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

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

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/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.589527
Energy at 298.15K-538.595058
HF Energy-538.140383
Nuclear repulsion energy103.143945
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/6-31+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' 3224 3028 18.17      
2 A' 3174 2981 18.11      
3 A' 3128 2938 15.68      
4 A' 1548 1454 2.67      
5 A' 1537 1443 2.18      
6 A' 1465 1376 8.21      
7 A' 1385 1301 42.13      
8 A' 1128 1059 0.38      
9 A' 1026 964 16.40      
10 A' 721 677 22.60      
11 A' 343 323 2.06      
12 A" 3253 3055 19.25      
13 A" 3232 3036 0.71      
14 A" 1532 1439 8.32      
15 A" 1315 1235 0.62      
16 A" 1125 1057 0.12      
17 A" 810 761 1.97      
18 A" 281 264 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15113.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14194.2 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/6-31+G**
ABC
1.06225 0.18376 0.16637

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.504 0.649 0.000
C2 0.000 0.807 0.000
H3 1.972 1.633 0.000
H4 1.838 0.108 0.882
H5 1.838 0.108 -0.882
Cl6 -0.823 -0.780 0.000
H7 -0.342 1.339 0.883
H8 -0.342 1.339 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51251.08981.08721.08722.73092.15972.1597
C21.51252.13782.15482.15481.78761.08621.0862
H31.08982.13781.76711.76713.69252.49372.4937
H41.08722.15481.76711.76472.94042.50323.0630
H51.08722.15481.76711.76472.94043.06302.5032
Cl62.73091.78763.69252.94042.94042.34582.3458
H72.15971.08622.49372.50323.06302.34581.7656
H82.15971.08622.49373.06302.50322.34581.7656

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 111.415 C1 C2 H7 111.366
C1 C2 H8 111.366 C2 C1 H3 109.402
C2 C1 H4 110.908 C2 C1 H5 110.908
H3 C1 H4 108.529 H3 C1 H5 108.529
H4 C1 H5 108.498 Cl6 C2 H7 106.872
Cl6 C2 H8 106.872 H7 C2 H8 108.731
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability