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

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.859752
Energy at 298.15K-537.863423
HF Energy-537.499520
Nuclear repulsion energy94.464664
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 CID/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3270 3020 4.66      
2 A' 3208 2963 16.67      
3 A' 1579 1458 1.20      
4 A' 1541 1423 2.57      
5 A' 1362 1258 26.12      
6 A' 1132 1046 8.06      
7 A' 717 662 98.82      
8 A' 615 569 10.23      
9 A' 325 300 11.14      
10 A" 3379 3121 6.53      
11 A" 3270 3021 4.76      
12 A" 1332 1231 0.04      
13 A" 1135 1048 1.12      
14 A" 816 754 1.57      
15 A" 210 194 1.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11944.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11032.7 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
1.10843 0.19203 0.17492

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.476 0.809 0.000
C2 0.000 0.852 0.000
Cl3 0.711 -0.821 0.000
H4 -2.012 0.662 0.926
H5 -2.012 0.662 -0.926
H6 0.396 1.339 -0.886
H7 0.396 1.339 0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47702.72831.08011.08012.13832.1383
C21.47701.81812.22342.22341.08621.0862
Cl32.72831.81813.23653.23652.35662.3566
H41.08012.22343.23651.85213.08932.5022
H51.08012.22343.23651.85212.50223.0893
H62.13831.08622.35663.08932.50221.7725
H72.13831.08622.35662.50223.08931.7725

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 111.364 C1 C2 H6 112.172
C1 C2 H7 112.172 C2 C1 H4 120.005
C2 C1 H5 120.005 Cl3 C2 H6 105.693
Cl3 C2 H7 105.693 H4 C1 H5 118.043
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability