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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G**

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**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.584398
Energy at 298.15K-538.589940
HF Energy-538.139169
Nuclear repulsion energy103.204594
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**
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' 3239 3026 16.52      
2 A' 3182 2973 18.04      
3 A' 3142 2936 12.99      
4 A' 1564 1462 1.95      
5 A' 1552 1450 1.84      
6 A' 1471 1375 5.56      
7 A' 1388 1297 38.98      
8 A' 1132 1058 0.70      
9 A' 1031 963 15.66      
10 A' 726 679 20.99      
11 A' 344 321 2.20      
12 A" 3263 3049 21.69      
13 A" 3243 3030 0.01      
14 A" 1548 1447 6.18      
15 A" 1329 1242 0.47      
16 A" 1132 1058 0.02      
17 A" 812 759 2.53      
18 A" 286 267 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15191.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14195.3 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
1.06340 0.18398 0.16655

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.504 0.649 0.000
C2 0.000 0.806 0.000
H3 1.972 1.632 0.000
H4 1.836 0.107 0.882
H5 1.836 0.107 -0.882
Cl6 -0.822 -0.780 0.000
H7 -0.343 1.339 0.882
H8 -0.343 1.339 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51211.08871.08641.08642.72972.15982.1598
C21.51212.13772.15282.15281.78631.08581.0858
H31.08872.13771.76611.76613.69072.49412.4941
H41.08642.15281.76611.76332.93742.50253.0613
H51.08642.15281.76611.76332.93743.06132.5025
Cl62.72971.78633.69072.93742.93742.34442.3444
H72.15981.08582.49412.50253.06132.34441.7633
H82.15981.08582.49413.06132.50252.34441.7633

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 111.433 C1 C2 H7 111.421
C1 C2 H8 111.421 C2 C1 H3 109.478
C2 C1 H4 110.826 C2 C1 H5 110.826
H3 C1 H4 108.577 H3 C1 H5 108.577
H4 C1 H5 108.495 Cl6 C2 H7 106.881
Cl6 C2 H8 106.881 H7 C2 H8 108.579
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability