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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.564087
Energy at 298.15K-538.569627
HF Energy-538.139154
Nuclear repulsion energy103.101233
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**
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' 3234 3028 16.90      
2 A' 3179 2977 18.07      
3 A' 3138 2939 13.18      
4 A' 1562 1463 1.85      
5 A' 1550 1451 1.85      
6 A' 1469 1376 5.36      
7 A' 1387 1299 39.39      
8 A' 1131 1059 0.68      
9 A' 1030 964 15.67      
10 A' 726 680 21.27      
11 A' 343 321 2.21      
12 A" 3259 3052 22.16      
13 A" 3239 3033 0.01      
14 A" 1546 1448 6.04      
15 A" 1327 1243 0.46      
16 A" 1132 1060 0.02      
17 A" 811 760 2.46      
18 A" 286 268 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15173.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9365) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14209.7 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**
ABC
1.06155 0.18359 0.16621

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.506 0.649 0.000
C2 0.000 0.807 0.000
H3 1.973 1.634 0.000
H4 1.838 0.108 0.883
H5 1.838 0.108 -0.883
Cl6 -0.823 -0.780 0.000
H7 -0.343 1.340 0.883
H8 -0.343 1.340 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51381.09001.08751.08752.73262.16192.1619
C21.51382.13972.15522.15521.78781.08691.0869
H31.09002.13971.76821.76823.69442.49612.4961
H41.08752.15521.76821.76532.94092.50503.0645
H51.08752.15521.76821.76532.94093.06452.5050
Cl62.73261.78783.69442.94092.94092.34662.3466
H72.16191.08692.49612.50503.06452.34661.7651
H82.16191.08692.49613.06452.50502.34661.7651

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 111.454 C1 C2 H7 111.404
C1 C2 H8 111.404 C2 C1 H3 109.444
C2 C1 H4 110.826 C2 C1 H5 110.826
H3 C1 H4 108.585 H3 C1 H5 108.585
H4 C1 H5 108.514 Cl6 C2 H7 106.887
Cl6 C2 H8 106.887 H7 C2 H8 108.579
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability