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All results from a given calculation for CH2CH2Cl (2-chloroethyl radical)

using model chemistry: CISD/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at CISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.861670
Energy at 298.15K-537.865338
HF Energy-537.499522
Nuclear repulsion energy94.388262
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 CISD/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' 3263 3021 4.86      
2 A' 3204 2966 17.00      
3 A' 1577 1460 1.14      
4 A' 1539 1425 2.39      
5 A' 1357 1256 25.66      
6 A' 1130 1046 7.89      
7 A' 708 655 102.96      
8 A' 614 568 6.97      
9 A' 323 299 11.24      
10 A" 3371 3121 7.06      
11 A" 3266 3024 4.94      
12 A" 1330 1231 0.05      
13 A" 1132 1048 1.11      
14 A" 815 755 1.52      
15 A" 213 197 1.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11920.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9258) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11036.0 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 CISD/6-31G*
ABC
1.10640 0.19174 0.17464

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.476 0.811 0.000
C2 0.000 0.854 0.000
Cl3 0.711 -0.823 0.000
H4 -2.012 0.663 0.926
H5 -2.012 0.663 -0.926
H6 0.397 1.340 -0.887
H7 0.397 1.340 0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47642.72971.08051.08052.13892.1389
C21.47641.82182.22322.22321.08641.0864
Cl32.72971.82183.23773.23772.35862.3586
H41.08052.22323.23771.85273.09032.5028
H51.08052.22323.23771.85272.50283.0903
H62.13891.08642.35863.09032.50281.7737
H72.13891.08642.35862.50283.09031.7737

picture of 2-chloroethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl3 111.286 C1 C2 H6 112.256
C1 C2 H7 112.256 C2 C1 H4 120.008
C2 C1 H5 120.008 Cl3 C2 H6 105.592
Cl3 C2 H7 105.592 H4 C1 H5 118.041
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability