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

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.513908
Energy at 298.15K-538.519454
HF Energy-538.131325
Nuclear repulsion energy102.980015
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 CID/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' 3228 2982 23.90      
2 A' 3201 2957 13.88      
3 A' 3149 2909 15.13      
4 A' 1584 1463 2.83      
5 A' 1577 1457 1.99      
6 A' 1503 1389 7.28      
7 A' 1413 1306 39.73      
8 A' 1149 1061 1.21      
9 A' 1045 965 16.81      
10 A' 729 673 26.39      
11 A' 349 323 2.42      
12 A" 3266 3016 20.39      
13 A" 3239 2992 4.25      
14 A" 1569 1449 7.25      
15 A" 1347 1244 0.50      
16 A" 1152 1064 0.01      
17 A" 826 763 2.93      
18 A" 278 257 0.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15302.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14134.9 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
1.05960 0.18311 0.16579

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.507 0.651 0.000
C2 0.000 0.808 0.000
H3 1.975 1.637 0.000
H4 1.842 0.109 0.884
H5 1.842 0.109 -0.884
Cl6 -0.824 -0.782 0.000
H7 -0.346 1.339 0.883
H8 -0.346 1.339 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51511.09181.08921.08922.73602.16482.1648
C21.51512.14232.15892.15891.79031.08701.0870
H31.09182.14231.77021.77023.69962.50112.5011
H41.08922.15891.77021.76742.94642.50973.0691
H51.08922.15891.77021.76742.94643.06912.5097
Cl62.73601.79033.69962.94642.94642.34642.3464
H72.16481.08702.50112.50973.06912.34641.7657
H82.16481.08702.50113.06912.50972.34641.7657

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 111.466 C1 C2 H7 111.538
C1 C2 H8 111.538 C2 C1 H3 109.454
C2 C1 H4 110.928 C2 C1 H5 110.928
H3 C1 H4 108.506 H3 C1 H5 108.506
H4 C1 H5 108.449 Cl6 C2 H7 106.712
Cl6 C2 H8 106.712 H7 C2 H8 108.625
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability