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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.160562
Energy at 298.15K-537.163842
HF Energy-537.160562
Nuclear repulsion energy95.395422
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 LSDA/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 3181 3121 2.23      
2 A 3077 3019 4.32      
3 A 2994 2938 8.76      
4 A 2916 2861 15.78      
5 A 1420 1394 4.01      
6 A 1393 1367 12.13      
7 A 1355 1329 18.05      
8 A 1265 1241 32.66      
9 A 1136 1115 5.12      
10 A 1014 995 22.82      
11 A 949 931 2.29      
12 A 754 740 22.95      
13 A 353 346 6.45      
14 A 276 270 35.62      
15 A 116 114 5.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11098.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10891.1 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
1.42578 0.18719 0.17087

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.442 0.591 -0.041
C2 1.631 -0.260 0.005
Cl3 -1.104 -0.128 0.004
H4 0.448 1.673 0.103
H5 1.597 -1.056 -0.763
H6 2.536 0.345 -0.165
H7 1.754 -0.778 0.980

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46201.70611.09152.13732.11222.1531
C21.46202.73842.26761.10651.10181.1117
Cl31.70612.73842.37972.95793.67533.0900
H41.09152.26762.37973.08492.48922.9121
H52.13731.10652.95793.08491.78941.7722
H62.11221.10183.67532.48921.78941.7840
H72.15311.11173.09002.91211.77221.7840

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 111.892 C1 C2 H6 110.148
C1 C2 H7 112.851 C2 C1 Cl3 119.418
C2 C1 H4 124.622 H5 C2 H6 108.247
H5 C2 H7 106.055 H6 C2 H7 107.402
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.256      
2 C -0.437      
3 Cl 0.016      
4 H 0.175      
5 H 0.171      
6 H 0.163      
7 H 0.168      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.443 0.280 0.168 1.480
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.337 0.205 0.041
y 0.205 -24.433 0.258
z 0.041 0.258 -26.427
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.094 0.205 0.041
y 0.205 0.949 0.258
z 0.041 0.258 -2.043
Polar
3z2-r2-4.085
x2-y20.096
xy0.205
xz0.041
yz0.258


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.421 0.328 0.031
y 0.328 4.344 -0.005
z 0.031 -0.005 3.181


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.789
(<r2>)1/2 8.648