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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-539.351632
Energy at 298.15K-539.357080
Nuclear repulsion energy102.445993
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3141 3010 20.00      
2 A' 3104 2975 14.97      
3 A' 3059 2932 15.09      
4 A' 1510 1447 3.13      
5 A' 1499 1437 1.33      
6 A' 1421 1362 7.24      
7 A' 1329 1273 39.02      
8 A' 1098 1052 1.20      
9 A' 994 952 22.28      
10 A' 680 651 28.61      
11 A' 333 319 3.21      
12 A" 3175 3043 20.81      
13 A" 3152 3021 1.07      
14 A" 1493 1431 7.78      
15 A" 1281 1227 0.64      
16 A" 1086 1041 0.01      
17 A" 791 759 4.48      
18 A" 267 256 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14705.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14093.8 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
1.05728 0.18068 0.16381

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 1.507 0.670 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
H3 1.966 1.666 0.000
H4 1.853 0.133 0.887
H5 1.853 0.133 -0.887
Cl6 -0.823 -0.794 0.000
H7 -0.359 1.338 0.887
H8 -0.359 1.338 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51381.09621.09311.09312.75252.17152.1715
C21.51382.14292.16412.16411.80551.09191.0919
H31.09622.14291.77451.77453.71912.50952.5095
H41.09312.16411.77451.77332.96832.51953.0812
H51.09312.16411.77451.77332.96833.08122.5195
Cl62.75251.80553.71912.96832.96832.35612.3561
H72.17151.09192.50952.51953.08122.35611.7739
H82.17151.09192.50953.08122.51952.35611.7739

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 111.736 C1 C2 H7 111.875
C1 C2 H8 111.875 C2 C1 H3 109.335
C2 C1 H4 111.199 C2 C1 H5 111.199
H3 C1 H4 108.299 H3 C1 H5 108.299
H4 C1 H5 108.420 Cl6 C2 H7 106.189
Cl6 C2 H8 106.189 H7 C2 H8 108.647
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 -0.385      
2 C -0.344      
3 H 0.142      
4 H 0.156      
5 H 0.156      
6 Cl -0.088      
7 H 0.182      
8 H 0.182      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.202 1.898 0.000 2.247
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.507 -0.349 0.000
y -0.349 -25.431 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.941
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.821 -0.349 0.000
y -0.349 0.793 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.028
Polar
3z2-r20.056
x2-y2-1.075
xy-0.349
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> 79.281
(<r2>)1/2 8.904