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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G(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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.657053
Energy at 298.15K-538.662550
HF Energy-538.147385
Nuclear repulsion energy103.033600
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 MP2/6-31G(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' 3206 3028 9.58      
2 A' 3153 2978 11.25      
3 A' 3111 2939 9.29      
4 A' 1530 1445 2.23      
5 A' 1518 1433 1.46      
6 A' 1430 1351 5.34      
7 A' 1339 1264 34.25      
8 A' 1110 1048 0.66      
9 A' 1009 953 18.74      
10 A' 716 676 21.29      
11 A' 337 318 2.24      
12 A" 3234 3054 9.51      
13 A" 3213 3034 0.09      
14 A" 1516 1431 7.04      
15 A" 1294 1222 0.45      
16 A" 1097 1037 0.00      
17 A" 797 752 3.19      
18 A" 275 259 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14941.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9445) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14111.9 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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.05035 0.18409 0.16640

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.505 0.643 0.000
C2 0.000 0.813 0.000
H3 1.980 1.627 0.000
H4 1.833 0.098 0.885
H5 1.833 0.098 -0.885
Cl6 -0.822 -0.779 0.000
H7 -0.350 1.338 0.887
H8 -0.350 1.338 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51491.09251.08971.08972.72722.17092.1709
C21.51492.14062.15762.15761.79151.08871.0887
H31.09252.14061.77251.77253.69292.50972.5097
H41.08972.15761.77251.76982.93302.51083.0732
H51.08972.15761.77251.76982.93303.07322.5108
Cl62.72721.79153.69292.93302.93302.34322.3432
H72.17091.08872.50972.51083.07322.34321.7745
H82.17091.08872.50973.07322.51082.34321.7745

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 110.865 C1 C2 H7 111.939
C1 C2 H8 111.939 C2 C1 H3 109.293
C2 C1 H4 110.808 C2 C1 H5 110.808
H3 C1 H4 108.640 H3 C1 H5 108.640
H4 C1 H5 108.595 Cl6 C2 H7 106.315
Cl6 C2 H8 106.315 H7 C2 H8 109.163
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability