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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-536.132280
Energy at 298.15K-536.135756
HF Energy-536.132280
Nuclear repulsion energy89.701964
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 B3LYP/3-21G
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' 3175 3064 1.27      
2 A' 3170 3059 3.05      
3 A' 1555 1501 0.89      
4 A' 1516 1463 9.65      
5 A' 1199 1157 5.29      
6 A' 1106 1067 2.33      
7 A' 784 757 61.18      
8 A' 271 261 1.62      
9 A' 253 244 39.94      
10 A" 3283 3168 2.85      
11 A" 3246 3132 0.01      
12 A" 1278 1234 0.05      
13 A" 1012 976 0.11      
14 A" 824 795 4.18      
15 A" 365 352 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11518.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11114.0 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 B3LYP/3-21G
ABC
1.00442 0.17125 0.15552

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.418 0.946 0.000
C2 0.000 1.032 0.000
Cl3 0.675 -0.958 0.000
H4 -1.964 0.839 0.929
H5 -1.964 0.839 -0.929
H6 0.483 1.368 -0.911
H7 0.483 1.368 0.911

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.42032.82861.08321.08322.14962.1496
C21.42032.10072.18112.18111.08491.0849
Cl32.82862.10073.32433.32432.50552.5055
H41.08322.18113.32431.85893.10712.5030
H51.08322.18113.32431.85892.50303.1071
H62.14961.08492.50553.10712.50301.8230
H72.14961.08492.50552.50303.10711.8230

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 105.257 C1 C2 H6 117.571
C1 C2 H7 117.571 C2 C1 H4 120.603
C2 C1 H5 120.603 Cl3 C2 H6 98.674
Cl3 C2 H7 98.674 H4 C1 H5 118.190
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.296      
2 C -0.483      
3 Cl -0.185      
4 H 0.222      
5 H 0.222      
6 H 0.261      
7 H 0.261      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.544 2.847 0.000 3.239
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.760 0.775 0.000
y 0.775 -26.635 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.871
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.993 0.775 0.000
y 0.775 -1.819 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.826
Polar
3z2-r21.652
x2-y21.874
xy0.775
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.378 -1.948 0.000
y -1.948 5.449 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.097


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.738
(<r2>)1/2 8.930