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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.495799
Energy at 298.15K-538.499253
HF Energy-538.495799
Nuclear repulsion energy94.906069
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3267 3114 6.75      
2 A 3157 3009 9.46      
3 A 3106 2961 12.73      
4 A 3026 2885 18.23      
5 A 1509 1438 3.41      
6 A 1489 1419 9.95      
7 A 1436 1368 8.71      
8 A 1327 1265 40.76      
9 A 1146 1092 4.17      
10 A 1059 1010 23.65      
11 A 1012 964 0.98      
12 A 756 720 27.92      
13 A 383 365 20.76      
14 A 315 300 18.38      
15 A 151 144 1.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11569.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11026.9 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
1.41983 0.18436 0.16853

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.444 0.596 -0.063
C2 1.647 -0.263 0.008
Cl3 -1.112 -0.128 0.005
H4 0.453 1.656 0.159
H5 1.598 -1.082 -0.720
H6 2.541 0.333 -0.201
H7 1.774 -0.722 1.002

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47981.71831.08332.13922.11772.1542
C21.47982.76242.26571.09651.09491.1018
Cl31.71832.76242.37872.96293.68813.1106
H41.08332.26572.37873.09512.49832.8482
H52.13921.09652.96293.09511.77771.7678
H62.11771.09493.68812.49831.77771.7741
H72.15421.10183.11062.84821.76781.7741

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 111.400 C1 C2 H6 109.764
C1 C2 H7 112.287 C2 C1 Cl3 119.293
C2 C1 H4 123.506 H5 C2 H6 108.435
H5 C2 H7 107.062 H6 C2 H7 107.734
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.268      
2 C -0.539      
3 Cl -0.006      
4 H 0.215      
5 H 0.204      
6 H 0.195      
7 H 0.199      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.589 0.383 0.238 1.652
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.617 0.274 0.053
y 0.274 -24.440 0.374
z 0.053 0.374 -26.375
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.791 0.274 0.053
y 0.274 1.056 0.374
z 0.053 0.374 -1.847
Polar
3z2-r2-3.693
x2-y2-0.177
xy0.274
xz0.053
yz0.374


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.001 0.411 0.003
y 0.411 4.123 0.014
z 0.003 0.014 3.076


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.540
(<r2>)1/2 8.691