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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311G*

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/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.674468
Energy at 298.15K-538.680004
HF Energy-538.170761
Nuclear repulsion energy103.059203
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/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' 3178 3010 18.67      
2 A' 3135 2969 18.62      
3 A' 3089 2926 14.54      
4 A' 1540 1459 4.14      
5 A' 1527 1447 1.79      
6 A' 1455 1378 10.73      
7 A' 1380 1307 36.68      
8 A' 1124 1064 0.83      
9 A' 1021 967 19.18      
10 A' 720 682 21.68      
11 A' 343 325 2.04      
12 A" 3209 3040 20.74      
13 A" 3187 3018 1.13      
14 A" 1526 1446 10.27      
15 A" 1316 1247 1.73      
16 A" 1128 1068 0.24      
17 A" 809 766 4.38      
18 A" 288 272 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14988.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14195.6 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/6-311G*
ABC
1.05317 0.18409 0.16648

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.505 0.643 0.000
C2 0.000 0.810 0.000
H3 1.985 1.626 0.000
H4 1.835 0.097 0.884
H5 1.835 0.097 -0.884
Cl6 -0.823 -0.778 0.000
H7 -0.343 1.343 0.886
H8 -0.343 1.343 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51391.09351.09061.09062.72762.16542.1654
C21.51392.14582.15832.15831.78921.08941.0894
H31.09352.14581.77251.77253.69652.50702.5070
H41.09062.15831.77251.76832.93492.50933.0710
H51.09062.15831.77251.76832.93493.07102.5093
Cl62.72761.78923.69652.93492.93492.34832.3483
H72.16541.08942.50702.50933.07102.34831.7726
H82.16541.08942.50703.07102.50932.34831.7726

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 111.058 C1 C2 H7 111.529
C1 C2 H8 111.529 C2 C1 H3 109.712
C2 C1 H4 110.878 C2 C1 H5 110.878
H3 C1 H4 108.490 H3 C1 H5 108.490
H4 C1 H5 108.321 Cl6 C2 H7 106.798
Cl6 C2 H8 106.798 H7 C2 H8 108.900
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability