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

using model chemistry: MP3=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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.624421
Energy at 298.15K-538.629948
HF Energy-538.140466
Nuclear repulsion energy102.963111
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=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' 3221 3001 24.19      
2 A' 3188 2970 15.51      
3 A' 3136 2922 17.16      
4 A' 1554 1448 2.21      
5 A' 1546 1440 2.03      
6 A' 1478 1376 6.98      
7 A' 1393 1297 42.96      
8 A' 1130 1053 0.40      
9 A' 1028 958 14.76      
10 A' 717 668 23.32      
11 A' 344 320 2.07      
12 A" 3257 3034 20.05      
13 A" 3232 3011 4.35      
14 A" 1539 1433 7.53      
15 A" 1320 1230 0.52      
16 A" 1129 1052 0.11      
17 A" 813 757 1.65      
18 A" 276 257 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15149.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14113.3 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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
1.05988 0.18292 0.16561

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.506 0.654 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.971 1.639 0.000
H4 1.839 0.114 0.882
H5 1.839 0.114 -0.882
Cl6 -0.823 -0.784 0.000
H7 -0.344 1.339 0.883
H8 -0.344 1.339 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51421.08931.08671.08672.73742.16122.1612
C21.51422.13782.15562.15561.79511.08461.0846
H31.08932.13781.76681.76683.69852.49562.4956
H41.08672.15561.76681.76472.94492.50303.0629
H51.08672.15561.76681.76472.94493.06292.5030
Cl62.73741.79513.69852.94492.94492.34862.3486
H72.16121.08462.49562.50303.06292.34861.7660
H82.16121.08462.49563.06292.50302.34861.7660

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 111.338 C1 C2 H7 111.460
C1 C2 H8 111.460 C2 C1 H3 109.306
C2 C1 H4 110.877 C2 C1 H5 110.877
H3 C1 H4 108.575 H3 C1 H5 108.575
H4 C1 H5 108.571 Cl6 C2 H7 106.674
Cl6 C2 H8 106.674 H7 C2 H8 109.001
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability