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

using model chemistry: B1B95/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.434072
Energy at 298.15K-539.439507
Nuclear repulsion energy102.603510
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 B1B95/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' 3145 3023 16.68      
2 A' 3102 2982 15.60      
3 A' 3059 2940 15.37      
4 A' 1469 1412 2.48      
5 A' 1464 1407 0.56      
6 A' 1387 1333 5.26      
7 A' 1293 1243 37.41      
8 A' 1095 1053 0.88      
9 A' 989 951 21.13      
10 A' 680 654 27.93      
11 A' 328 316 3.10      
12 A" 3177 3053 18.17      
13 A" 3153 3031 0.32      
14 A" 1450 1394 8.03      
15 A" 1257 1208 0.57      
16 A" 1059 1018 0.03      
17 A" 782 752 3.88      
18 A" 265 255 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14577.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14012.0 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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.05466 0.18191 0.16485

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.501 0.667 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
H3 1.967 1.664 0.000
H4 1.847 0.125 0.890
H5 1.847 0.125 -0.890
Cl6 -0.820 -0.792 0.000
H7 -0.364 1.338 0.891
H8 -0.364 1.338 -0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.50841.10051.09781.09782.74152.17362.1736
C21.50842.14342.16222.16221.80161.09651.0965
H31.10052.14341.78171.78173.71452.51692.5169
H41.09782.16221.78171.78042.95712.52173.0872
H51.09782.16221.78171.78042.95713.08722.5217
Cl62.74151.80163.71452.95712.95712.35302.3530
H72.17361.09652.51692.52173.08722.35301.7815
H82.17361.09652.51693.08722.52172.35301.7815

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 111.534 C1 C2 H7 112.145
C1 C2 H8 112.145 C2 C1 H3 109.495
C2 C1 H4 111.146 C2 C1 H5 111.146
H3 C1 H4 108.295 H3 C1 H5 108.295
H4 C1 H5 108.373 Cl6 C2 H7 105.993
Cl6 C2 H8 105.993 H7 C2 H8 108.656
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.042      
2 C -0.115      
3 H 0.041      
4 H 0.052      
5 H 0.052      
6 Cl -0.150      
7 H 0.080      
8 H 0.080      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.121 1.770 0.000 2.095
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.511 -0.264 0.000
y -0.264 -25.376 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.906
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.870 -0.264 0.000
y -0.264 0.832 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.038
Polar
3z2-r20.075
x2-y2-1.135
xy-0.264
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.118 0.963 0.000
y 0.963 5.436 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.921


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.941
(<r2>)1/2 8.885