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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-539.443930
Energy at 298.15K-539.449335
HF Energy-539.443930
Nuclear repulsion energy102.302504
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 TPSSh/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' 3114 3005 25.59      
2 A' 3086 2978 11.06      
3 A' 3037 2931 18.70      
4 A' 1513 1460 1.42      
5 A' 1499 1446 0.71      
6 A' 1416 1367 2.19      
7 A' 1311 1265 41.56      
8 A' 1086 1048 0.69      
9 A' 977 943 19.89      
10 A' 667 644 30.32      
11 A' 321 310 3.01      
12 A" 3155 3044 21.03      
13 A" 3127 3018 2.99      
14 A" 1496 1443 5.62      
15 A" 1274 1229 0.30      
16 A" 1072 1034 0.00      
17 A" 780 753 2.77      
18 A" 254 245 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14592.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14081.3 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 TPSSh/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.04615 0.18063 0.16354

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.513 0.662 0.000
C2 0.000 0.816 0.000
H3 1.976 1.656 0.000
H4 1.851 0.121 0.887
H5 1.851 0.121 -0.887
Cl6 -0.826 -0.791 0.000
H7 -0.358 1.338 0.889
H8 -0.358 1.338 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52071.09621.09301.09302.75332.17852.1785
C21.52072.14702.16742.16741.80701.09081.0908
H31.09622.14701.77701.77703.71982.51772.5177
H41.09302.16741.77701.77492.96412.52183.0846
H51.09302.16741.77701.77492.96413.08462.5218
Cl62.75331.80703.71982.96412.96412.35372.3537
H72.17851.09082.51772.52183.08462.35371.7776
H82.17851.09082.51773.08462.52182.35371.7776

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 111.370 C1 C2 H7 112.016
C1 C2 H8 112.016 C2 C1 H3 109.178
C2 C1 H4 110.987 C2 C1 H5 110.987
H3 C1 H4 108.523 H3 C1 H5 108.523
H4 C1 H5 108.576 Cl6 C2 H7 105.973
Cl6 C2 H8 105.973 H7 C2 H8 109.142
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability