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All results from a given calculation for CHClCH3 (1-chloroethyl radical)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.689257
Energy at 298.15K-538.692657
HF Energy-538.689257
Nuclear repulsion energy94.700214
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 B3PW91/6-31+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 3247 3117 5.44      
2 A 3134 3009 10.43      
3 A 3080 2957 12.90      
4 A 3002 2882 21.38      
5 A 1481 1422 4.08      
6 A 1461 1403 11.02      
7 A 1411 1355 9.75      
8 A 1307 1255 40.79      
9 A 1129 1084 5.02      
10 A 1045 1003 24.15      
11 A 995 955 0.69      
12 A 741 711 29.31      
13 A 368 353 14.59      
14 A 301 289 27.52      
15 A 146 140 2.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11422.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10966.9 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
1.41931 0.18329 0.16758

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.447 0.596 -0.057
C2 1.651 -0.264 0.007
Cl3 -1.116 -0.128 0.005
H4 0.452 1.661 0.142
H5 1.613 -1.067 -0.738
H6 2.545 0.339 -0.180
H7 1.770 -0.743 0.992

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48131.72381.08322.14192.11772.1548
C21.48132.77072.27161.09641.09441.1015
Cl31.72382.77072.38332.97953.69583.1111
H41.08322.27162.38333.09202.49622.8701
H52.14191.09642.97953.09201.77721.7670
H62.11771.09443.69582.49621.77721.7740
H72.15481.10153.11112.87011.76701.7740

picture of 1-chloroethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 111.520 C1 C2 H6 109.695
C1 C2 H7 112.251 C2 C1 Cl3 119.456
C2 C1 H4 123.953 H5 C2 H6 108.427
H5 C2 H7 107.017 H6 C2 H7 107.772
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.145      
2 C -0.616      
3 Cl 0.011      
4 H 0.197      
5 H 0.189      
6 H 0.179      
7 H 0.185      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.619 0.353 0.232 1.673
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.919 0.241 0.073
y 0.241 -24.858 0.401
z 0.073 0.401 -26.826
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.923 0.241 0.073
y 0.241 1.015 0.401
z 0.073 0.401 -1.938
Polar
3z2-r2-3.875
x2-y2-0.061
xy0.241
xz0.073
yz0.401


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.656 0.346 0.006
y 0.346 4.827 -0.066
z 0.006 -0.066 4.053


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.093
(<r2>)1/2 8.723