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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.759240
Energy at 298.15K-538.762514
HF Energy-538.759240
Nuclear repulsion energy94.241030
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 BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3137 3119 4.43      
2 A 3009 2992 12.80      
3 A 2950 2934 14.55      
4 A 2882 2866 25.23      
5 A 1447 1439 3.11      
6 A 1424 1416 7.92      
7 A 1372 1364 3.69      
8 A 1258 1251 36.44      
9 A 1079 1073 4.65      
10 A 1007 1001 18.70      
11 A 974 968 0.59      
12 A 695 691 26.26      
13 A 348 346 5.02      
14 A 270 269 25.83      
15 A 126 126 3.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10988.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10928.1 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 BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.41567 0.18107 0.16562

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.450 0.596 -0.047
C2 1.661 -0.263 0.006
Cl3 -1.123 -0.129 0.004
H4 0.453 1.668 0.119
H5 1.635 -1.055 -0.758
H6 2.558 0.347 -0.160
H7 1.777 -0.769 0.981

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48591.73351.08432.15232.12492.1642
C21.48592.78762.28051.09971.09701.1052
Cl31.73352.78762.39313.00713.71503.1269
H41.08432.28052.39313.09452.50012.9043
H52.15231.09973.00713.09451.78131.7678
H62.12491.09703.71502.50011.78131.7771
H72.16421.10523.12692.90431.76781.7771

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 111.832 C1 C2 H6 109.790
C1 C2 H7 112.456 C2 C1 Cl3 119.775
C2 C1 H4 124.329 H5 C2 H6 108.372
H5 C2 H7 106.600 H6 C2 H7 107.598
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.239      
2 C -0.253      
3 Cl -0.161      
4 H 0.174      
5 H 0.162      
6 H 0.154      
7 H 0.162      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.477 0.299 0.164 1.516
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.266 0.266 0.054
y 0.266 -25.423 0.308
z 0.054 0.308 -27.239
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.065 0.266 0.054
y 0.266 0.829 0.308
z 0.054 0.308 -1.894
Polar
3z2-r2-3.789
x2-y20.157
xy0.266
xz0.054
yz0.308


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.014 0.192 0.010
y 0.192 5.860 -0.074
z 0.010 -0.074 5.161


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.052
(<r2>)1/2 8.778