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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.719614
Energy at 298.15K-538.723253
HF Energy-538.719614
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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' 3186 3186 3.88      
2 A' 3126 3126 12.14      
3 A' 1510 1510 0.59      
4 A' 1471 1471 3.39      
5 A' 1267 1267 16.27      
6 A' 1103 1103 8.40      
7 A' 671 671 96.97      
8 A' 599 599 9.30      
9 A' 308 308 11.28      
10 A" 3302 3302 4.21      
11 A" 3195 3195 2.42      
12 A" 1265 1265 0.20      
13 A" 1075 1075 0.72      
14 A" 795 795 1.48      
15 A" 234 234 1.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11553.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11553.4 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 wB97X-D/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.09292 0.19119 0.17399

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.464 0.817 0.000
C2 0.000 0.871 0.000
Cl3 0.704 -0.834 0.000
H4 -2.003 0.690 0.931
H5 -2.003 0.690 -0.931
H6 0.414 1.337 -0.893
H7 0.414 1.337 0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46532.72551.08321.08322.14382.1438
C21.46531.84452.21632.21631.08901.0890
Cl32.72551.84453.24283.24282.36522.3652
H41.08322.21633.24281.86183.09652.5028
H51.08322.21633.24281.86182.50283.0965
H62.14381.08902.36523.09652.50281.7856
H72.14381.08902.36522.50283.09651.7856

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 110.342 C1 C2 H6 113.309
C1 C2 H7 113.309 C2 C1 H4 120.095
C2 C1 H5 120.095 Cl3 C2 H6 104.509
Cl3 C2 H7 104.509 H4 C1 H5 118.502
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.287      
2 C -0.217      
3 Cl -0.188      
4 H 0.166      
5 H 0.166      
6 H 0.180      
7 H 0.180      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.038 1.888 0.000 2.155
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.146 0.727 0.000
y 0.727 -25.740 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.538
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.007 0.727 0.000
y 0.727 -0.898 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.905
Polar
3z2-r21.809
x2-y20.594
xy0.727
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.563 -1.055 0.000
y -1.055 5.153 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.207


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 73.596
(<r2>)1/2 8.579