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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.696186
Energy at 298.15K-538.699579
HF Energy-538.696186
Nuclear repulsion energy93.544905
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 3149 3124 9.88      
2 A 3035 3012 13.83      
3 A 2986 2963 17.20      
4 A 2899 2877 26.67      
5 A 1457 1446 1.95      
6 A 1436 1425 6.32      
7 A 1380 1369 2.22      
8 A 1268 1258 43.63      
9 A 1088 1079 4.78      
10 A 1006 998 23.43      
11 A 978 971 0.83      
12 A 690 685 32.69      
13 A 380 378 25.41      
14 A 313 311 10.86      
15 A 154 152 0.66      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11109.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11023.8 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
1.39192 0.17853 0.16338

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.462 0.604 -0.071
C2 1.669 -0.268 0.009
Cl3 -1.132 -0.129 0.006
H4 0.464 1.664 0.180
H5 1.618 -1.103 -0.710
H6 2.569 0.328 -0.213
H7 1.807 -0.717 1.015

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49161.75551.09012.15812.13042.1757
C21.49162.80492.28371.10311.10211.1102
Cl31.75552.80492.40713.00383.73593.1625
H41.09012.28372.40713.12752.52402.8588
H52.15811.10313.00383.12751.78921.7772
H62.13041.10213.73592.52401.78921.7839
H72.17571.11023.16252.85881.77721.7839

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 111.681 C1 C2 H6 109.531
C1 C2 H7 112.670 C2 C1 Cl3 119.280
C2 C1 H4 123.653 H5 C2 H6 108.461
H5 C2 H7 106.828 H6 C2 H7 107.486
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 -0.174      
2 C -0.286      
3 Cl -0.025      
4 H 0.128      
5 H 0.124      
6 H 0.114      
7 H 0.119      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.559 0.327 0.252 1.612
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.613 0.224 0.059
y 0.224 -24.659 0.385
z 0.059 0.385 -26.415
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.924 0.224 0.059
y 0.224 0.855 0.385
z 0.059 0.385 -1.779
Polar
3z2-r2-3.558
x2-y20.046
xy0.224
xz0.059
yz0.385


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.502 0.400 0.011
y 0.400 4.306 0.015
z 0.011 0.015 3.179


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.392
(<r2>)1/2 8.797