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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.483940
Energy at 298.15K-538.487557
HF Energy-538.363238
Nuclear repulsion energy93.676747
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 B2PLYP/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' 3216 3052 4.21      
2 A' 3153 2993 14.45      
3 A' 1546 1468 0.56      
4 A' 1509 1432 2.63      
5 A' 1298 1232 21.79      
6 A' 1115 1058 8.88      
7 A' 674 639 96.93      
8 A' 570 541 21.45      
9 A' 308 293 13.17      
10 A" 3323 3155 6.45      
11 A" 3218 3054 4.09      
12 A" 1293 1227 0.07      
13 A" 1095 1039 1.01      
14 A" 800 759 1.85      
15 A" 233 221 1.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11674.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11081.3 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
1.09614 0.18851 0.17178

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.466 0.836 0.000
C2 0.000 0.874 0.000
Cl3 0.705 -0.844 0.000
H4 -2.008 0.703 0.928
H5 -2.008 0.703 -0.928
H6 0.415 1.341 -0.891
H7 0.415 1.341 0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46662.74541.08241.08242.14162.1416
C21.46661.85732.21822.21821.08831.0883
Cl32.74541.85733.25773.25772.37772.3777
H41.08242.21823.25771.85533.09572.5051
H51.08242.21823.25771.85532.50513.0957
H62.14161.08832.37773.09572.50511.7830
H72.14161.08832.37772.50513.09571.7830

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 110.826 C1 C2 H6 113.074
C1 C2 H7 113.074 C2 C1 H4 120.222
C2 C1 H5 120.222 Cl3 C2 H6 104.604
Cl3 C2 H7 104.604 H4 C1 H5 117.971
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.280      
2 C -0.380      
3 Cl -0.113      
4 H 0.178      
5 H 0.178      
6 H 0.208      
7 H 0.208      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.077 1.946 0.000 2.224
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.452 0.769 0.000
y 0.769 -26.156 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.910
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.081 0.769 0.000
y 0.769 -0.975 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.894
Polar
3z2-r21.787
x2-y20.704
xy0.769
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.989 -1.123 0.000
y -1.123 4.705 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.664


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.472
(<r2>)1/2 8.630