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All results from a given calculation for CH2CH2Cl (2-chloroethyl radical)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.766751
Energy at 298.15K-538.770316
HF Energy-538.766751
Nuclear repulsion energy92.958652
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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
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' 3167 3054 3.69      
2 A' 3116 3004 10.73      
3 A' 1508 1454 0.49      
4 A' 1469 1416 5.01      
5 A' 1246 1202 18.09      
6 A' 1100 1061 11.24      
7 A' 690 666 88.82      
8 A' 498 480 44.74      
9 A' 298 288 16.54      
10 A" 3276 3158 4.91      
11 A" 3184 3070 1.88      
12 A" 1254 1210 0.04      
13 A" 1060 1022 0.89      
14 A" 788 760 1.80      
15 A" 239 231 1.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11446.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11037.1 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
1.08775 0.18503 0.16879

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.461 0.858 0.000
C2 0.000 0.892 0.000
Cl3 0.701 -0.864 0.000
H4 -2.008 0.750 0.930
H5 -2.008 0.750 -0.930
H6 0.428 1.340 -0.896
H7 0.428 1.340 0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.46102.76341.08471.08472.14522.1452
C21.46101.89082.21732.21731.08921.0892
Cl32.76341.89083.28753.28752.39422.3942
H41.08472.21733.28751.86093.10092.5060
H51.08472.21733.28751.86092.50603.1009
H62.14521.08922.39423.10092.50601.7925
H72.14521.08922.39422.50603.10091.7925

picture of 2-chloroethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 Cl3 110.411 C1 C2 H6 113.733
C1 C2 H7 113.733 C2 C1 H4 120.431
C2 C1 H5 120.431 Cl3 C2 H6 103.632
Cl3 C2 H7 103.632 H4 C1 H5 118.147
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.193      
2 C -0.442      
3 Cl -0.083      
4 H 0.159      
5 H 0.159      
6 H 0.200      
7 H 0.200      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.104 2.071 0.000 2.347
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.962 0.884 0.000
y 0.884 -26.955 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.326
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.178 0.884 0.000
y 0.884 -1.310 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.132
Polar
3z2-r22.264
x2-y20.992
xy0.884
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.340 -1.429 0.000
y -1.429 6.141 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.423


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.798
(<r2>)1/2 8.706