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

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 1A'
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.600060
Energy at 298.15K-538.605598
HF Energy-538.139228
Nuclear repulsion energy102.931584
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' 3230 3006 22.35      
2 A' 3192 2970 16.45      
3 A' 3145 2927 15.01      
4 A' 1567 1458 1.67      
5 A' 1557 1449 1.65      
6 A' 1481 1378 4.65      
7 A' 1394 1297 40.00      
8 A' 1133 1054 0.67      
9 A' 1032 960 14.11      
10 A' 721 671 21.98      
11 A' 343 319 2.19      
12 A" 3262 3035 24.86      
13 A" 3239 3014 1.94      
14 A" 1552 1444 5.61      
15 A" 1331 1238 0.38      
16 A" 1135 1056 0.02      
17 A" 813 756 2.04      
18 A" 281 261 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15203.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14146.4 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
1.05913 0.18281 0.16551

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 1.507 0.654 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.973 1.639 0.000
H4 1.839 0.113 0.883
H5 1.839 0.113 -0.883
Cl6 -0.824 -0.784 0.000
H7 -0.345 1.339 0.883
H8 -0.345 1.339 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51541.08971.08711.08712.73912.16322.1632
C21.51542.13972.15612.15611.79521.08541.0854
H31.08972.13971.76791.76793.70062.49812.4981
H41.08712.15611.76791.76542.94572.50473.0645
H51.08712.15611.76791.76542.94573.06452.5047
Cl62.73911.79523.70062.94572.94572.34932.3493
H72.16321.08542.49812.50473.06452.34931.7660
H82.16321.08542.49813.06452.50472.34931.7660

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 111.382 C1 C2 H7 111.489
C1 C2 H8 111.489 C2 C1 H3 109.357
C2 C1 H4 110.809 C2 C1 H5 110.809
H3 C1 H4 108.612 H3 C1 H5 108.612
H4 C1 H5 108.583 Cl6 C2 H7 106.678
Cl6 C2 H8 106.678 H7 C2 H8 108.885
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability