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All results from a given calculation for CHClCH3 (1-chloroethyl radical)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.503374
Energy at 298.15K-537.507075
HF Energy-537.503374
Nuclear repulsion energy94.619718
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 HF/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 3398 3054 13.75      
2 A 3286 2953 18.79      
3 A 3253 2923 24.45      
4 A 3185 2861 22.61      
5 A 1629 1464 2.19      
6 A 1617 1453 6.78      
7 A 1564 1405 3.45      
8 A 1423 1278 51.08      
9 A 1194 1073 0.89      
10 A 1120 1007 16.18      
11 A 1107 994 3.88      
12 A 770 692 36.96      
13 A 514 462 24.76      
14 A 353 317 1.90      
15 A 182 164 0.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12297.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11049.1 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
1.40096 0.18316 0.16743

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.449 0.608 -0.092
C2 1.653 -0.269 0.013
Cl3 -1.116 -0.129 0.007
H4 0.461 1.631 0.231
H5 1.596 -1.092 -0.691
H6 2.545 0.309 -0.203
H7 1.756 -0.691 1.011

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49321.73331.07232.13652.11942.1473
C21.49322.77252.25381.08411.08461.0885
Cl31.73332.77252.37372.96113.69283.0938
H41.07232.25382.37373.09072.50552.7706
H52.13651.08412.96113.09071.76131.7560
H62.11941.08463.69282.50551.76131.7595
H72.14731.08853.09382.77061.75601.7595

picture of 1-chloroethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.985 C1 C2 H6 109.588
C1 C2 H7 111.589 C2 C1 Cl3 118.286
C2 C1 H4 122.065 H5 C2 H6 108.612
H5 C2 H7 107.845 H6 C2 H7 108.125
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.219      
2 C -0.499      
3 Cl -0.061      
4 H 0.216      
5 H 0.194      
6 H 0.183      
7 H 0.187      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.858 0.538 0.275 1.954
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.500 0.334 0.052
y 0.334 -24.904 0.471
z 0.052 0.471 -26.650
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.277 0.334 0.052
y 0.334 1.171 0.471
z 0.052 0.471 -1.448
Polar
3z2-r2-2.897
x2-y2-0.596
xy0.334
xz0.052
yz0.471


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.529 0.482 -0.029
y 0.482 3.931 0.063
z -0.029 0.063 3.013


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.150
(<r2>)1/2 8.726