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

using model chemistry: CID/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at CID/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.033156
Energy at 298.15K-538.036835
HF Energy-537.558831
Nuclear repulsion energy95.014655
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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3255 3008 2.96      
2 A' 3196 2953 11.80      
3 A' 1565 1446 1.07      
4 A' 1525 1409 2.97      
5 A' 1332 1231 19.76      
6 A' 1121 1036 8.34      
7 A' 717 662 87.39      
8 A' 617 570 9.12      
9 A' 322 297 11.41      
10 A" 3369 3113 2.81      
11 A" 3259 3011 1.68      
12 A" 1317 1217 0.35      
13 A" 1115 1031 0.74      
14 A" 806 745 0.75      
15 A" 207 191 1.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11861.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10959.6 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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.11151 0.19492 0.17729

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.471 0.794 0.000
C2 0.000 0.850 0.000
Cl3 0.708 -0.813 0.000
H4 -2.002 0.650 0.922
H5 -2.002 0.650 -0.922
H6 0.394 1.331 -0.883
H7 0.394 1.331 0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47192.70751.07371.07372.13212.1321
C21.47191.80812.21292.21291.07971.0797
Cl32.70751.80813.21463.21462.34052.3405
H41.07372.21293.21461.84443.07582.4909
H51.07372.21293.21461.84442.49093.0758
H62.13211.07972.34053.07582.49091.7652
H72.13211.07972.34052.49093.07581.7652

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 110.851 C1 C2 H6 112.447
C1 C2 H7 112.447 C2 C1 H4 119.940
C2 C1 H5 119.940 Cl3 C2 H6 105.491
Cl3 C2 H7 105.491 H4 C1 H5 118.389
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability