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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.345313
Energy at 298.15K-539.350763
Nuclear repulsion energy102.429866
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3142 3006 22.39      
2 A' 3110 2975 14.41      
3 A' 3064 2931 15.94      
4 A' 1526 1460 3.37      
5 A' 1515 1450 1.47      
6 A' 1437 1374 7.54      
7 A' 1343 1285 40.63      
8 A' 1104 1057 1.30      
9 A' 999 956 21.88      
10 A' 681 652 28.86      
11 A' 334 319 3.16      
12 A" 3178 3040 22.01      
13 A" 3153 3017 1.50      
14 A" 1510 1444 8.24      
15 A" 1291 1235 0.68      
16 A" 1096 1049 0.00      
17 A" 797 762 4.54      
18 A" 268 257 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14773.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14133.9 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
1.05541 0.18075 0.16385

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.508 0.668 0.000
C2 0.000 0.813 0.000
H3 1.968 1.664 0.000
H4 1.853 0.130 0.888
H5 1.853 0.130 -0.888
Cl6 -0.824 -0.794 0.000
H7 -0.357 1.340 0.887
H8 -0.357 1.340 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51451.09731.09411.09412.75182.17202.1720
C21.51452.14452.16522.16521.80521.09251.0925
H31.09732.14451.77641.77643.71972.51012.5101
H41.09412.16521.77641.77512.96742.52033.0826
H51.09412.16521.77641.77512.96743.08262.5203
Cl62.75181.80523.71972.96742.96742.35772.3577
H72.17201.09252.51012.52033.08262.35771.7748
H82.17201.09252.51013.08262.52032.35771.7748

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 111.676 C1 C2 H7 111.823
C1 C2 H8 111.823 C2 C1 H3 109.343
C2 C1 H4 111.178 C2 C1 H5 111.178
H3 C1 H4 108.315 H3 C1 H5 108.315
H4 C1 H5 108.425 Cl6 C2 H7 106.285
Cl6 C2 H8 106.285 H7 C2 H8 108.633
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.505     -0.168
2 C -0.414     -0.046
3 H 0.181     0.064
4 H 0.195     0.076
5 H 0.195     0.076
6 Cl -0.086     -0.204
7 H 0.218     0.101
8 H 0.218     0.101


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.198 1.902 0.000 2.248
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 1.193 1.971 0.000 2.305


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.562 -0.345 0.000
y -0.345 -25.417 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.935
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.886 -0.345 0.000
y -0.345 0.831 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.055
Polar
3z2-r20.109
x2-y2-1.145
xy-0.345
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.287
(<r2>)1/2 8.904