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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.440091
Energy at 298.15K-539.445478
HF Energy-539.440091
Nuclear repulsion energy101.732981
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 B97D3/6-311G**
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' 3053 3010 35.75      
2 A' 3029 2986 14.04      
3 A' 2981 2938 21.27      
4 A' 1476 1454 2.60      
5 A' 1462 1441 0.61      
6 A' 1387 1367 4.97      
7 A' 1295 1277 43.04      
8 A' 1068 1053 0.86      
9 A' 958 944 23.23      
10 A' 621 612 35.96      
11 A' 325 321 3.64      
12 A" 3096 3051 30.75      
13 A" 3066 3022 4.55      
14 A" 1457 1436 7.66      
15 A" 1252 1234 1.35      
16 A" 1059 1044 0.13      
17 A" 780 769 4.29      
18 A" 261 257 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14312.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14107.6 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 B97D3/6-311G**
ABC
1.04441 0.17793 0.16133

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.512 0.685 0.000
C2 0.000 0.826 0.000
H3 1.967 1.685 0.000
H4 1.858 0.147 0.889
H5 1.858 0.147 -0.889
Cl6 -0.825 -0.807 0.000
H7 -0.367 1.341 0.892
H8 -0.367 1.341 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51821.09921.09551.09552.77202.18082.1808
C21.51822.14672.16912.16911.82941.09331.0933
H31.09922.14671.77971.77973.74242.52272.5227
H41.09552.16911.77971.77882.98352.52543.0904
H51.09552.16911.77971.77882.98353.09042.5254
Cl62.77201.82943.74242.98352.98352.37012.3701
H72.18081.09332.52272.52543.09042.37011.7836
H82.18081.09332.52273.09042.52542.37011.7836

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 111.463 C1 C2 H7 112.229
C1 C2 H8 112.229 C2 C1 H3 109.153
C2 C1 H4 111.149 C2 C1 H5 111.149
H3 C1 H4 108.371 H3 C1 H5 108.371
H4 C1 H5 108.566 Cl6 C2 H7 105.596
Cl6 C2 H8 105.596 H7 C2 H8 109.312
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.291      
2 C -0.300      
3 H 0.117      
4 H 0.134      
5 H 0.134      
6 Cl -0.134      
7 H 0.169      
8 H 0.169      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.251 1.957 0.000 2.322
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.140 -0.332 0.000
y -0.332 -25.979 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.499
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.901 -0.332 0.000
y -0.332 0.840 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.061
Polar
3z2-r20.122
x2-y2-1.161
xy-0.332
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.490 1.179 0.000
y 1.179 5.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.060


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.524
(<r2>)1/2 8.974