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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-311G**

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(T)/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.012046
Energy at 298.15K-538.015679
HF Energy-537.545710
Nuclear repulsion energy93.947222
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(T)/6-311G**
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' 3158 3046        
2 A' 3107 2997        
3 A' 1505 1452        
4 A' 1475 1422        
5 A' 1312 1266        
6 A' 1095 1057        
7 A' 677 653        
8 A' 600 578        
9 A' 304 293        
10 A" 3269 3153        
11 A" 3171 3059        
12 A" 1280 1235        
13 A" 1093 1054        
14 A" 785 758        
15 A" 224 217        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11526.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9647) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11119.6 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(T)/6-311G**
ABC
1.08512 0.19080 0.17352

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.479 0.809 0.000
C2 0.000 0.866 0.000
Cl3 0.712 -0.827 0.000
H4 -2.014 0.654 0.933
H5 -2.014 0.654 -0.933
H6 0.395 1.350 -0.895
H7 0.395 1.350 0.895

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47972.73401.08641.08642.14582.1458
C21.47971.83672.22922.22921.09171.0917
Cl32.73401.83673.23943.23942.37492.3749
H41.08642.22923.23941.86563.10282.5072
H51.08642.22923.23941.86562.50723.1028
H62.14581.09172.37493.10282.50721.7910
H72.14581.09172.37492.50723.10281.7910

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 110.588 C1 C2 H6 112.252
C1 C2 H7 112.252 C2 C1 H4 119.843
C2 C1 H5 119.843 Cl3 C2 H6 105.550
Cl3 C2 H7 105.550 H4 C1 H5 118.329
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability