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

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.904566
Energy at 298.15K-537.908198
HF Energy-537.499204
Nuclear repulsion energy94.049312
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 CCSD/6-31G*
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' 3196 3018 4.90      
2 A' 3137 2962 16.46      
3 A' 1546 1460 1.00      
4 A' 1509 1425 2.43      
5 A' 1325 1252 22.04      
6 A' 1115 1053 7.29      
7 A' 689 650 99.32      
8 A' 603 570 3.48      
9 A' 316 298 10.99      
10 A" 3302 3118 7.51      
11 A" 3198 3020 5.23      
12 A" 1302 1230 0.03      
13 A" 1109 1047 1.12      
14 A" 801 757 1.56      
15 A" 214 202 1.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11681.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11031.0 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
1.09690 0.19059 0.17357

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.477 0.815 0.000
C2 0.000 0.859 0.000
Cl3 0.711 -0.828 0.000
H4 -2.017 0.669 0.931
H5 -2.017 0.669 -0.931
H6 0.400 1.346 -0.892
H7 0.400 1.346 0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47742.73601.08591.08592.14502.1450
C21.47741.83112.22922.22921.09181.0918
Cl32.73601.83113.24793.24792.36982.3698
H41.08592.22923.24791.86163.10192.5103
H51.08592.22923.24791.86162.51033.1019
H62.14501.09182.36983.10192.51031.7834
H72.14501.09182.36982.51033.10191.7834

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 111.124 C1 C2 H6 112.342
C1 C2 H7 112.342 C2 C1 H4 120.071
C2 C1 H5 120.071 Cl3 C2 H6 105.540
Cl3 C2 H7 105.540 H4 C1 H5 118.004
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability