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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.426266
Energy at 298.15K-539.431701
Nuclear repulsion energy101.936843
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/6-31G*
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' 3125 3001 28.99      
2 A' 3104 2980 9.99      
3 A' 3053 2932 16.93      
4 A' 1532 1471 2.48      
5 A' 1520 1460 1.20      
6 A' 1442 1385 4.53      
7 A' 1342 1289 46.48      
8 A' 1100 1056 1.32      
9 A' 990 951 19.81      
10 A' 660 633 32.23      
11 A' 332 319 3.35      
12 A" 3167 3041 23.24      
13 A" 3139 3014 3.91      
14 A" 1515 1455 6.83      
15 A" 1291 1240 0.54      
16 A" 1094 1050 0.00      
17 A" 798 767 3.61      
18 A" 267 257 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14734.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14149.7 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/6-31G*
ABC
1.04872 0.17863 0.16195

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.512 0.679 0.000
C2 0.000 0.821 0.000
H3 1.969 1.677 0.000
H4 1.859 0.142 0.888
H5 1.859 0.142 -0.888
Cl6 -0.826 -0.803 0.000
H7 -0.361 1.343 0.888
H8 -0.361 1.343 -0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51851.09771.09411.09412.76762.17692.1769
C21.51852.14732.16882.16881.82121.09191.0919
H31.09772.14731.77701.77703.73622.51622.5162
H41.09412.16881.77701.77532.98072.52443.0863
H51.09412.16881.77701.77532.98073.08632.5244
Cl62.76761.82123.73622.98072.98072.36832.3683
H72.17691.09192.51622.52443.08632.36831.7760
H82.17691.09192.51623.08632.52442.36831.7760

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 111.605 C1 C2 H7 111.971
C1 C2 H8 111.971 C2 C1 H3 109.268
C2 C1 H4 111.182 C2 C1 H5 111.182
H3 C1 H4 108.336 H3 C1 H5 108.336
H4 C1 H5 108.449 Cl6 C2 H7 106.055
Cl6 C2 H8 106.055 H7 C2 H8 108.836
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.435 -0.086   -0.128
2 C -0.349 0.042   -0.031
3 H 0.157 0.036   0.052
4 H 0.171 0.046   0.063
5 H 0.171 0.046   0.063
6 Cl -0.103 -0.223   -0.209
7 H 0.194 0.069   0.095
8 H 0.194 0.069   0.095


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.199 1.923 0.000 2.266
CHELPG 1.186 1.989 0.000 2.316
AIM        
ESP 1.198 1.996 0.000 2.328


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.701 -0.358 0.000
y -0.358 -25.562 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.072
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.884 -0.358 0.000
y -0.358 0.824 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.060
Polar
3z2-r20.120
x2-y2-1.139
xy-0.358
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.851 0.997 0.000
y 0.997 5.297 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.826


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.033
(<r2>)1/2 8.946