Vinyl Chloride (C2H3Cl)

Monomer for PVC plastic; planar with C=C double bond. Teaching note: figures illustrate qualitative electronic structure; quantitative benchmarking should use larger bases, dispersion, and experimental structures.

Geometry
Trigonal planar (each C)
Polarity
Polar
Bond angle
~120°
Hybridisation
sp2
VSEPR
AX3
Bonds
1 C=C + 1 C–Cl + 2 C–H
Molecular orbitals
18 valence electrons; C=C π bond + C–Cl σ.
SMILES
C=CCl

Electron density: spin-paired GPAW (PBE) on an isolated gas-phase geometry; molecular orbitals: restricted mean-field RHF with sto-3g in PySCF unless noted.

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