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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.691680
Energy at 298.15K-538.695139
HF Energy-538.691680
Nuclear repulsion energy91.433787
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 BLYP/6-31G**
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' 3093 3069 3.78      
2 A' 3050 3026 10.31      
3 A' 1482 1470 0.06      
4 A' 1441 1430 2.80      
5 A' 1172 1163 8.34      
6 A' 1094 1085 8.67      
7 A' 693 688 57.26      
8 A' 384 381 48.24      
9 A' 277 275 19.95      
10 A" 3198 3173 7.99      
11 A" 3120 3096 3.08      
12 A" 1220 1210 0.11      
13 A" 1008 1000 0.59      
14 A" 771 765 1.96      
15 A" 278 276 0.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11139.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11053.8 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
1.05932 0.17829 0.16267

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.453 0.902 0.000
C2 0.000 0.933 0.000
Cl3 0.696 -0.900 0.000
H4 -2.007 0.795 0.935
H5 -2.007 0.795 -0.935
H6 0.453 1.350 -0.906
H7 0.453 1.350 0.906

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.45382.80441.09131.09132.15762.1576
C21.45381.96062.21792.21791.09511.0951
Cl32.80441.96063.32413.32412.43742.4374
H41.09132.21793.32411.86953.12152.5213
H51.09132.21793.32411.86952.52133.1215
H62.15761.09512.43743.12152.52131.8115
H72.15761.09512.43742.52133.12151.8115

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 109.547 C1 C2 H6 114.943
C1 C2 H7 114.943 C2 C1 H4 120.584
C2 C1 H5 120.584 Cl3 C2 H6 102.065
Cl3 C2 H7 102.065 H4 C1 H5 117.858
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.137      
2 C -0.250      
3 Cl -0.154      
4 H 0.118      
5 H 0.118      
6 H 0.153      
7 H 0.153      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.233 2.233 0.000 2.551
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.001 0.582 0.000
y 0.582 -26.013 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.865
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.438 0.582 0.000
y 0.582 -1.079 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.642
Polar
3z2-r21.284
x2-y21.011
xy0.582
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.816 -1.607 0.000
y -1.607 5.323 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.807


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.330
(<r2>)1/2 8.794