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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.478097
Energy at 298.15K-539.483550
Nuclear repulsion energy102.984140
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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ
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 3004 22.21      
2 A' 3104 2977 11.29      
3 A' 3057 2932 15.27      
4 A' 1501 1440 3.22      
5 A' 1493 1432 1.32      
6 A' 1414 1356 6.81      
7 A' 1319 1265 31.16      
8 A' 1098 1053 0.68      
9 A' 993 953 21.27      
10 A' 686 658 25.82      
11 A' 332 318 2.74      
12 A" 3168 3039 16.76      
13 A" 3141 3013 2.56      
14 A" 1484 1423 8.94      
15 A" 1279 1227 0.38      
16 A" 1081 1037 0.01      
17 A" 790 758 3.43      
18 A" 258 248 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14664.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9592) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14065.9 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.06291 0.18298 0.16577

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.500 0.661 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.964 1.650 0.000
H4 1.840 0.123 0.883
H5 1.840 0.123 -0.883
Cl6 -0.819 -0.788 0.000
H7 -0.357 1.332 0.884
H8 -0.357 1.332 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.50761.09191.08871.08872.73512.16362.1636
C21.50762.13622.15332.15331.79611.08671.0867
H31.09192.13621.76831.76833.70012.50472.5047
H41.08872.15331.76831.76632.94602.50753.0677
H51.08872.15331.76831.76632.94603.06772.5075
Cl62.73511.79613.70012.94602.94602.34252.3425
H72.16361.08672.50472.50753.06772.34251.7682
H82.16361.08672.50473.06772.50752.34251.7682

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 111.466 C1 C2 H7 112.003
C1 C2 H8 112.003 C2 C1 H3 109.486
C2 C1 H4 111.047 C2 C1 H5 111.047
H3 C1 H4 108.376 H3 C1 H5 108.376
H4 C1 H5 108.429 Cl6 C2 H7 106.065
Cl6 C2 H8 106.065 H7 C2 H8 108.892
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.247      
2 C -0.086      
3 H 0.088      
4 H 0.102      
5 H 0.102      
6 Cl -0.182      
7 H 0.112      
8 H 0.112      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.140 1.800 0.000 2.130
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.771 -0.301 0.000
y -0.301 -25.580 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.065
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.949 -0.301 0.000
y -0.301 0.838 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.111
Polar
3z2-r20.222
x2-y2-1.191
xy-0.301
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.849 0.960 0.000
y 0.960 6.012 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.544


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.663
(<r2>)1/2 8.869