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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.451558
Energy at 298.15K-539.456987
HF Energy-539.451558
Nuclear repulsion energy102.771027
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/aug-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' 3136 3000 24.03      
2 A' 3112 2977 9.34      
3 A' 3061 2928 15.53      
4 A' 1508 1442 3.46      
5 A' 1502 1437 1.57      
6 A' 1424 1362 6.48      
7 A' 1319 1262 31.91      
8 A' 1098 1050 0.74      
9 A' 996 953 19.92      
10 A' 686 656 26.13      
11 A' 338 324 2.67      
12 A" 3176 3038 12.78      
13 A" 3143 3007 6.04      
14 A" 1484 1420 9.48      
15 A" 1278 1222 0.19      
16 A" 1082 1035 0.02      
17 A" 798 763 2.87      
18 A" 232 222 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14685.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14048.2 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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.05989 0.18204 0.16494

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.504 0.662 0.000
C2 0.000 0.813 0.000
H3 1.965 1.651 0.000
H4 1.842 0.124 0.884
H5 1.842 0.124 -0.884
Cl6 -0.822 -0.789 0.000
H7 -0.355 1.333 0.885
H8 -0.355 1.333 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51191.09121.08861.08862.74182.16542.1654
C21.51192.13692.15592.15591.80041.08611.0861
H31.09122.13691.76901.76903.70462.50352.5035
H41.08862.15591.76901.76832.95112.50693.0684
H51.08862.15591.76901.76832.95113.06842.5069
Cl62.74181.80043.70462.95112.95112.34622.3462
H72.16541.08612.50352.50693.06842.34621.7704
H82.16541.08612.50353.06842.50692.34621.7704

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 111.440 C1 C2 H7 111.866
C1 C2 H8 111.866 C2 C1 H3 109.283
C2 C1 H4 110.947 C2 C1 H5 110.947
H3 C1 H4 108.491 H3 C1 H5 108.491
H4 C1 H5 108.614 Cl6 C2 H7 106.084
Cl6 C2 H8 106.084 H7 C2 H8 109.176
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.803      
2 C -0.225      
3 H 0.256      
4 H 0.287      
5 H 0.287      
6 Cl -0.282      
7 H 0.240      
8 H 0.240      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.177 1.859 0.000 2.200
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.885 -0.291 0.000
y -0.291 -25.685 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.191
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.947 -0.291 0.000
y -0.291 0.853 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.094
Polar
3z2-r20.188
x2-y2-1.200
xy-0.291
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.619 0.826 0.000
y 0.826 6.612 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.419


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.017
(<r2>)1/2 8.889