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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-311G**

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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/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.757925
Energy at 298.15K-538.761567
HF Energy-538.757925
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/6-311G**
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' 3168 3031 4.18      
2 A' 3123 2987 14.81      
3 A' 1510 1444 0.79      
4 A' 1469 1405 6.02      
5 A' 1281 1225 17.91      
6 A' 1105 1057 9.35      
7 A' 681 651 103.57      
8 A' 583 557 21.91      
9 A' 309 296 12.15      
10 A" 3282 3139 5.25      
11 A" 3190 3051 3.42      
12 A" 1270 1215 0.01      
13 A" 1082 1035 2.07      
14 A" 800 765 2.53      
15 A" 230 220 1.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11541.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11039.3 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/6-311G**
ABC
1.09713 0.18959 0.17277

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.461 0.830 0.000
C2 0.000 0.875 0.000
Cl3 0.702 -0.843 0.000
H4 -2.002 0.714 0.931
H5 -2.002 0.714 -0.931
H6 0.416 1.335 -0.893
H7 0.416 1.335 0.893

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46182.73441.08271.08272.13972.1397
C21.46181.85542.21392.21391.08771.0877
Cl32.73441.85543.25663.25662.37072.3707
H41.08272.21393.25661.86123.09232.4974
H51.08272.21393.25661.86122.49743.0923
H62.13971.08772.37073.09232.49741.7866
H72.13971.08772.37072.49743.09231.7866

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 110.473 C1 C2 H6 113.312
C1 C2 H7 113.312 C2 C1 H4 120.195
C2 C1 H5 120.195 Cl3 C2 H6 104.272
Cl3 C2 H7 104.272 H4 C1 H5 118.526
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.218      
2 C -0.329      
3 Cl -0.132      
4 H 0.152      
5 H 0.152      
6 H 0.188      
7 H 0.188      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.107 2.005 0.000 2.290
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.774 0.766 0.000
y 0.766 -26.499 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.142
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.047 0.766 0.000
y 0.766 -1.041 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.994
Polar
3z2-r21.988
x2-y20.726
xy0.766
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.422 -1.326 0.000
y -1.326 5.363 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.753


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.379
(<r2>)1/2 8.624