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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.514886
Energy at 298.15K-537.518597
HF Energy-537.514886
Nuclear repulsion energy94.422375
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(2df,p)
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' 3290 2980 6.66      
2 A' 3256 2949 20.34      
3 A' 1619 1466 1.08      
4 A' 1576 1427 1.05      
5 A' 1380 1249 31.43      
6 A' 1126 1020 8.23      
7 A' 699 633 116.14      
8 A' 612 554 1.94      
9 A' 329 298 11.52      
10 A" 3402 3080 8.65      
11 A" 3320 3006 4.08      
12 A" 1361 1233 0.26      
13 A" 1151 1042 0.91      
14 A" 829 751 0.75      
15 A" 223 202 1.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12086.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10943.9 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(2df,p)
ABC
1.10528 0.19172 0.17448

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.479 0.812 0.000
C2 0.000 0.858 0.000
Cl3 0.711 -0.823 0.000
H4 -2.007 0.651 0.922
H5 -2.007 0.651 -0.922
H6 0.399 1.332 -0.883
H7 0.399 1.332 0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47962.73291.07441.07442.13942.1394
C21.47961.82492.21802.21801.07851.0785
Cl32.73291.82493.22603.22602.34912.3491
H41.07442.21803.22601.84363.08372.5009
H51.07442.21803.22601.84362.50093.0837
H62.13941.07852.34913.08372.50091.7653
H72.13941.07852.34912.50093.08371.7653

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 111.156 C1 C2 H6 112.566
C1 C2 H7 112.566 C2 C1 H4 119.716
C2 C1 H5 119.716 Cl3 C2 H6 105.094
Cl3 C2 H7 105.094 H4 C1 H5 118.178
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.290      
2 C -0.206      
3 Cl -0.203      
4 H 0.166      
5 H 0.166      
6 H 0.183      
7 H 0.183      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.069 1.953 0.000 2.226
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.756 0.902 0.000
y 0.902 -26.110 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.941
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.230 0.902 0.000
y 0.902 -0.761 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.991
Polar
3z2-r21.982
x2-y20.354
xy0.902
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.036 -0.859 0.000
y -0.859 4.956 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.084


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.615
(<r2>)1/2 8.580