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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.153317
Energy at 298.15K-539.158698
Nuclear repulsion energy101.863315
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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
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' 3047 3019 23.20      
2 A' 3017 2990 13.84      
3 A' 2974 2947 15.10      
4 A' 1452 1439 3.46      
5 A' 1439 1426 0.93      
6 A' 1364 1351 7.93      
7 A' 1278 1266 38.13      
8 A' 1064 1054 0.68      
9 A' 959 950 24.92      
10 A' 645 639 29.82      
11 A' 322 319 3.25      
12 A" 3083 3055 21.66      
13 A" 3056 3028 1.68      
14 A" 1434 1421 9.18      
15 A" 1236 1225 1.54      
16 A" 1046 1036 0.10      
17 A" 768 761 5.15      
18 A" 260 258 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14220.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14090.9 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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
ABC
1.04609 0.17864 0.16201

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.510 0.681 0.000
C2 0.000 0.821 0.000
H3 1.969 1.683 0.000
H4 1.861 0.142 0.892
H5 1.861 0.142 -0.892
Cl6 -0.824 -0.803 0.000
H7 -0.367 1.341 0.894
H8 -0.367 1.341 -0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51651.10271.09931.09932.76622.18162.1816
C21.51652.14992.17212.17211.82141.09751.0975
H31.10272.14991.78391.78393.74002.52512.5251
H41.09932.17211.78391.78362.98302.53023.0968
H51.09932.17211.78391.78362.98303.09682.5302
Cl62.76621.82143.74002.98302.98302.36782.3678
H72.18161.09752.52512.53023.09682.36781.7875
H82.18161.09752.52513.09682.53022.36781.7875

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 111.611 C1 C2 H7 112.152
C1 C2 H8 112.152 C2 C1 H3 109.318
C2 C1 H4 111.275 C2 C1 H5 111.275
H3 C1 H4 108.217 H3 C1 H5 108.217
H4 C1 H5 108.441 Cl6 C2 H7 105.744
Cl6 C2 H8 105.744 H7 C2 H8 109.043
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.329      
2 C -0.349      
3 H 0.131      
4 H 0.147      
5 H 0.147      
6 Cl -0.112      
7 H 0.183      
8 H 0.183      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.221 1.905 0.000 2.263
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.264 -0.291 0.000
y -0.291 -26.130 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.673
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.862 -0.291 0.000
y -0.291 0.838 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.023
Polar
3z2-r20.047
x2-y2-1.133
xy-0.291
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.536 1.164 0.000
y 1.164 5.894 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.093


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.428
(<r2>)1/2 8.968