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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.453338
Energy at 298.15K-537.457026
HF Energy-537.453338
Nuclear repulsion energy91.758805
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 HF/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' 3328 3005 7.90      
2 A' 3322 3000 12.20      
3 A' 1652 1492 2.33      
4 A' 1605 1449 4.26      
5 A' 1360 1228 16.34      
6 A' 1164 1051 7.48      
7 A' 714 645 82.85      
8 A' 451 408 38.93      
9 A' 322 291 17.48      
10 A" 3445 3110 9.35      
11 A" 3403 3072 0.31      
12 A" 1377 1243 0.08      
13 A" 1147 1035 0.78      
14 A" 863 779 2.32      
15 A" 286 258 1.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12218.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11032.0 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
1.07469 0.17842 0.16278

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.458 0.901 0.000
C2 0.000 0.931 0.000
Cl3 0.698 -0.898 0.000
H4 -1.997 0.797 0.921
H5 -1.997 0.797 -0.921
H6 0.443 1.337 -0.889
H7 0.443 1.337 0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.45872.80801.07211.07212.14412.1441
C21.45871.95742.20352.20351.07341.0734
Cl32.80801.95743.31433.31432.41882.4188
H41.07212.20353.31431.84183.08622.4998
H51.07212.20353.31431.84182.49983.0862
H62.14411.07342.41883.08622.49981.7785
H72.14411.07342.41882.49983.08621.7785

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 109.708 C1 C2 H6 114.875
C1 C2 H7 114.875 C2 C1 H4 120.307
C2 C1 H5 120.307 Cl3 C2 H6 101.910
Cl3 C2 H7 101.910 H4 C1 H5 118.406
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.243      
2 C -0.442      
3 Cl -0.148      
4 H 0.184      
5 H 0.184      
6 H 0.233      
7 H 0.233      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.420 2.831 0.000 3.167
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.813 1.159 0.000
y 1.159 -26.966 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.198
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.269 1.159 0.000
y 1.159 -1.460 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.191
Polar
3z2-r22.382
x2-y21.153
xy1.159
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.458 -1.475 0.000
y -1.475 5.230 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.234


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.543
(<r2>)1/2 8.806