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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.673609
Energy at 298.15K-538.677191
HF Energy-538.673609
Nuclear repulsion energy93.644688
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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' 3190 3052 4.53      
2 A' 3125 2990 13.82      
3 A' 1521 1455 0.75      
4 A' 1481 1417 3.89      
5 A' 1272 1217 17.02      
6 A' 1113 1065 9.37      
7 A' 670 641 94.55      
8 A' 559 535 25.99      
9 A' 303 290 13.94      
10 A" 3297 3154 6.31      
11 A" 3191 3053 3.49      
12 A" 1270 1215 0.08      
13 A" 1077 1030 1.00      
14 A" 789 755 2.68      
15 A" 227 217 1.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11542.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11042.8 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
1.09807 0.18831 0.17173

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.463 0.839 0.000
C2 0.000 0.874 0.000
Cl3 0.703 -0.847 0.000
H4 -2.008 0.718 0.930
H5 -2.008 0.718 -0.930
H6 0.420 1.338 -0.894
H7 0.420 1.338 0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46332.74471.08501.08502.14282.1428
C21.46331.85872.21872.21871.09101.0910
Cl32.74471.85873.26583.26582.37762.3776
H41.08502.21873.26581.86023.09922.5061
H51.08502.21873.26581.86022.50613.0992
H62.14281.09102.37763.09922.50611.7871
H72.14281.09102.37762.50613.09921.7871

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 110.863 C1 C2 H6 113.244
C1 C2 H7 113.244 C2 C1 H4 120.344
C2 C1 H5 120.344 Cl3 C2 H6 104.396
Cl3 C2 H7 104.396 H4 C1 H5 118.021
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.295      
2 C -0.441      
3 Cl -0.103      
4 H 0.192      
5 H 0.192      
6 H 0.228      
7 H 0.228      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.102 1.980 0.000 2.266
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.106 0.732 0.000
y 0.732 -25.955 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.642
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.192 0.732 0.000
y 0.732 -1.081 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.889
Polar
3z2-r21.778
x2-y20.849
xy0.732
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.161 -1.183 0.000
y -1.183 4.767 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.695


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.357
(<r2>)1/2 8.623