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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.360358
Energy at 298.15K-539.365700
Nuclear repulsion energy100.837895
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
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' 3033 3017 32.46      
2 A' 3016 3000 8.08      
3 A' 2963 2947 20.66      
4 A' 1470 1462 3.30      
5 A' 1458 1450 0.98      
6 A' 1380 1373 5.42      
7 A' 1282 1276 49.72      
8 A' 1053 1048 0.79      
9 A' 944 939 23.16      
10 A' 610 607 35.23      
11 A' 318 317 3.68      
12 A" 3080 3064 20.48      
13 A" 3050 3034 5.74      
14 A" 1452 1444 9.08      
15 A" 1237 1231 0.79      
16 A" 1045 1040 0.02      
17 A" 772 768 3.22      
18 A" 256 254 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14209.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14134.1 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
1.03357 0.17418 0.15807

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.522 0.701 0.000
C2 0.000 0.833 0.000
H3 1.971 1.710 0.000
H4 1.878 0.165 0.893
H5 1.878 0.165 -0.893
Cl6 -0.830 -0.820 0.000
H7 -0.372 1.349 0.896
H8 -0.372 1.349 -0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52791.10481.10061.10062.80132.19342.1934
C21.52792.15762.18432.18431.85031.09821.0982
H31.10482.15761.78691.78693.77512.53492.5349
H41.10062.18431.78691.78673.01722.54243.1087
H51.10062.18431.78691.78673.01723.10872.5424
Cl62.80131.85033.77513.01723.01722.39072.3907
H72.19341.09822.53492.54243.10872.39071.7911
H82.19341.09822.53493.10872.54242.39071.7911

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 111.680 C1 C2 H7 112.240
C1 C2 H8 112.240 C2 C1 H3 109.015
C2 C1 H4 111.360 C2 C1 H5 111.360
H3 C1 H4 108.242 H3 C1 H5 108.242
H4 C1 H5 108.521 Cl6 C2 H7 105.494
Cl6 C2 H8 105.494 H7 C2 H8 109.265
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.456      
2 C -0.330      
3 H 0.153      
4 H 0.167      
5 H 0.167      
6 Cl -0.077      
7 H 0.188      
8 H 0.188      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.247 2.010 0.000 2.366
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.537 -0.376 0.000
y -0.376 -26.362 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.832
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.940 -0.376 0.000
y -0.376 0.822 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.118
Polar
3z2-r20.235
x2-y2-1.175
xy-0.376
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 82.010
(<r2>)1/2 9.056