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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-29.206356
Energy at 298.15K-29.211700
Nuclear repulsion energy41.666017
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 B3LYP/CEP-31G
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' 3126 3028 63.06      
2 A' 3109 3011 10.36      
3 A' 3039 2943 31.37      
4 A' 1512 1464 7.03      
5 A' 1493 1446 1.47      
6 A' 1430 1385 9.69      
7 A' 1311 1270 47.37      
8 A' 1092 1057 2.24      
9 A' 987 955 27.50      
10 A' 598 579 35.64      
11 A' 312 303 4.59      
12 A" 3198 3097 48.82      
13 A" 3149 3049 18.96      
14 A" 1490 1443 11.37      
15 A" 1258 1218 2.38      
16 A" 1057 1024 0.02      
17 A" 794 769 9.12      
18 A" 248 240 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14601.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9684) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14139.7 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G
ABC
0.99478 0.16844 0.15254

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.348 -0.082 0.000
C2 0.000 0.663 0.000
H3 2.171 0.660 0.000
H4 1.452 -0.716 0.895
H5 1.452 -0.716 -0.895
Cl6 -1.451 -0.585 0.000
H7 -0.157 1.269 0.902
H8 -0.157 1.269 -0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.54041.10741.10201.10202.84382.21492.2149
C21.54042.17112.19352.19351.91331.09841.0984
H31.10742.17111.79201.79203.82952.57032.5703
H41.10202.19351.79201.79003.04012.55563.1244
H51.10202.19351.79201.79003.04013.12442.5556
Cl62.84381.91333.82953.04013.04012.43412.4341
H72.21491.09842.57032.55563.12442.43411.8048
H82.21491.09842.57033.12442.55562.43411.8048

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 110.386 C1 C2 H7 113.075
C1 C2 H8 113.075 C2 C1 H3 109.069
C2 C1 H4 111.138 C2 C1 H5 111.138
H3 C1 H4 108.400 H3 C1 H5 108.400
H4 C1 H5 108.616 Cl6 C2 H7 104.573
Cl6 C2 H8 104.573 H7 C2 H8 110.478
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.345      
2 C -0.397      
3 H 0.146      
4 H 0.168      
5 H 0.168      
6 Cl -0.133      
7 H 0.197      
8 H 0.197      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.386 1.652 0.000 2.902
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.263 -0.868 0.000
y -0.868 -25.233 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.379
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.957 -0.868 0.000
y -0.868 1.588 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.369
Polar
3z2-r22.738
x2-y2-3.030
xy-0.868
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.765 1.297 0.000
y 1.297 4.395 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.064


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 59.494
(<r2>)1/2 7.713