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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.994016
Energy at 298.15K-537.997618
HF Energy-537.518569
Nuclear repulsion energy95.183064
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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3293 3110 4.22      
2 A 3209 3031 4.39      
3 A 3166 2990 6.43      
4 A 3078 2907 9.18      
5 A 1513 1430 2.67      
6 A 1497 1414 8.26      
7 A 1429 1349 6.43      
8 A 1326 1253 39.67      
9 A 1142 1078 4.17      
10 A 1057 999 20.70      
11 A 1019 963 0.68      
12 A 764 721 24.17      
13 A 463 437 26.14      
14 A 337 319 2.74      
15 A 175 165 0.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11733.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9445) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11082.6 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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
1.39871 0.18655 0.17020

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.441 0.607 -0.085
C2 1.638 -0.267 0.011
Cl3 -1.105 -0.129 0.007
H4 0.452 1.644 0.214
H5 1.565 -1.105 -0.683
H6 2.536 0.306 -0.223
H7 1.756 -0.684 1.018

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48501.71521.07982.13352.12072.1476
C21.48502.74662.25871.09101.09071.0962
Cl31.71522.74662.36912.92523.67423.0849
H41.07982.25872.36913.09922.51532.7872
H52.13351.09102.92523.09921.77391.7630
H62.12071.09073.67422.51531.77391.7690
H72.14761.09623.08492.78721.76301.7690

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 110.907 C1 C2 H6 109.895
C1 C2 H7 111.727 C2 C1 Cl3 118.062
C2 C1 H4 122.660 H5 C2 H6 108.800
H5 C2 H7 107.430 H6 C2 H7 107.973
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability