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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.694020
Energy at 298.15K-538.699541
HF Energy-538.147379
Nuclear repulsion energy103.366598
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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3216 3022 9.32      
2 A' 3161 2971 11.46      
3 A' 3121 2933 9.28      
4 A' 1542 1450 2.26      
5 A' 1528 1436 1.53      
6 A' 1439 1353 5.81      
7 A' 1346 1265 33.72      
8 A' 1120 1053 0.63      
9 A' 1020 958 18.64      
10 A' 723 680 20.76      
11 A' 342 321 2.18      
12 A" 3243 3049 9.37      
13 A" 3222 3028 0.00      
14 A" 1529 1437 7.19      
15 A" 1308 1230 0.50      
16 A" 1106 1040 0.01      
17 A" 805 756 3.33      
18 A" 279 262 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15025.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14122.4 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.05652 0.18538 0.16757

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.500 0.639 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.975 1.621 0.000
H4 1.827 0.095 0.883
H5 1.827 0.095 -0.883
Cl6 -0.820 -0.775 0.000
H7 -0.348 1.336 0.885
H8 -0.348 1.336 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.50971.09031.08741.08742.71692.16402.1640
C21.50972.13452.15132.15131.78531.08651.0865
H31.09032.13451.76891.76893.68112.50182.5018
H41.08742.15131.76891.76642.92232.50323.0649
H51.08742.15131.76891.76642.92233.06492.5032
Cl62.71691.78533.68112.92232.92232.33762.3376
H72.16401.08652.50182.50323.06492.33761.7705
H82.16401.08652.50183.06492.50322.33761.7705

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 110.806 C1 C2 H7 111.889
C1 C2 H8 111.889 C2 C1 H3 109.301
C2 C1 H4 110.802 C2 C1 H5 110.802
H3 C1 H4 108.629 H3 C1 H5 108.629
H4 C1 H5 108.621 Cl6 C2 H7 106.420
Cl6 C2 H8 106.420 H7 C2 H8 109.128
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability