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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.499716
Energy at 298.15K-537.503430
HF Energy-537.499716
Nuclear repulsion energy94.333146
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 HF/6-31G*
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' 3332 2994 8.13      
2 A' 3299 2964 23.67      
3 A' 1644 1477 1.34      
4 A' 1597 1435 0.87      
5 A' 1410 1267 36.78      
6 A' 1138 1023 8.68      
7 A' 701 630 128.77      
8 A' 611 549 2.00      
9 A' 334 300 12.33      
10 A" 3439 3090 11.92      
11 A" 3362 3020 5.73      
12 A" 1382 1241 0.11      
13 A" 1173 1054 1.10      
14 A" 841 756 0.87      
15 A" 225 202 2.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12243.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11000.3 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
1.10808 0.19098 0.17392

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.480 0.817 0.000
C2 0.000 0.857 0.000
Cl3 0.712 -0.825 0.000
H4 -2.009 0.659 0.921
H5 -2.009 0.659 -0.921
H6 0.399 1.333 -0.881
H7 0.399 1.333 0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48042.73811.07391.07392.13842.1384
C21.48041.82692.21892.21891.07781.0778
Cl32.73811.82693.23283.23282.35172.3517
H41.07392.21893.23281.84243.08232.5007
H51.07392.21893.23281.84242.50073.0823
H62.13841.07782.35173.08232.50071.7624
H72.13841.07782.35172.50073.08231.7624

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 111.341 C1 C2 H6 112.475
C1 C2 H7 112.475 C2 C1 H4 119.765
C2 C1 H5 119.765 Cl3 C2 H6 105.183
Cl3 C2 H7 105.183 H4 C1 H5 118.136
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.315      
2 C -0.395      
3 Cl -0.126      
4 H 0.194      
5 H 0.194      
6 H 0.225      
7 H 0.225      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.123 2.036 0.000 2.325
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.883 0.956 0.000
y 0.956 -26.382 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.107
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.139 0.956 0.000
y 0.956 -0.887 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.025
Polar
3z2-r22.051
x2-y20.498
xy0.956
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.483 -0.904 0.000
y -0.904 4.520 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.592


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.902
(<r2>)1/2 8.597