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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.718248
Energy at 298.15K-538.721894
HF Energy-538.718248
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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' 3194 3042 4.64      
2 A' 3137 2988 12.32      
3 A' 1520 1448 0.76      
4 A' 1478 1408 5.99      
5 A' 1287 1226 20.66      
6 A' 1107 1054 10.28      
7 A' 686 654 117.79      
8 A' 595 567 14.70      
9 A' 310 296 13.71      
10 A" 3309 3151 4.64      
11 A" 3208 3055 2.22      
12 A" 1272 1212 0.02      
13 A" 1088 1037 0.86      
14 A" 802 764 1.82      
15 A" 231 220 1.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11612.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11058.6 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 wB97X-D/6-31+G**
ABC
1.09397 0.18982 0.17290

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.466 0.824 0.000
C2 0.000 0.872 0.000
Cl3 0.705 -0.839 0.000
H4 -2.006 0.703 0.932
H5 -2.006 0.703 -0.932
H6 0.412 1.340 -0.893
H7 0.412 1.340 0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46652.73441.08421.08422.14252.1425
C21.46651.85052.21882.21881.08941.0894
Cl32.73441.85053.25523.25522.37302.3730
H41.08422.21883.25521.86363.09622.5014
H51.08422.21883.25521.86362.50143.0962
H62.14251.08942.37303.09622.50141.7866
H72.14251.08942.37302.50143.09621.7866

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 110.519 C1 C2 H6 113.085
C1 C2 H7 113.085 C2 C1 H4 120.145
C2 C1 H5 120.145 Cl3 C2 H6 104.658
Cl3 C2 H7 104.658 H4 C1 H5 118.508
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.249      
2 C -0.461      
3 Cl -0.066      
4 H 0.176      
5 H 0.176      
6 H 0.213      
7 H 0.213      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.040 1.960 0.000 2.219
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.767 0.932 0.000
y 0.932 -26.641 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.022
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.064 0.932 0.000
y 0.932 -1.246 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.182
Polar
3z2-r22.363
x2-y20.874
xy0.932
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.934 -1.183 0.000
y -1.183 5.745 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.344


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.361
(<r2>)1/2 8.623