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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.111857
Energy at 298.15K-539.117235
Nuclear repulsion energy101.757634
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/6-31+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' 3061 3026 19.43      
2 A' 3024 2989 15.42      
3 A' 2982 2948 16.65      
4 A' 1457 1441 4.22      
5 A' 1446 1429 1.43      
6 A' 1368 1352 10.22      
7 A' 1281 1267 41.32      
8 A' 1064 1052 0.70      
9 A' 960 949 24.72      
10 A' 649 642 29.40      
11 A' 324 320 3.26      
12 A" 3094 3059 18.62      
13 A" 3070 3035 0.85      
14 A" 1440 1423 10.64      
15 A" 1235 1221 1.01      
16 A" 1048 1036 0.00      
17 A" 769 760 4.00      
18 A" 261 258 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14266.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14104.1 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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
ABC
1.04405 0.17828 0.16169

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.513 0.679 0.000
C2 0.000 0.819 0.000
H3 1.972 1.684 0.000
H4 1.865 0.139 0.893
H5 1.865 0.139 -0.893
Cl6 -0.827 -0.803 0.000
H7 -0.364 1.346 0.895
H8 -0.364 1.346 -0.895

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51981.10451.10131.10132.76952.18392.1839
C21.51982.15322.17662.17661.82031.10021.1002
H31.10452.15321.78741.78743.74362.52432.5243
H41.10132.17661.78741.78662.98802.53453.1017
H51.10132.17661.78741.78662.98803.10172.5345
Cl62.76951.82033.74362.98802.98802.37292.3729
H72.18391.10022.52432.53453.10172.37291.7893
H82.18391.10022.52433.10172.53452.37291.7893

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 111.712 C1 C2 H7 111.943
C1 C2 H8 111.943 C2 C1 H3 109.250
C2 C1 H4 111.285 C2 C1 H5 111.285
H3 C1 H4 108.256 H3 C1 H5 108.256
H4 C1 H5 108.412 Cl6 C2 H7 106.040
Cl6 C2 H8 106.040 H7 C2 H8 108.815
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.531      
2 C -0.422      
3 H 0.178      
4 H 0.191      
5 H 0.191      
6 Cl -0.035      
7 H 0.214      
8 H 0.214      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.209 1.929 0.000 2.277
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.285 -0.330 0.000
y -0.330 -26.117 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.614
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.919 -0.330 0.000
y -0.330 0.833 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.086
Polar
3z2-r20.173
x2-y2-1.168
xy-0.330
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.937 0.944 0.000
y 0.944 6.103 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.685


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.560
(<r2>)1/2 8.976