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

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.897846
Energy at 298.15K-537.901496
HF Energy-537.499373
Nuclear repulsion energy94.250624
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 MP3/6-31G*
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' 3235 3037 4.15      
2 A' 3169 2975 14.81      
3 A' 1557 1461 0.99      
4 A' 1522 1429 3.03      
5 A' 1340 1258 23.94      
6 A' 1124 1055 8.03      
7 A' 708 664 95.74      
8 A' 614 576 9.40      
9 A' 319 300 11.08      
10 A" 3344 3139 5.84      
11 A" 3231 3033 4.57      
12 A" 1313 1232 0.03      
13 A" 1118 1050 1.14      
14 A" 806 757 1.74      
15 A" 210 197 1.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11804.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11079.8 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
1.10236 0.19129 0.17423

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.477 0.811 0.000
C2 0.000 0.855 0.000
Cl3 0.712 -0.824 0.000
H4 -2.015 0.663 0.928
H5 -2.015 0.663 -0.928
H6 0.397 1.343 -0.889
H7 0.397 1.343 0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47782.73241.08321.08322.14172.1417
C21.47781.82392.22712.22711.08961.0896
Cl32.73241.82393.24223.24222.36412.3641
H41.08322.22713.24221.85693.09612.5065
H51.08322.22713.24221.85692.50653.0961
H62.14171.08962.36413.09612.50651.7789
H72.14171.08962.36412.50653.09611.7789

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 111.269 C1 C2 H6 112.178
C1 C2 H7 112.178 C2 C1 H4 120.036
C2 C1 H5 120.036 Cl3 C2 H6 105.694
Cl3 C2 H7 105.694 H4 C1 H5 117.989
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability