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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.575416
Energy at 298.15K-538.580900
HF Energy-538.130812
Nuclear repulsion energy102.405512
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 QCISD(T)/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' 3137 3009        
2 A' 3106 2979        
3 A' 3059 2934        
4 A' 1543 1481        
5 A' 1534 1471        
6 A' 1459 1399        
7 A' 1369 1313        
8 A' 1116 1071        
9 A' 1015 974        
10 A' 697 669        
11 A' 338 324        
12 A" 3171 3042        
13 A" 3149 3021        
14 A" 1529 1467        
15 A" 1308 1255        
16 A" 1118 1072        
17 A" 803 770        
18 A" 274 263        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14861.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9593) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14256.4 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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
1.04606 0.18129 0.16411

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.513 0.656 0.000
C2 0.000 0.814 0.000
H3 1.985 1.648 0.000
H4 1.848 0.110 0.889
H5 1.848 0.110 -0.889
Cl6 -0.827 -0.787 0.000
H7 -0.349 1.348 0.890
H8 -0.349 1.348 -0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52091.09941.09611.09612.74872.17642.1764
C21.52092.15282.16862.16861.80231.09451.0945
H31.09942.15281.78241.78243.71992.51572.5157
H41.09612.16861.78241.77892.95842.52203.0863
H51.09612.16861.78241.77892.95843.08632.5220
Cl62.74871.80233.71992.95842.95842.36152.3615
H72.17641.09452.51572.52203.08632.36151.7791
H82.17641.09452.51573.08632.52202.36151.7791

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 111.327 C1 C2 H7 111.604
C1 C2 H8 111.604 C2 C1 H3 109.438
C2 C1 H4 110.874 C2 C1 H5 110.874
H3 C1 H4 108.558 H3 C1 H5 108.558
H4 C1 H5 108.477 Cl6 C2 H7 106.657
Cl6 C2 H8 106.657 H7 C2 H8 108.738
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability