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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-536.868223
Energy at 298.15K-536.873695
HF Energy-536.868223
Nuclear repulsion energy102.023380
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/3-21G*
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' 3170 3005 15.30      
2 A' 3145 2981 6.44      
3 A' 3094 2932 9.41      
4 A' 1570 1488 6.82      
5 A' 1551 1470 7.18      
6 A' 1480 1403 14.61      
7 A' 1361 1290 26.55      
8 A' 1118 1060 7.20      
9 A' 997 945 18.43      
10 A' 666 631 26.13      
11 A' 348 330 2.94      
12 A" 3213 3046 8.74      
13 A" 3177 3011 4.08      
14 A" 1557 1475 12.51      
15 A" 1323 1254 0.96      
16 A" 1117 1059 0.30      
17 A" 827 784 7.70      
18 A" 254 241 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14984.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9478) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14202.1 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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
ABC
1.03236 0.18010 0.16280

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.517 0.659 0.000
C2 0.000 0.823 0.000
H3 1.990 1.648 0.000
H4 1.846 0.113 0.889
H5 1.846 0.113 -0.889
Cl6 -0.829 -0.792 0.000
H7 -0.344 1.351 0.890
H8 -0.344 1.351 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52581.09611.09341.09342.75902.17602.1760
C21.52582.15462.16772.16771.81551.09091.0909
H31.09612.15461.77921.77923.72892.51582.5158
H41.09342.16771.77921.77722.96042.51533.0807
H51.09342.16771.77921.77722.96043.08072.5153
Cl62.75901.81553.72892.96042.96042.37152.3715
H72.17601.09092.51582.51533.08072.37151.7802
H82.17601.09092.51583.08072.51532.37151.7802

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 111.024 C1 C2 H7 111.433
C1 C2 H8 111.433 C2 C1 H3 109.429
C2 C1 H4 110.623 C2 C1 H5 110.623
H3 C1 H4 108.697 H3 C1 H5 108.697
H4 C1 H5 108.723 Cl6 C2 H7 106.688
Cl6 C2 H8 106.688 H7 C2 H8 109.354
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.622      
2 C -0.524      
3 H 0.224      
4 H 0.236      
5 H 0.236      
6 Cl -0.077      
7 H 0.264      
8 H 0.264      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.257 1.974 0.000 2.341
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.742 -0.396 0.000
y -0.396 -25.570 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.111
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.901 -0.396 0.000
y -0.396 0.856 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.045
Polar
3z2-r20.090
x2-y2-1.172
xy-0.396
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.519 0.975 0.000
y 0.975 5.028 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.585


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.724
(<r2>)1/2 8.929