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

using model chemistry: CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.993699
Energy at 298.15K-537.997308
HF Energy-537.533909
Nuclear repulsion energy93.351277
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/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3168 3052 3.99      
2 A' 3115 3001 12.95      
3 A' 1497 1442 0.04      
4 A' 1464 1410 2.30      
5 A' 1255 1209 17.54      
6 A' 1100 1060 8.40      
7 A' 663 639 88.59      
8 A' 581 559 6.70      
9 A' 308 296 11.73      
10 A" 3283 3163 4.98      
11 A" 3183 3067 2.48      
12 A" 1258 1212 0.30      
13 A" 1065 1026 0.78      
14 A" 778 749 0.52      
15 A" 221 213 1.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11469.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9634) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11049.6 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.06618 0.18883 0.17159

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.482 0.813 0.000
C2 0.000 0.879 0.000
Cl3 0.713 -0.835 0.000
H4 -2.022 0.672 0.940
H5 -2.022 0.672 -0.940
H6 0.410 1.351 -0.903
H7 0.410 1.351 0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48312.74401.09311.09312.16392.1639
C21.48311.85642.23942.23941.09801.0980
Cl32.74401.85643.26073.26072.38442.3844
H41.09312.23943.26071.87913.12572.5254
H51.09312.23943.26071.87912.52543.1257
H62.16391.09802.38443.12572.52541.8053
H72.16391.09802.38442.52543.12571.8053

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 110.007 C1 C2 H6 113.093
C1 C2 H7 113.093 C2 C1 H4 119.987
C2 C1 H5 119.987 Cl3 C2 H6 104.689
Cl3 C2 H7 104.689 H4 C1 H5 118.532
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability