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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.347966
Energy at 298.15K-539.353321
HF Energy-539.347966
Nuclear repulsion energy100.911734
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 BLYP/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' 3040 3016 30.80      
2 A' 3018 2994 10.75      
3 A' 2972 2948 18.29      
4 A' 1496 1483 2.02      
5 A' 1480 1468 0.79      
6 A' 1401 1390 2.84      
7 A' 1298 1288 48.85      
8 A' 1065 1056 1.28      
9 A' 954 946 20.31      
10 A' 618 613 32.50      
11 A' 320 317 3.78      
12 A" 3081 3056 28.67      
13 A" 3054 3030 2.66      
14 A" 1476 1464 6.00      
15 A" 1254 1243 0.56      
16 A" 1058 1049 0.00      
17 A" 779 773 3.60      
18 A" 261 259 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14312.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14196.6 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
1.03242 0.17467 0.15846

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.527 0.690 0.000
C2 0.000 0.822 0.000
H3 1.983 1.695 0.000
H4 1.879 0.150 0.893
H5 1.879 0.150 -0.893
Cl6 -0.834 -0.810 0.000
H7 -0.359 1.354 0.892
H8 -0.359 1.354 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.53251.10431.10091.10092.79712.18982.1898
C21.53252.16642.18612.18611.83331.09931.0993
H31.10432.16641.78741.78743.77012.52942.5294
H41.10092.18611.78741.78593.01362.54153.1059
H51.10092.18611.78741.78593.01363.10592.5415
Cl62.79711.83333.77013.01363.01362.38892.3889
H72.18981.09932.52942.54153.10592.38891.7847
H82.18981.09932.52943.10592.54152.38891.7847

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 112.105 C1 C2 H7 111.566
C1 C2 H8 111.566 C2 C1 H3 109.422
C2 C1 H4 111.168 C2 C1 H5 111.168
H3 C1 H4 108.296 H3 C1 H5 108.296
H4 C1 H5 108.399 Cl6 C2 H7 106.388
Cl6 C2 H8 106.388 H7 C2 H8 108.535
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.393      
2 C -0.315      
3 H 0.142      
4 H 0.158      
5 H 0.158      
6 Cl -0.108      
7 H 0.179      
8 H 0.179      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.201 1.923 0.000 2.267
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.688 -0.330 0.000
y -0.330 -25.597 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.136
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.822 -0.330 0.000
y -0.330 0.815 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.007
Polar
3z2-r20.014
x2-y2-1.091
xy-0.330
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.025 1.063 0.000
y 1.063 5.447 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.896


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 81.394
(<r2>)1/2 9.022