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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.630476
Energy at 298.15K-538.635957
HF Energy-538.158263
Nuclear repulsion energy102.095149
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 QCISD/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' 3151 3023 22.38      
2 A' 3111 2984 18.62      
3 A' 3066 2941 18.00      
4 A' 1500 1439 1.63      
5 A' 1495 1434 0.52      
6 A' 1418 1361 3.54      
7 A' 1329 1275 37.77      
8 A' 1103 1058 0.49      
9 A' 1004 964 14.62      
10 A' 695 667 23.22      
11 A' 336 323 2.23      
12 A" 3180 3051 25.80      
13 A" 3159 3030 0.89      
14 A" 1485 1425 6.14      
15 A" 1279 1228 0.38      
16 A" 1085 1041 0.00      
17 A" 790 758 1.91      
18 A" 274 263 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14729.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14131.3 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.03559 0.18063 0.16344

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.516 0.655 0.000
C2 0.000 0.817 0.000
H3 1.994 1.652 0.000
H4 1.851 0.104 0.895
H5 1.851 0.104 -0.895
Cl6 -0.829 -0.788 0.000
H7 -0.352 1.354 0.896
H8 -0.352 1.354 -0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.52451.10591.10371.10372.75302.18662.1866
C21.52452.16222.17652.17651.80621.10211.1021
H31.10592.16221.79441.79443.73142.52952.5295
H41.10372.17651.79441.79092.96282.53353.1026
H51.10372.17651.79441.79092.96283.10262.5335
Cl62.75301.80623.73142.96282.96282.37002.3700
H72.18661.10212.52952.53353.10262.37001.7910
H82.18661.10212.52953.10262.53352.37001.7910

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 111.210 C1 C2 H7 111.699
C1 C2 H8 111.699 C2 C1 H3 109.540
C2 C1 H4 110.796 C2 C1 H5 110.796
H3 C1 H4 108.596 H3 C1 H5 108.596
H4 C1 H5 108.455 Cl6 C2 H7 106.635
Cl6 C2 H8 106.635 H7 C2 H8 108.697
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability