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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/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 B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.412350
Energy at 298.15K-539.417789
Nuclear repulsion energy102.757579
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 B3PW91/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' 3111 2992 23.11      
2 A' 3085 2967 10.94      
3 A' 3038 2922 15.95      
4 A' 1494 1437 3.19      
5 A' 1486 1429 1.27      
6 A' 1408 1353 6.43      
7 A' 1312 1261 31.39      
8 A' 1091 1049 0.71      
9 A' 987 949 21.54      
10 A' 676 650 26.06      
11 A' 330 317 2.82      
12 A" 3149 3028 17.62      
13 A" 3121 3002 2.47      
14 A" 1477 1420 8.79      
15 A" 1272 1223 0.37      
16 A" 1074 1033 0.01      
17 A" 787 757 3.47      
18 A" 258 248 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14578.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14018.4 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 B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.06159 0.18194 0.16490

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.502 0.667 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
H3 1.964 1.659 0.000
H4 1.846 0.130 0.884
H5 1.846 0.130 -0.884
Cl6 -0.820 -0.792 0.000
H7 -0.360 1.333 0.885
H8 -0.360 1.333 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.50891.09361.09021.09022.74262.16642.1664
C21.50892.13852.15702.15701.80121.08821.0882
H31.09362.13851.76991.76993.70882.50772.5077
H41.09022.15701.76991.76822.95602.51243.0726
H51.09022.15701.76991.76822.95603.07262.5124
Cl62.74261.80123.70882.95602.95602.34722.3472
H72.16641.08822.50772.51243.07262.34721.7695
H82.16641.08822.50773.07262.51242.34721.7695

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 111.595 C1 C2 H7 112.042
C1 C2 H8 112.042 C2 C1 H3 109.477
C2 C1 H4 111.158 C2 C1 H5 111.158
H3 C1 H4 108.287 H3 C1 H5 108.287
H4 C1 H5 108.384 Cl6 C2 H7 106.006
Cl6 C2 H8 106.006 H7 C2 H8 108.790
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.258      
2 C -0.096      
3 H 0.092      
4 H 0.106      
5 H 0.106      
6 Cl -0.183      
7 H 0.117      
8 H 0.117      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.146 1.808 0.000 2.141
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.768 -0.302 0.000
y -0.302 -25.593 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.083
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.930 -0.302 0.000
y -0.302 0.832 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.097
Polar
3z2-r20.195
x2-y2-1.175
xy-0.302
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> 78.985
(<r2>)1/2 8.887