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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.811521
Energy at 298.15K-538.817045
HF Energy-538.199167
Nuclear repulsion energy103.541824
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-pVTZ
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' 3175 3015 16.64      
2 A' 3145 2986 12.07      
3 A' 3100 2943 13.07      
4 A' 1528 1451 2.62      
5 A' 1518 1441 1.41      
6 A' 1425 1353 6.72      
7 A' 1337 1270 29.61      
8 A' 1113 1057 0.40      
9 A' 1013 962 17.41      
10 A' 715 678 19.96      
11 A' 338 321 2.12      
12 A" 3203 3041 13.98      
13 A" 3180 3019 0.46      
14 A" 1514 1438 8.48      
15 A" 1299 1233 0.32      
16 A" 1098 1042 0.00      
17 A" 799 759 2.50      
18 A" 286 272 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14892.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14139.3 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.06272 0.18579 0.16799

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.495 0.644 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
H3 1.967 1.623 0.000
H4 1.818 0.101 0.880
H5 1.818 0.101 -0.880
Cl6 -0.816 -0.778 0.000
H7 -0.346 1.332 0.882
H8 -0.346 1.332 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.50391.08661.08361.08362.71352.15392.1539
C21.50392.12762.14082.14081.78651.08131.0813
H31.08662.12761.76431.76433.67552.49222.4922
H41.08362.14081.76431.76072.91312.48923.0500
H51.08362.14081.76431.76072.91313.05002.4892
Cl62.71351.78653.67552.91312.91312.33472.3347
H72.15391.08132.49222.48923.05002.33471.7644
H82.15391.08132.49223.05002.48922.33471.7644

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 110.820 C1 C2 H7 111.806
C1 C2 H8 111.806 C2 C1 H3 109.374
C2 C1 H4 110.603 C2 C1 H5 110.603
H3 C1 H4 108.774 H3 C1 H5 108.774
H4 C1 H5 108.669 Cl6 C2 H7 106.391
Cl6 C2 H8 106.391 H7 C2 H8 109.345
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability