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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.435076
Energy at 298.15K-538.438589
HF Energy-538.435076
Nuclear repulsion energy92.816344
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3063 3.84      
2 A' 3050 2999 11.76      
3 A' 1479 1455 0.46      
4 A' 1439 1416 4.04      
5 A' 1212 1192 11.77      
6 A' 1104 1085 8.57      
7 A' 669 658 73.64      
8 A' 497 489 41.14      
9 A' 289 284 15.60      
10 A" 3217 3164 6.33      
11 A" 3115 3063 3.22      
12 A" 1228 1208 0.09      
13 A" 1035 1018 0.87      
14 A" 769 757 2.85      
15 A" 241 237 0.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11228.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11043.1 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
1.07556 0.18530 0.16886

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.460 0.855 0.000
C2 0.000 0.895 0.000
Cl3 0.701 -0.863 0.000
H4 -2.011 0.734 0.936
H5 -2.011 0.734 -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
C11.46072.76081.09301.09302.15412.1541
C21.46071.89192.22412.22411.09881.0988
Cl32.76081.89193.28353.28352.40322.4032
H41.09302.22413.28351.87233.11922.5200
H51.09302.22413.28351.87232.52003.1192
H62.15411.09882.40323.11922.52001.8048
H72.15411.09882.40322.52003.11921.8048

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 110.209 C1 C2 H6 113.871
C1 C2 H7 113.871 C2 C1 H4 120.455
C2 C1 H5 120.455 Cl3 C2 H6 103.753
Cl3 C2 H7 103.753 H4 C1 H5 117.854
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.265      
2 C -0.420      
3 Cl -0.108      
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 2.000 0.000 2.292
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.070 0.678 0.000
y 0.678 -26.028 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.739
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.314 0.678 0.000
y 0.678 -1.124 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.810
Polar
3z2-r21.621
x2-y20.958
xy0.678
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.550 -1.365 0.000
y -1.365 4.980 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.767


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.336
(<r2>)1/2 8.680