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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.727191
Energy at 298.15K-538.730665
HF Energy-538.727191
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 3253 3253 5.35      
2 A 3141 3141 10.50      
3 A 3090 3090 12.71      
4 A 3010 3010 17.27      
5 A 1492 1492 3.06      
6 A 1472 1472 8.09      
7 A 1416 1416 5.29      
8 A 1292 1292 41.71      
9 A 1128 1128 4.34      
10 A 1045 1045 18.06      
11 A 1009 1009 0.75      
12 A 750 750 25.20      
13 A 376 376 14.85      
14 A 313 313 15.81      
15 A 172 172 1.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11479.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11479.5 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
1.41670 0.18441 0.16849

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.443 0.598 -0.060
C2 1.648 -0.264 0.008
Cl3 -1.112 -0.129 0.005
H4 0.450 1.659 0.150
H5 1.599 -1.073 -0.728
H6 2.542 0.333 -0.190
H7 1.767 -0.732 0.996

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48311.71761.08132.13952.12032.1529
C21.48312.76322.27001.09521.09341.0999
Cl31.71762.76322.37802.96333.68863.1035
H41.08132.27002.37803.09152.50082.8575
H52.13951.09522.96333.09151.77651.7660
H62.12031.09343.68862.50081.77651.7727
H72.15291.09993.10352.85751.76601.7727

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 111.273 C1 C2 H6 109.838
C1 C2 H7 112.068 C2 C1 Cl3 119.204
C2 C1 H4 123.800 H5 C2 H6 108.530
H5 C2 H7 107.135 H6 C2 H7 107.854
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 -0.103      
2 C -0.436      
3 Cl -0.112      
4 H 0.171      
5 H 0.164      
6 H 0.156      
7 H 0.160      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.578 0.392 0.194 1.637
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.480 0.316 0.051
y 0.316 -24.315 0.321
z 0.051 0.321 -26.152
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.753 0.316 0.051
y 0.316 1.001 0.321
z 0.051 0.321 -1.754
Polar
3z2-r2-3.509
x2-y2-0.165
xy0.316
xz0.051
yz0.321


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.390 0.320 0.003
y 0.320 4.565 0.011
z 0.003 0.011 3.660


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.438
(<r2>)1/2 8.685