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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.435076
Energy at 298.15K-538.438585
HF Energy-538.435076
Nuclear repulsion energy92.820269
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 PBEPBE/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' 3115 3070 3.86      
2 A' 3050 3006 11.78      
3 A' 1479 1458 0.47      
4 A' 1439 1418 4.03      
5 A' 1212 1195 11.82      
6 A' 1103 1088 8.57      
7 A' 668 659 74.00      
8 A' 497 490 40.66      
9 A' 289 285 15.57      
10 A" 3218 3172 6.34      
11 A" 3115 3071 3.23      
12 A" 1228 1210 0.09      
13 A" 1035 1020 0.88      
14 A" 769 758 2.85      
15 A" 239 235 0.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11227.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11066.7 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
1.07631 0.18527 0.16885

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.460 0.856 0.000
C2 0.000 0.894 0.000
Cl3 0.701 -0.863 0.000
H4 -2.011 0.735 0.936
H5 -2.011 0.735 -0.936
H6 0.433 1.348 -0.902
H7 0.433 1.348 0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46082.76121.09301.09302.15402.1540
C21.46081.89142.22422.22421.09891.0989
Cl32.76121.89143.28393.28392.40282.4028
H41.09302.22423.28391.87233.11912.5198
H51.09302.22423.28391.87232.51983.1191
H62.15401.09892.40283.11912.51981.8047
H72.15401.09892.40282.51983.11911.8047

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 110.255 C1 C2 H6 113.850
C1 C2 H7 113.850 C2 C1 H4 120.450
C2 C1 H5 120.450 Cl3 C2 H6 103.759
Cl3 C2 H7 103.759 H4 C1 H5 117.859
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.265      
2 C -0.421      
3 Cl -0.107      
4 H 0.180      
5 H 0.180      
6 H 0.217      
7 H 0.217      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.119 1.998 0.000 2.290
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.071 0.676 0.000
y 0.676 -26.030 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.739
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.314 0.676 0.000
y 0.676 -1.125 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.811
Polar
3z2-r21.622
x2-y20.959
xy0.676
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.548 -1.364 0.000
y -1.364 4.978 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.768


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.339
(<r2>)1/2 8.680