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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.459404
Energy at 298.15K-538.462891
HF Energy-538.459404
Nuclear repulsion energy92.807066
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/cc-pVDZ
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' 3086 3068 2.84      
2 A' 3030 3012 10.96      
3 A' 1430 1421 0.51      
4 A' 1386 1378 3.89      
5 A' 1161 1155 7.95      
6 A' 1101 1094 8.03      
7 A' 655 651 60.14      
8 A' 499 496 36.60      
9 A' 286 284 14.37      
10 A" 3201 3183 3.61      
11 A" 3101 3083 2.24      
12 A" 1195 1188 0.20      
13 A" 999 994 0.60      
14 A" 756 751 2.28      
15 A" 228 227 0.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11056.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10992.6 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.06542 0.18612 0.16945

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.460 0.847 0.000
C2 0.000 0.896 0.000
Cl3 0.701 -0.859 0.000
H4 -2.012 0.723 0.943
H5 -2.012 0.723 -0.943
H6 0.436 1.349 -0.908
H7 0.436 1.349 0.908

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46102.75361.09991.09992.16202.1620
C21.46101.89022.22882.22881.10491.1049
Cl32.75361.89023.27923.27922.40272.4027
H41.09992.22883.27921.88673.13292.5274
H51.09992.22883.27921.88672.52743.1329
H62.16201.10492.40273.13292.52741.8167
H72.16201.10492.40272.52743.13291.8167

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 109.843 C1 C2 H6 114.111
C1 C2 H7 114.111 C2 C1 H4 120.341
C2 C1 H5 120.341 Cl3 C2 H6 103.556
Cl3 C2 H7 103.556 H4 C1 H5 118.117
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.032      
2 C -0.104      
3 Cl -0.157      
4 H 0.058      
5 H 0.058      
6 H 0.089      
7 H 0.089      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.971 1.803 0.000 2.048
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.285 0.635 0.000
y 0.635 -25.954 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.816
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.100 0.635 0.000
y 0.635 -0.904 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.804
Polar
3z2-r21.607
x2-y20.669
xy0.635
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.767 -1.354 0.000
y -1.354 5.206 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.881


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.250
(<r2>)1/2 8.675