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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.383145
Energy at 298.15K-539.388588
HF Energy-539.383145
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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' 3162 2999 23.10      
2 A' 3132 2971 13.94      
3 A' 3082 2923 15.90      
4 A' 1537 1458 3.52      
5 A' 1529 1450 1.76      
6 A' 1451 1376 7.61      
7 A' 1350 1281 40.17      
8 A' 1110 1053 1.51      
9 A' 1008 956 20.05      
10 A' 695 659 28.18      
11 A' 341 323 3.00      
12 A" 3199 3035 19.49      
13 A" 3171 3008 4.43      
14 A" 1517 1439 8.39      
15 A" 1296 1230 0.61      
16 A" 1103 1046 0.00      
17 A" 805 763 3.93      
18 A" 245 233 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14867.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14101.4 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
1.05314 0.18098 0.16398

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.510 0.664 0.000
C2 0.000 0.814 0.000
H3 1.972 1.658 0.000
H4 1.850 0.124 0.888
H5 1.850 0.124 -0.888
Cl6 -0.825 -0.791 0.000
H7 -0.352 1.341 0.888
H8 -0.352 1.341 -0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51781.09591.09351.09352.75192.17192.1719
C21.51782.14532.16522.16521.80461.09141.0914
H31.09592.14531.77651.77653.71812.50862.5086
H41.09352.16521.77651.77592.96402.51673.0803
H51.09352.16521.77651.77592.96403.08032.5167
Cl62.75191.80463.71812.96402.96402.35762.3576
H72.17191.09142.50862.51673.08032.35761.7763
H82.17191.09142.50863.08032.51672.35761.7763

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 111.561 C1 C2 H7 111.654
C1 C2 H8 111.654 C2 C1 H3 109.268
C2 C1 H4 110.984 C2 C1 H5 110.984
H3 C1 H4 108.473 H3 C1 H5 108.473
H4 C1 H5 108.589 Cl6 C2 H7 106.380
Cl6 C2 H8 106.380 H7 C2 H8 108.929
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.495      
2 C -0.398      
3 H 0.177      
4 H 0.191      
5 H 0.191      
6 Cl -0.095      
7 H 0.214      
8 H 0.214      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.216 1.935 0.000 2.285
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.620 -0.368 0.000
y -0.368 -25.433 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.934
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.936 -0.368 0.000
y -0.368 0.844 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.092
Polar
3z2-r20.185
x2-y2-1.186
xy-0.368
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.785 0.943 0.000
y 0.943 5.233 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.839


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.242
(<r2>)1/2 8.902