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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-121G

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-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-29.213373
Energy at 298.15K-29.218758
Nuclear repulsion energy41.849621
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-121G
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' 3082 3004 46.58      
2 A' 3064 2986 9.45      
3 A' 2992 2916 24.91      
4 A' 1523 1484 5.84      
5 A' 1499 1461 1.14      
6 A' 1438 1401 9.84      
7 A' 1317 1284 48.45      
8 A' 1091 1063 1.27      
9 A' 987 961 24.77      
10 A' 601 585 36.65      
11 A' 314 306 4.79      
12 A" 3153 3072 32.64      
13 A" 3105 3026 13.27      
14 A" 1502 1464 10.82      
15 A" 1269 1237 1.39      
16 A" 1068 1041 0.00      
17 A" 795 774 4.20      
18 A" 252 246 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14525.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9745) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14155.1 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 B3LYP/CEP-121G
ABC
1.00738 0.16936 0.15347

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.344 -0.077 0.000
C2 0.000 0.659 0.000
H3 2.160 0.661 0.000
H4 1.450 -0.708 0.889
H5 1.450 -0.708 -0.889
Cl6 -1.446 -0.586 0.000
H7 -0.156 1.263 0.897
H8 -0.156 1.263 -0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.53221.10061.09541.09542.83592.20202.2020
C21.53222.16012.18202.18201.90801.09221.0922
H31.10062.16011.78031.78033.81572.55562.5556
H41.09542.18201.78031.77843.03182.54203.1067
H51.09542.18201.78031.77843.03183.10672.5420
Cl62.83591.90803.81573.03183.03182.42582.4258
H72.20201.09222.55562.54203.10672.42581.7936
H82.20201.09222.55563.10672.54202.42581.7936

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 110.569 C1 C2 H7 113.007
C1 C2 H8 113.007 C2 C1 H3 109.166
C2 C1 H4 111.194 C2 C1 H5 111.194
H3 C1 H4 108.332 H3 C1 H5 108.332
H4 C1 H5 108.537 Cl6 C2 H7 104.607
Cl6 C2 H8 104.607 H7 C2 H8 110.385
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.413      
2 C -0.414      
3 H 0.155      
4 H 0.172      
5 H 0.172      
6 Cl -0.068      
7 H 0.198      
8 H 0.198      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.219 1.612 0.000 2.742
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.302 -0.876 0.000
y -0.876 -25.610 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.746
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.624 -0.876 0.000
y -0.876 1.414 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.210
Polar
3z2-r22.420
x2-y2-2.691
xy-0.876
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.265 1.180 0.000
y 1.180 4.930 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.912


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 59.344
(<r2>)1/2 7.704