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

using model chemistry: MP2/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.304706
Energy at 298.15K-538.310130
HF Energy-538.077868
Nuclear repulsion energy99.268380
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/SDD
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' 3130 3021 40.16      
2 A' 3107 2999 18.92      
3 A' 3029 2924 23.98      
4 A' 1539 1485 5.93      
5 A' 1519 1466 0.97      
6 A' 1467 1416 8.19      
7 A' 1358 1310 39.58      
8 A' 1103 1065 1.62      
9 A' 999 965 17.72      
10 A' 617 595 18.99      
11 A' 323 311 3.22      
12 A" 3196 3085 31.23      
13 A" 3149 3040 15.06      
14 A" 1523 1470 9.35      
15 A" 1296 1251 1.33      
16 A" 1087 1050 0.11      
17 A" 813 785 5.21      
18 A" 274 265 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14763.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14251.4 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/SDD
ABC
0.99142 0.16903 0.15294

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/SDD

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.536 0.716 0.000
C2 0.000 0.872 0.000
H3 2.007 1.717 0.000
H4 1.876 0.169 0.895
H5 1.876 0.169 -0.895
Cl6 -0.837 -0.843 0.000
H7 -0.372 1.375 0.903
H8 -0.372 1.375 -0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.54431.10631.10241.10242.83972.21212.2121
C21.54432.17802.19452.19451.90821.09871.0987
H31.10632.17801.79281.79283.82682.56792.5679
H41.10242.19451.79281.78943.03122.55203.1214
H51.10242.19451.79281.78943.03123.12142.5520
Cl62.83971.90823.82683.03123.03122.43972.4397
H72.21211.09872.56792.55203.12142.43971.8053
H82.21211.09872.56793.12142.55202.43971.8053

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 110.229 C1 C2 H7 112.547
C1 C2 H8 112.547 C2 C1 H3 109.400
C2 C1 H4 110.912 C2 C1 H5 110.912
H3 C1 H4 108.523 H3 C1 H5 108.523
H4 C1 H5 108.504 Cl6 C2 H7 105.263
Cl6 C2 H8 105.263 H7 C2 H8 110.489
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability