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All results from a given calculation for CH2CH2Cl (2-chloroethyl radical)

using model chemistry: CID/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at CID/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.918459
Energy at 298.15K-537.922131
HF Energy-537.539503
Nuclear repulsion energy94.485168
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 CID/6-311G*
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' 3237 3008 4.95      
2 A' 3188 2962 19.06      
3 A' 1559 1449 0.86      
4 A' 1525 1417 4.62      
5 A' 1364 1267 25.80      
6 A' 1122 1042 8.14      
7 A' 713 663 104.45      
8 A' 614 570 10.24      
9 A' 319 297 11.41      
10 A" 3350 3112 7.51      
11 A" 3252 3021 5.45      
12 A" 1331 1236 0.05      
13 A" 1133 1053 2.45      
14 A" 811 754 2.02      
15 A" 209 194 2.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11863.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9291) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11022.7 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 CID/6-311G*
ABC
1.10546 0.19233 0.17510

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.476 0.805 0.000
C2 0.000 0.854 0.000
Cl3 0.711 -0.820 0.000
H4 -2.012 0.660 0.926
H5 -2.012 0.660 -0.926
H6 0.394 1.338 -0.887
H7 0.394 1.338 0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47732.72541.07951.07952.13812.1381
C21.47731.81912.22332.22331.08481.0848
Cl32.72541.81913.23493.23492.35532.3553
H41.07952.22333.23491.85223.08822.5004
H51.07952.22333.23491.85222.50043.0882
H62.13811.08482.35533.08822.50041.7736
H72.13811.08482.35532.50043.08821.7736

picture of 2-chloroethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl3 111.116 C1 C2 H6 112.225
C1 C2 H7 112.225 C2 C1 H4 120.011
C2 C1 H5 120.011 Cl3 C2 H6 105.598
Cl3 C2 H7 105.598 H4 C1 H5 118.161
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability