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

using model chemistry: CCSD(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 CCSD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.575161
Energy at 298.15K-538.580649
HF Energy-538.130807
Nuclear repulsion energy102.442193
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 CCSD(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' 3138 3019        
2 A' 3105 2987        
3 A' 3061 2945        
4 A' 1544 1486        
5 A' 1535 1477        
6 A' 1460 1404        
7 A' 1370 1318        
8 A' 1117 1075        
9 A' 1016 977        
10 A' 699 673        
11 A' 339 326        
12 A" 3169 3049        
13 A" 3147 3027        
14 A" 1529 1471        
15 A" 1309 1259        
16 A" 1119 1076        
17 A" 805 774        
18 A" 275 264        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14867.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9621) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14303.8 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 CCSD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
1.04609 0.18148 0.16427

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.512 0.654 0.000
C2 0.000 0.814 0.000
H3 1.985 1.646 0.000
H4 1.847 0.108 0.890
H5 1.847 0.108 -0.890
Cl6 -0.827 -0.786 0.000
H7 -0.349 1.348 0.889
H8 -0.349 1.348 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52071.09881.09641.09642.74732.17602.1760
C21.52072.15252.16842.16841.80111.09461.0946
H31.09882.15251.78231.78233.71822.51492.5149
H41.09642.16841.78231.77922.95692.52193.0862
H51.09642.16841.78231.77922.95693.08622.5219
Cl62.74731.80113.71822.95692.95692.36152.3615
H72.17601.09462.51492.52193.08622.36151.7787
H82.17601.09462.51493.08622.52192.36151.7787

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 111.315 C1 C2 H7 111.580
C1 C2 H8 111.580 C2 C1 H3 109.464
C2 C1 H4 110.862 C2 C1 H5 110.862
H3 C1 H4 108.563 H3 C1 H5 108.563
H4 C1 H5 108.463 Cl6 C2 H7 106.724
Cl6 C2 H8 106.724 H7 C2 H8 108.671
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability