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

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.029656
Energy at 298.15K-538.033288
HF Energy-537.514679
Nuclear repulsion energy94.375888
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(2df,p)
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' 3223 3053 2.25      
2 A' 3158 2991 10.71      
3 A' 1529 1449 0.89      
4 A' 1492 1413 1.90      
5 A' 1298 1230 20.60      
6 A' 1104 1046 7.72      
7 A' 699 663 86.05      
8 A' 608 575 9.01      
9 A' 313 296 10.31      
10 A" 3338 3162 2.25      
11 A" 3224 3053 1.96      
12 A" 1288 1220 0.15      
13 A" 1090 1033 0.85      
14 A" 789 747 1.19      
15 A" 208 197 1.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11680.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11063.7 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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.09532 0.19246 0.17501

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.477 0.802 0.000
C2 0.000 0.859 0.000
Cl3 0.711 -0.821 0.000
H4 -2.010 0.654 0.928
H5 -2.010 0.654 -0.928
H6 0.400 1.341 -0.889
H7 0.400 1.341 0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47772.72371.08081.08082.14552.1455
C21.47771.82402.22382.22381.08761.0876
Cl32.72371.82403.23133.23132.35802.3580
H41.08082.22383.23131.85623.09592.5069
H51.08082.22383.23131.85622.50693.0959
H62.14551.08762.35803.09592.50691.7779
H72.14551.08762.35802.50693.09591.7779

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 110.728 C1 C2 H6 112.629
C1 C2 H7 112.629 C2 C1 H4 119.920
C2 C1 H5 119.920 Cl3 C2 H6 105.357
Cl3 C2 H7 105.357 H4 C1 H5 118.337
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability