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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.420234
Energy at 298.15K-539.425694
Nuclear repulsion energy102.655122
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
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' 3156 3004 20.16      
2 A' 3122 2971 14.33      
3 A' 3073 2925 16.39      
4 A' 1509 1436 4.17      
5 A' 1500 1427 1.78      
6 A' 1423 1355 10.82      
7 A' 1336 1271 40.69      
8 A' 1103 1050 0.82      
9 A' 998 950 23.07      
10 A' 687 653 29.81      
11 A' 335 319 3.02      
12 A" 3193 3039 15.76      
13 A" 3167 3014 2.91      
14 A" 1493 1421 10.41      
15 A" 1284 1222 0.90      
16 A" 1092 1040 0.00      
17 A" 794 756 3.65      
18 A" 266 253 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14764.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14052.4 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
1.05851 0.18163 0.16461

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.505 0.664 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.966 1.658 0.000
H4 1.849 0.126 0.886
H5 1.849 0.126 -0.886
Cl6 -0.823 -0.791 0.000
H7 -0.356 1.337 0.887
H8 -0.356 1.337 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51261.09471.09181.09182.74542.16842.1684
C21.51262.14042.16142.16141.80081.09021.0902
H31.09472.14041.77271.77273.71082.50592.5059
H41.09182.16141.77271.77162.96012.51493.0767
H51.09182.16141.77271.77162.96013.07672.5149
Cl62.74541.80083.71082.96012.96012.35142.3514
H72.16841.09022.50592.51493.07672.35141.7731
H82.16841.09022.50593.07672.51492.35141.7731

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 111.607 C1 C2 H7 111.813
C1 C2 H8 111.813 C2 C1 H3 109.312
C2 C1 H4 111.154 C2 C1 H5 111.154
H3 C1 H4 108.343 H3 C1 H5 108.343
H4 C1 H5 108.449 Cl6 C2 H7 106.234
Cl6 C2 H8 106.234 H7 C2 H8 108.826
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.526      
2 C -0.414      
3 H 0.176      
4 H 0.189      
5 H 0.189      
6 Cl -0.040      
7 H 0.213      
8 H 0.213      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.221 1.952 0.000 2.303
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.031 -0.369 0.000
y -0.369 -25.835 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.309
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.959 -0.369 0.000
y -0.369 0.835 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.124
Polar
3z2-r20.248
x2-y2-1.196
xy-0.369
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> 79.259
(<r2>)1/2 8.903