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

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 1A'
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.557428
Energy at 298.15K-538.562945
HF Energy-538.131151
Nuclear repulsion energy102.726755
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' 3191 2995 20.68      
2 A' 3161 2967 13.48      
3 A' 3111 2920 13.57      
4 A' 1561 1465 3.07      
5 A' 1553 1458 1.97      
6 A' 1478 1387 7.75      
7 A' 1390 1305 36.61      
8 A' 1132 1063 1.03      
9 A' 1031 968 15.94      
10 A' 718 674 22.35      
11 A' 344 323 2.38      
12 A" 3226 3028 19.80      
13 A" 3202 3005 2.91      
14 A" 1546 1451 7.54      
15 A" 1325 1244 0.55      
16 A" 1134 1065 0.01      
17 A" 814 764 3.12      
18 A" 276 259 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15097.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14170.3 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
1.05220 0.18241 0.16510

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 1.510 0.652 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.981 1.640 0.000
H4 1.843 0.107 0.887
H5 1.843 0.107 -0.887
Cl6 -0.825 -0.784 0.000
H7 -0.347 1.343 0.886
H8 -0.347 1.343 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51811.09511.09251.09252.74092.17052.1705
C21.51812.14712.16322.16321.79571.09041.0904
H31.09512.14711.77621.77623.70792.50822.5082
H41.09252.16321.77621.77312.94992.51503.0770
H51.09252.16321.77621.77312.94993.07702.5150
Cl62.74091.79573.70792.94992.94992.35322.3532
H72.17051.09042.50822.51503.07702.35321.7726
H82.17051.09042.50823.07702.51502.35321.7726

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 111.333 C1 C2 H7 111.575
C1 C2 H8 111.575 C2 C1 H3 109.435
C2 C1 H4 110.863 C2 C1 H5 110.863
H3 C1 H4 108.568 H3 C1 H5 108.568
H4 C1 H5 108.481 Cl6 C2 H7 106.683
Cl6 C2 H8 106.683 H7 C2 H8 108.741
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability