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All results from a given calculation for C2H5 (Ethyl radical)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-78.605526
Energy at 298.15K-78.609464
HF Energy-78.605526
Nuclear repulsion energy36.990259
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 HF/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' 3293 2973 19.06      
2 A' 3211 2899 42.05      
3 A' 3142 2836 39.26      
4 A' 1613 1456 3.30      
5 A' 1596 1441 1.87      
6 A' 1536 1386 0.03      
7 A' 1110 1001 0.40      
8 A' 1074 970 0.04      
9 A' 460 416 42.88      
10 A" 3395 3064 27.49      
11 A" 3247 2931 35.75      
12 A" 1617 1459 2.99      
13 A" 1301 1174 2.10      
14 A" 867 782 0.88      
15 A" 164 148 0.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13812.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12466.8 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 HF/6-31G**
ABC
3.49538 0.75436 0.70134

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.016 -0.699 0.000
C2 -0.016 0.799 0.000
H3 0.998 -1.102 0.000
H4 -0.517 -1.094 0.878
H5 -0.517 -1.094 -0.878
H6 0.111 1.343 -0.919
H7 0.111 1.343 0.919

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49751.09091.08561.08562.24272.2427
C21.49752.15422.14582.14581.07551.0755
H31.09092.15421.75101.75102.75862.7586
H41.08562.14581.75101.75633.09242.5170
H51.08562.14581.75101.75632.51703.0924
H62.24271.07552.75863.09242.51701.8377
H72.24271.07552.75862.51703.09241.8377

picture of Ethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H6 120.409 C1 C2 H7 120.409
C2 C1 H3 111.705 C2 C1 H4 111.344
C2 C1 H5 111.344 H3 C1 H4 107.123
H3 C1 H5 107.123 H4 C1 H5 107.973
H6 C2 H7 117.371
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.353      
2 C -0.248      
3 H 0.120      
4 H 0.121      
5 H 0.121      
6 H 0.119      
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
  0.165 -0.132 0.000 0.212
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.008 0.276 0.000
y 0.276 -14.265 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.625
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.063 0.276 0.000
y 0.276 0.052 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.011
Polar
3z2-r22.022
x2-y2-0.743
xy0.276
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.376 0.045 0.000
y 0.045 3.410 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.188


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 27.693
(<r2>)1/2 5.262