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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.721464
Energy at 298.15K-538.724947
HF Energy-538.721464
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/6-31G**
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 3264 3264 6.60      
2 A 3156 3156 11.55      
3 A 3104 3104 14.79      
4 A 3022 3022 18.53      
5 A 1506 1506 3.42      
6 A 1485 1485 9.09      
7 A 1433 1433 7.70      
8 A 1310 1310 42.10      
9 A 1135 1135 3.86      
10 A 1054 1054 22.21      
11 A 1015 1015 0.75      
12 A 749 749 29.12      
13 A 380 380 17.86      
14 A 314 314 20.44      
15 A 175 175 1.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11550.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11550.6 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/6-31G**
ABC
1.41406 0.18341 0.16763

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.447 0.599 -0.061
C2 1.651 -0.265 0.008
Cl3 -1.116 -0.129 0.005
H4 0.456 1.659 0.153
H5 1.607 -1.070 -0.734
H6 2.546 0.333 -0.183
H7 1.765 -0.738 0.994

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48321.72501.08232.14022.11862.1537
C21.48322.77002.27031.09521.09321.0999
Cl31.72502.77002.38472.97413.69513.1065
H41.08232.27032.38473.09192.49792.8588
H52.14021.09522.97413.09191.77581.7669
H62.11861.09323.69512.49791.77581.7728
H72.15371.09993.10652.85881.76691.7728

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 111.317 C1 C2 H6 109.708
C1 C2 H7 112.128 C2 C1 Cl3 119.217
C2 C1 H4 123.736 H5 C2 H6 108.471
H5 C2 H7 107.204 H6 C2 H7 107.872
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.227      
2 C -0.381      
3 Cl -0.019      
4 H 0.173      
5 H 0.156      
6 H 0.147      
7 H 0.152      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.634 0.390 0.228 1.695
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.573 0.253 0.056
y 0.253 -24.393 0.355
z 0.056 0.355 -26.317
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.782 0.253 0.056
y 0.253 1.052 0.355
z 0.056 0.355 -1.834
Polar
3z2-r2-3.668
x2-y2-0.180
xy0.253
xz0.056
yz0.355


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.023 0.424 -0.001
y 0.424 4.176 0.019
z -0.001 0.019 3.123


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.788
(<r2>)1/2 8.706