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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.488490
Energy at 298.15K-538.492084
HF Energy-538.488490
Nuclear repulsion energy94.015207
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3205 3046 3.89      
2 A' 3138 2982 13.26      
3 A' 1523 1448 0.88      
4 A' 1483 1410 4.20      
5 A' 1282 1218 17.65      
6 A' 1120 1065 8.97      
7 A' 673 639 104.92      
8 A' 583 554 14.12      
9 A' 307 291 13.52      
10 A" 3314 3149 5.12      
11 A" 3204 3045 2.98      
12 A" 1276 1212 0.08      
13 A" 1083 1029 1.04      
14 A" 789 750 2.67      
15 A" 219 208 1.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11598.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11022.1 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
1.10103 0.19025 0.17339

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.463 0.827 0.000
C2 0.000 0.867 0.000
Cl3 0.704 -0.838 0.000
H4 -2.007 0.700 0.930
H5 -2.007 0.700 -0.930
H6 0.414 1.338 -0.892
H7 0.414 1.338 0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46402.73271.08461.08462.14092.1409
C21.46401.84382.21822.21821.09091.0909
Cl32.73271.84383.25223.25222.36922.3692
H41.08462.21823.25221.86023.09682.5041
H51.08462.21823.25221.86022.50413.0968
H62.14091.09092.36923.09682.50411.7848
H72.14091.09092.36922.50413.09681.7848

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 110.886 C1 C2 H6 113.038
C1 C2 H7 113.038 C2 C1 H4 120.264
C2 C1 H5 120.264 Cl3 C2 H6 104.734
Cl3 C2 H7 104.734 H4 C1 H5 118.075
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.304      
2 C -0.456      
3 Cl -0.094      
4 H 0.195      
5 H 0.195      
6 H 0.232      
7 H 0.232      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.074 1.930 0.000 2.209
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.213 0.759 0.000
y 0.759 -26.021 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.692
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.143 0.759 0.000
y 0.759 -1.068 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.925
Polar
3z2-r21.849
x2-y20.807
xy0.759
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.070 -1.115 0.000
y -1.115 4.691 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.685


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.894
(<r2>)1/2 8.596