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

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.452666
Energy at 298.15K-538.456011
HF Energy-538.452666
Nuclear repulsion energy94.517342
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 PBEPBE/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 3161 3128 5.39      
2 A 3055 3023 8.39      
3 A 2998 2967 11.42      
4 A 2915 2885 20.25      
5 A 1429 1415 2.31      
6 A 1407 1392 7.24      
7 A 1350 1337 4.40      
8 A 1251 1238 39.97      
9 A 1102 1091 6.27      
10 A 1005 994 18.86      
11 A 962 952 0.94      
12 A 724 717 23.96      
13 A 362 358 14.07      
14 A 300 297 16.28      
15 A 136 135 0.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11077.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9897) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10963.6 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 PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.40929 0.18292 0.16720

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.446 0.597 -0.060
C2 1.653 -0.263 0.007
Cl3 -1.117 -0.129 0.005
H4 0.449 1.666 0.152
H5 1.598 -1.097 -0.714
H6 2.551 0.335 -0.217
H7 1.797 -0.718 1.009

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48341.72451.08992.15042.12712.1678
C21.48342.77252.27881.10371.10211.1100
Cl31.72452.77252.38662.97013.70353.1377
H41.08992.27882.38663.11542.51592.8703
H52.15041.10372.97013.11541.78991.7755
H62.12711.10213.70352.51591.78991.7836
H72.16781.11003.13772.87031.77551.7836

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 111.600 C1 C2 H6 109.836
C1 C2 H7 112.621 C2 C1 Cl3 119.409
C2 C1 H4 123.920 H5 C2 H6 108.481
H5 C2 H7 106.646 H6 C2 H7 107.467
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.084      
2 C -0.419      
3 Cl -0.099      
4 H 0.148      
5 H 0.155      
6 H 0.147      
7 H 0.151      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.487 0.329 0.192 1.535
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.427 0.288 0.048
y 0.288 -24.447 0.319
z 0.048 0.319 -26.229
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.911 0.288 0.048
y 0.288 0.881 0.319
z 0.048 0.319 -1.792
Polar
3z2-r2-3.584
x2-y20.020
xy0.288
xz0.048
yz0.319


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.772 0.278 0.021
y 0.278 4.692 0.002
z 0.021 0.002 3.716


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.973
(<r2>)1/2 8.716