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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.901582
Energy at 298.15K-537.905221
HF Energy-537.499238
Nuclear repulsion energy94.202610
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 CCD/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' 3210 3039 4.73      
2 A' 3141 2973 16.43      
3 A' 1549 1466 1.06      
4 A' 1514 1433 2.73      
5 A' 1336 1265 23.66      
6 A' 1118 1058 7.84      
7 A' 709 671 90.42      
8 A' 610 577 10.83      
9 A' 319 302 10.59      
10 A" 3318 3140 6.66      
11 A" 3203 3032 5.28      
12 A" 1308 1238 0.03      
13 A" 1114 1054 1.12      
14 A" 803 760 1.63      
15 A" 206 195 1.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11728.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11100.8 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
1.10166 0.19110 0.17410

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.479 0.811 0.000
C2 0.000 0.854 0.000
Cl3 0.713 -0.824 0.000
H4 -2.018 0.666 0.930
H5 -2.018 0.666 -0.930
H6 0.397 1.345 -0.890
H7 0.397 1.345 0.890

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47942.73381.08511.08512.14422.1442
C21.47941.82272.23042.23041.09181.0918
Cl32.73381.82273.24693.24692.36562.3656
H41.08512.23043.24691.86033.10032.5097
H51.08512.23043.24691.86032.50973.1003
H62.14421.09182.36563.10032.50971.7810
H72.14421.09182.36562.50973.10031.7810

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 111.341 C1 C2 H6 112.137
C1 C2 H7 112.137 C2 C1 H4 120.071
C2 C1 H5 120.071 Cl3 C2 H6 105.772
Cl3 C2 H7 105.772 H4 C1 H5 118.002
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability