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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.387660
Energy at 298.15K-539.393046
HF Energy-539.387660
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 B97D3/6-31G*
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' 3074 3013 29.98      
2 A' 3041 2982 17.47      
3 A' 2997 2938 20.99      
4 A' 1504 1475 2.24      
5 A' 1490 1461 0.92      
6 A' 1411 1383 4.30      
7 A' 1313 1288 45.81      
8 A' 1079 1057 1.28      
9 A' 967 949 21.03      
10 A' 631 618 33.40      
11 A' 328 321 3.76      
12 A" 3110 3050 33.26      
13 A" 3086 3025 1.11      
14 A" 1486 1457 6.57      
15 A" 1266 1242 0.64      
16 A" 1072 1051 0.00      
17 A" 785 770 3.87      
18 A" 263 257 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14451.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14167.8 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
1.04083 0.17799 0.16132

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.514 0.680 0.000
C2 0.000 0.824 0.000
H3 1.973 1.682 0.000
H4 1.860 0.140 0.891
H5 1.860 0.140 -0.891
Cl6 -0.827 -0.805 0.000
H7 -0.363 1.348 0.892
H8 -0.363 1.348 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52111.10171.09801.09802.77202.18332.1833
C21.52112.15102.17292.17291.82671.09661.0966
H31.10172.15101.78461.78463.74412.52262.5226
H41.09802.17291.78461.78262.98372.52993.0955
H51.09802.17291.78461.78262.98373.09552.5299
Cl62.77201.82673.74412.98372.98372.37592.3759
H72.18331.09662.52262.52993.09552.37591.7849
H82.18331.09662.52263.09552.52992.37591.7849

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 111.463 C1 C2 H7 112.020
C1 C2 H8 112.020 C2 C1 H3 109.147
C2 C1 H4 111.092 C2 C1 H5 111.092
H3 C1 H4 108.449 H3 C1 H5 108.449
H4 C1 H5 108.537 Cl6 C2 H7 106.020
Cl6 C2 H8 106.020 H7 C2 H8 108.946
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.448      
2 C -0.361      
3 H 0.161      
4 H 0.176      
5 H 0.176      
6 Cl -0.100      
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
  1.204 1.911 0.000 2.259
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.507 -0.341 0.000
y -0.341 -25.371 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.893
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.875 -0.341 0.000
y -0.341 0.830 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.046
Polar
3z2-r20.091
x2-y2-1.137
xy-0.341
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.978 1.020 0.000
y 1.020 5.374 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.878


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 80.179
(<r2>)1/2 8.954