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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.145030
Energy at 298.15K-537.148545
HF Energy-537.145030
Nuclear repulsion energy94.028433
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 LSDA/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' 3114 3055 1.34      
2 A' 3046 2989 7.81      
3 A' 1465 1437 0.73      
4 A' 1420 1393 8.94      
5 A' 1199 1177 7.29      
6 A' 1140 1119 6.82      
7 A' 680 667 80.17      
8 A' 527 517 36.00      
9 A' 284 278 17.06      
10 A" 3220 3159 2.19      
11 A" 3113 3055 1.10      
12 A" 1215 1192 0.13      
13 A" 1031 1011 0.82      
14 A" 767 753 4.07      
15 A" 227 223 0.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11222.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11013.0 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 LSDA/6-31G*
ABC
1.07650 0.19258 0.17492

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.441 0.822 0.000
C2 0.000 0.886 0.000
Cl3 0.693 -0.842 0.000
H4 -1.990 0.686 0.937
H5 -1.990 0.686 -0.937
H6 0.427 1.348 -0.902
H7 0.427 1.348 0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.44292.70581.09401.09402.14102.1410
C21.44291.86162.20842.20841.10011.1001
Cl32.70581.86163.22593.22592.38352.3835
H41.09402.20843.22591.87393.10872.5065
H51.09402.20843.22591.87392.50653.1087
H62.14101.10012.38353.10872.50651.8044
H72.14101.10012.38352.50653.10871.8044

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 109.283 C1 C2 H6 114.011
C1 C2 H7 114.011 C2 C1 H4 120.412
C2 C1 H5 120.412 Cl3 C2 H6 104.209
Cl3 C2 H7 104.209 H4 C1 H5 117.830
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.301      
2 C -0.466      
3 Cl -0.088      
4 H 0.194      
5 H 0.194      
6 H 0.233      
7 H 0.233      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.013 1.884 0.000 2.139
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.103 0.778 0.000
y 0.778 -26.105 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.659
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.280 0.778 0.000
y 0.778 -1.224 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.945
Polar
3z2-r21.889
x2-y21.003
xy0.778
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.630 -1.330 0.000
y -1.330 4.920 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.794


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.470
(<r2>)1/2 8.571