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

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.937891
Energy at 298.15K-537.941552
HF Energy-537.508691
Nuclear repulsion energy94.376808
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 MP3/6-31+G**
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' 3265 3038 4.65      
2 A' 3197 2975 14.38      
3 A' 1553 1445 0.13      
4 A' 1523 1417 2.84      
5 A' 1345 1252 31.20      
6 A' 1121 1043 9.03      
7 A' 710 661 102.37      
8 A' 620 577 7.08      
9 A' 319 297 11.62      
10 A" 3380 3145 5.32      
11 A" 3264 3037 3.82      
12 A" 1308 1217 0.01      
13 A" 1119 1042 1.25      
14 A" 805 749 0.82      
15 A" 205 191 2.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11866.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11041.9 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 MP3/6-31+G**
ABC
1.10633 0.19164 0.17454

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.476 0.809 0.000
C2 0.000 0.855 0.000
Cl3 0.712 -0.824 0.000
H4 -2.011 0.666 0.925
H5 -2.011 0.666 -0.925
H6 0.392 1.342 -0.887
H7 0.392 1.342 0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47712.72971.07831.07832.13562.1356
C21.47711.82322.22192.22191.08461.0846
Cl32.72971.82323.23883.23882.36142.3614
H41.07832.22193.23881.85083.08462.4966
H51.07832.22193.23881.85082.49663.0846
H62.13561.08462.36143.08462.49661.7731
H72.13561.08462.36142.49663.08461.7731

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 111.178 C1 C2 H6 112.045
C1 C2 H7 112.045 C2 C1 H4 119.997
C2 C1 H5 119.997 Cl3 C2 H6 105.780
Cl3 C2 H7 105.780 H4 C1 H5 118.227
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability