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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.411176
Energy at 298.15K-539.416639
Nuclear repulsion energy102.668980
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
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' 3165 3001 20.89      
2 A' 3131 2969 14.32      
3 A' 3085 2925 15.15      
4 A' 1534 1455 3.47      
5 A' 1523 1444 1.55      
6 A' 1444 1369 8.08      
7 A' 1351 1281 40.09      
8 A' 1112 1054 1.29      
9 A' 1007 955 21.74      
10 A' 691 655 28.66      
11 A' 336 318 3.08      
12 A" 3200 3035 19.89      
13 A" 3175 3011 1.82      
14 A" 1518 1439 8.48      
15 A" 1299 1232 0.68      
16 A" 1103 1046 0.00      
17 A" 800 759 4.48      
18 A" 268 254 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14869.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9483) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14101.1 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
ABC
1.05710 0.18182 0.16474

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.506 0.662 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.969 1.655 0.000
H4 1.847 0.123 0.886
H5 1.847 0.123 -0.886
Cl6 -0.823 -0.789 0.000
H7 -0.355 1.339 0.886
H8 -0.355 1.339 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51301.09521.09231.09232.74402.16902.1690
C21.51302.14172.16152.16151.79991.09071.0907
H31.09522.14171.77401.77403.71042.50682.5068
H41.09232.16151.77401.77252.95762.51563.0774
H51.09232.16151.77401.77252.95763.07742.5156
Cl62.74401.79993.71042.95762.95762.35242.3524
H72.16901.09072.50682.51563.07742.35241.7726
H82.16901.09072.50683.07742.51562.35241.7726

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 111.549 C1 C2 H7 111.805
C1 C2 H8 111.805 C2 C1 H3 109.352
C2 C1 H4 111.099 C2 C1 H5 111.099
H3 C1 H4 108.380 H3 C1 H5 108.380
H4 C1 H5 108.450 Cl6 C2 H7 106.335
Cl6 C2 H8 106.335 H7 C2 H8 108.707
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.515      
2 C -0.423      
3 H 0.184      
4 H 0.198      
5 H 0.198      
6 Cl -0.084      
7 H 0.221      
8 H 0.221      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.197 1.899 0.000 2.245
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.580 -0.348 0.000
y -0.348 -25.419 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.931
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.905 -0.348 0.000
y -0.348 0.836 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.069
Polar
3z2-r20.137
x2-y2-1.161
xy-0.348
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> 78.961
(<r2>)1/2 8.886