0.29      
17 A" 850 768 2.54      
18 A" 280 253 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15595.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14104.2 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/6-311G*
ABC
1.06224 0.18165 0.16454

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.507 0.664 0.000
C2 0.000 0.815 0.000
H3 1.967 1.648 0.000
H4 1.846 0.130 0.878
H5 1.846 0.130 -0.878
Cl6 -0.823 -0.791 0.000
H7 -0.354 1.330 0.878
H8 -0.354 1.330 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51411.08621.08281.08282.74662.16282.1628
C21.51412.13582.15602.15601.80411.07811.0781
H31.08622.13581.75851.75853.70532.50172.5017
H41.08282.15601.75851.75662.95652.50653.0606
H51.08282.15601.75851.75662.95653.06062.5065
Cl62.74661.80413.70532.95652.95652.34302.3430
H72.16281.07812.50172.50653.06062.34301.7562
H82.16281.07812.50173.06062.50652.34301.7562

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 111.429 C1 C2 H7 111.996
C1 C2 H8 111.996 C2 C1 H3 109.344
C2 C1 H4 111.155 C2 C1 H5 111.155
H3 C1 H4 108.339 H3 C1 H5 108.339
H4 C1 H5 108.424 Cl6 C2 H7 106.001
Cl6 C2 H8 106.001 H7 C2 H8 109.067
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.603 -0.078   -0.116
2 C -0.428 0.146   0.051
3 H 0.215 0.025   0.041
4 H 0.231 0.041   0.059
5 H 0.231 0.041   0.059
6 Cl -0.154 -0.267   -0.252
7 H 0.254 0.047   0.079
8 H 0.254 0.047   0.079


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.341 2.139 0.000 2.525
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 1.316 2.199 0.000 2.563


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.654 -0.508 0.000
y -0.508 -26.249 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.669
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.195 -0.508 0.000
y -0.508 0.913 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.282
Polar
3z2-r20.564
x2-y2-1.406
xy-0.508
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.851 1.073 0.000
y 1.073 5.446 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.739


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.473
(<r2>)1/2 8.915