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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.536819
Energy at 298.15K-538.540413
HF Energy-538.536819
Nuclear repulsion energy94.041384
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 PBE1PBE/6-311G**
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' 3170 3042 3.54      
2 A' 3118 2991 13.81      
3 A' 1494 1434 0.90      
4 A' 1457 1398 6.35      
5 A' 1263 1212 15.91      
6 A' 1113 1068 9.04      
7 A' 679 651 98.68      
8 A' 572 549 21.31      
9 A' 305 293 12.85      
10 A" 3282 3149 4.33      
11 A" 3184 3055 2.81      
12 A" 1259 1208 0.00      
13 A" 1070 1026 2.12      
14 A" 783 751 2.86      
15 A" 212 203 1.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11480.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11014.7 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
1.10409 0.19018 0.17342

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.459 0.829 0.000
C2 0.000 0.869 0.000
Cl3 0.702 -0.840 0.000
H4 -2.003 0.715 0.930
H5 -2.003 0.715 -0.930
H6 0.417 1.331 -0.893
H7 0.417 1.331 0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46002.73071.08331.08332.13792.1379
C21.46001.84782.21382.21381.08861.0886
Cl32.73071.84783.25573.25572.36502.3650
H41.08332.21383.25571.86003.09192.4974
H51.08332.21383.25571.86002.49743.0919
H62.13791.08862.36503.09192.49741.7864
H72.13791.08862.36502.49743.09191.7864

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 110.747 C1 C2 H6 113.235
C1 C2 H7 113.235 C2 C1 H4 120.303
C2 C1 H5 120.303 Cl3 C2 H6 104.306
Cl3 C2 H7 104.306 H4 C1 H5 118.299
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.199      
2 C -0.363      
3 Cl -0.126      
4 H 0.149      
5 H 0.149      
6 H 0.195      
7 H 0.195      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.088 1.962 0.000 2.243
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.781 0.747 0.000
y 0.747 -26.542 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.172
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.075 0.747 0.000
y 0.747 -1.065 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.990
Polar
3z2-r21.980
x2-y20.760
xy0.747
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.447 -1.322 0.000
y -1.322 5.338 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.755


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.205
(<r2>)1/2 8.614