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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.447191
Energy at 298.15K-539.452623
Nuclear repulsion energy101.772614
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/cc-pVDZ
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' 3106 3013 23.31      
2 A' 3078 2986 13.04      
3 A' 3030 2939 16.92      
4 A' 1474 1430 2.10      
5 A' 1468 1424 0.35      
6 A' 1395 1353 3.39      
7 A' 1297 1258 41.09      
8 A' 1085 1053 0.78      
9 A' 982 953 20.37      
10 A' 656 637 30.66      
11 A' 330 321 3.33      
12 A" 3145 3051 20.83      
13 A" 3118 3025 2.59      
14 A" 1454 1411 7.18      
15 A" 1259 1221 0.48      
16 A" 1059 1027 0.02      
17 A" 788 765 3.34      
18 A" 269 261 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14497.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14062.2 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 B3LYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.04429 0.17836 0.16174

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.511 0.682 0.000
C2 0.000 0.821 0.000
H3 1.971 1.686 0.000
H4 1.861 0.141 0.893
H5 1.861 0.141 -0.893
Cl6 -0.825 -0.805 0.000
H7 -0.369 1.344 0.894
H8 -0.369 1.344 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51691.10431.10101.10102.76832.18352.1835
C21.51692.15212.17312.17311.82311.09901.0990
H31.10432.15211.78741.78743.74392.52752.5275
H41.10102.17311.78741.78562.98402.53323.0998
H51.10102.17311.78741.78562.98403.09982.5332
Cl62.76831.82313.74392.98402.98402.37132.3713
H72.18351.09902.52752.53323.09982.37131.7875
H82.18351.09902.52753.09982.53322.37131.7875

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 111.631 C1 C2 H7 112.186
C1 C2 H8 112.186 C2 C1 H3 109.367
C2 C1 H4 111.222 C2 C1 H5 111.222
H3 C1 H4 108.289 H3 C1 H5 108.289
H4 C1 H5 108.359 Cl6 C2 H7 105.808
Cl6 C2 H8 105.808 H7 C2 H8 108.826
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.009      
2 C -0.076      
3 H 0.029      
4 H 0.040      
5 H 0.040      
6 Cl -0.159      
7 H 0.067      
8 H 0.067      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.121 1.795 0.000 2.116
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.695 -0.280 0.000
y -0.280 -25.557 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.090
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.871 -0.280 0.000
y -0.280 0.835 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.036
Polar
3z2-r20.072
x2-y2-1.138
xy-0.280
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.155 1.006 0.000
y 1.006 5.523 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.949


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.174
(<r2>)1/2 8.954