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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

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/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.598840
Energy at 298.15K-538.604347
HF Energy-538.158545
Nuclear repulsion energy102.556640
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/cc-pVDZ
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' 3197 3039 14.79      
2 A' 3136 2980 19.20      
3 A' 3097 2943 14.48      
4 A' 1502 1428 2.20      
5 A' 1495 1421 0.63      
6 A' 1411 1341 5.33      
7 A' 1328 1262 35.27      
8 A' 1110 1055 0.61      
9 A' 1010 960 16.65      
10 A' 714 678 20.45      
11 A' 339 322 2.26      
12 A" 3220 3060 18.88      
13 A" 3198 3040 0.33      
14 A" 1487 1413 7.42      
15 A" 1283 1220 0.51      
16 A" 1087 1033 0.00      
17 A" 792 753 2.60      
18 A" 282 268 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14844.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14107.8 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.04293 0.18247 0.16507

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.510 0.649 0.000
C2 0.000 0.813 0.000
H3 1.990 1.641 0.000
H4 1.842 0.098 0.892
H5 1.842 0.098 -0.892
Cl6 -0.825 -0.783 0.000
H7 -0.350 1.350 0.893
H8 -0.350 1.350 -0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51871.10241.10011.10012.73922.17932.1793
C21.51872.15582.16812.16811.79621.09941.0994
H31.10242.15581.78861.78863.71522.52212.5221
H41.10012.16811.78861.78482.94762.52483.0922
H51.10012.16811.78861.78482.94763.09222.5248
Cl62.73921.79623.71522.94762.94762.36032.3603
H72.17931.09942.52212.52483.09222.36031.7859
H82.17931.09942.52213.09222.52482.36031.7859

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 111.168 C1 C2 H7 111.689
C1 C2 H8 111.689 C2 C1 H3 109.645
C2 C1 H4 110.752 C2 C1 H5 110.752
H3 C1 H4 108.601 H3 C1 H5 108.601
H4 C1 H5 108.429 Cl6 C2 H7 106.710
Cl6 C2 H8 106.710 H7 C2 H8 108.617
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability