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

using model chemistry: MP2/Def2TZVPP

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/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.740147
Energy at 298.15K-538.745632
HF Energy-538.193419
Nuclear repulsion energy103.309207
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/Def2TZVPP
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' 3172 3018 15.03      
2 A' 3128 2977 14.27      
3 A' 3083 2934 13.22      
4 A' 1515 1441 2.50      
5 A' 1505 1432 1.22      
6 A' 1419 1350 5.60      
7 A' 1329 1265 30.57      
8 A' 1104 1051 0.41      
9 A' 1003 954 17.03      
10 A' 709 675 20.90      
11 A' 336 320 2.12      
12 A" 3202 3046 13.83      
13 A" 3179 3025 0.84      
14 A" 1500 1428 8.46      
15 A" 1290 1227 0.31      
16 A" 1088 1036 0.01      
17 A" 793 754 2.28      
18 A" 272 259 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14813.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14094.9 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/Def2TZVPP
ABC
1.05570 0.18511 0.16733

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.501 0.642 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
H3 1.976 1.623 0.000
H4 1.826 0.097 0.883
H5 1.826 0.097 -0.883
Cl6 -0.820 -0.777 0.000
H7 -0.347 1.335 0.885
H8 -0.347 1.335 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 Cl6 H7 H8
C11.51041.08991.08701.08702.71992.16342.1634
C21.51042.13562.15022.15021.78781.08541.0854
H31.08992.13561.76911.76913.68412.50252.5025
H41.08702.15021.76911.76582.92272.50103.0628
H51.08702.15021.76911.76582.92273.06282.5010
Cl62.71991.78783.68412.92272.92272.33832.3383
H72.16341.08542.50252.50103.06282.33831.7702
H82.16341.08542.50253.06282.50102.33831.7702

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 110.829 C1 C2 H7 111.861
C1 C2 H8 111.861 C2 C1 H3 109.357
C2 C1 H4 110.693 C2 C1 H5 110.693
H3 C1 H4 108.710 H3 C1 H5 108.710
H4 C1 H5 108.629 Cl6 C2 H7 106.366
Cl6 C2 H8 106.366 H7 C2 H8 109.267
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability