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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.771778
Energy at 298.15K-538.775193
HF Energy-538.771778
Nuclear repulsion energy94.309786
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 3232 3117 6.00      
2 A 3112 3001 12.69      
3 A 3061 2951 14.55      
4 A 2984 2877 23.23      
5 A 1485 1432 3.77      
6 A 1466 1414 10.15      
7 A 1415 1364 6.51      
8 A 1304 1258 43.59      
9 A 1118 1078 4.32      
10 A 1039 1002 24.15      
11 A 1001 965 0.65      
12 A 722 697 32.82      
13 A 373 359 19.31      
14 A 309 298 21.92      
15 A 152 146 1.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11386.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10978.7 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
1.40959 0.18164 0.16610

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.453 0.600 -0.062
C2 1.658 -0.266 0.008
Cl3 -1.122 -0.128 0.005
H4 0.457 1.660 0.156
H5 1.616 -1.075 -0.731
H6 2.553 0.334 -0.184
H7 1.775 -0.738 0.997

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48521.73591.08312.14552.12072.1588
C21.48522.78282.27451.09651.09491.1022
Cl31.73592.78282.39092.98853.70883.1221
H41.08312.27452.39093.10002.50362.8632
H52.14551.09652.98853.10001.77831.7677
H62.12071.09493.70882.50361.77831.7748
H72.15881.10223.12212.86321.76771.7748

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 111.527 C1 C2 H6 109.637
C1 C2 H7 112.256 C2 C1 Cl3 119.314
C2 C1 H4 123.905 H5 C2 H6 108.484
H5 C2 H7 107.021 H6 C2 H7 107.761
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 -0.108      
2 C -0.557      
3 Cl -0.017      
4 H 0.179      
5 H 0.172      
6 H 0.162      
7 H 0.170      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.631 0.353 0.251 1.687
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.243 0.244 0.083
y 0.244 -25.182 0.434
z 0.083 0.434 -27.081
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.888 0.244 0.083
y 0.244 0.980 0.434
z 0.083 0.434 -1.869
Polar
3z2-r2-3.737
x2-y2-0.062
xy0.244
xz0.083
yz0.434


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.815 0.353 0.002
y 0.353 4.927 -0.078
z 0.002 -0.078 4.159


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.775
(<r2>)1/2 8.762