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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.628917
Energy at 298.15K-538.634424
HF Energy-538.170569
Nuclear repulsion energy102.586998
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/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' 3122 2989 29.67      
2 A' 3096 2965 15.45      
3 A' 3046 2916 18.11      
4 A' 1529 1464 3.39      
5 A' 1520 1455 1.41      
6 A' 1454 1392 8.47      
7 A' 1373 1315 37.95      
8 A' 1116 1068 0.81      
9 A' 1013 970 17.06      
10 A' 702 672 24.48      
11 A' 340 325 2.04      
12 A" 3160 3025 25.17      
13 A" 3132 2998 5.12      
14 A" 1516 1451 8.74      
15 A" 1307 1252 1.46      
16 A" 1121 1073 0.26      
17 A" 803 768 3.48      
18 A" 279 267 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14813.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9574) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14182.2 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/6-311G*
ABC
1.04595 0.18220 0.16481

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.511 0.650 0.000
C2 0.000 0.815 0.000
H3 1.990 1.637 0.000
H4 1.844 0.103 0.887
H5 1.844 0.103 -0.887
Cl6 -0.826 -0.784 0.000
H7 -0.347 1.346 0.889
H8 -0.347 1.346 -0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51941.09741.09451.09452.74162.17372.1737
C21.51942.15302.16682.16681.79931.09231.0923
H31.09742.15301.77851.77853.71362.51682.5168
H41.09452.16681.77851.77462.95042.51943.0826
H51.09452.16681.77851.77462.95043.08262.5194
Cl62.74161.79933.71362.95042.95042.35732.3573
H72.17371.09232.51682.51943.08262.35731.7777
H82.17371.09232.51683.08262.51942.35731.7777

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 111.118 C1 C2 H7 111.623
C1 C2 H8 111.623 C2 C1 H3 109.666
C2 C1 H4 110.931 C2 C1 H5 110.931
H3 C1 H4 108.460 H3 C1 H5 108.460
H4 C1 H5 108.319 Cl6 C2 H7 106.652
Cl6 C2 H8 106.652 H7 C2 H8 108.921
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability