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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.699050
Energy at 298.15K-538.702502
HF Energy-538.699050
Nuclear repulsion energy91.380686
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
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' 3089 3072 3.78      
2 A' 3049 3032 8.60      
3 A' 1474 1466 0.30      
4 A' 1433 1425 4.85      
5 A' 1175 1168 9.40      
6 A' 1088 1082 10.63      
7 A' 707 703 72.67      
8 A' 376 374 48.35      
9 A' 275 274 23.26      
10 A" 3193 3176 6.12      
11 A" 3119 3102 1.55      
12 A" 1214 1208 0.05      
13 A" 1008 1003 0.78      
14 A" 773 769 1.88      
15 A" 274 273 0.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11122.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11063.2 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
1.05520 0.17828 0.16258

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.455 0.898 0.000
C2 0.000 0.935 0.000
Cl3 0.697 -0.899 0.000
H4 -2.008 0.795 0.936
H5 -2.008 0.795 -0.936
H6 0.451 1.352 -0.907
H7 0.451 1.352 0.907

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.45562.80361.09181.09182.15882.1588
C21.45561.96232.21982.21981.09511.0951
Cl32.80361.96233.32623.32622.43932.4393
H41.09182.21983.32621.87173.12272.5209
H51.09182.21983.32621.87172.52093.1227
H62.15881.09512.43933.12272.52091.8143
H72.15881.09512.43932.52093.12271.8143

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 109.330 C1 C2 H6 114.899
C1 C2 H7 114.899 C2 C1 H4 120.576
C2 C1 H5 120.576 Cl3 C2 H6 102.088
Cl3 C2 H7 102.088 H4 C1 H5 117.994
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.168      
2 C -0.439      
3 Cl -0.098      
4 H 0.155      
5 H 0.155      
6 H 0.198      
7 H 0.198      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.205 2.228 0.000 2.533
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.982 0.823 0.000
y 0.823 -27.237 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.560
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.417 0.823 0.000
y 0.823 -1.466 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.049
Polar
3z2-r22.098
x2-y21.255
xy0.823
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.085 -1.809 0.000
y -1.809 6.773 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.626


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.978
(<r2>)1/2 8.831