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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-536.160309
Energy at 298.15K-536.163993
HF Energy-536.160309
Nuclear repulsion energy93.333184
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 M06-2X/3-21G*
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' 3193 3024 1.32      
2 A' 3114 2949 5.14      
3 A' 1535 1454 3.40      
4 A' 1505 1425 5.90      
5 A' 1294 1225 7.72      
6 A' 1078 1021 8.59      
7 A' 654 620 82.30      
8 A' 527 499 44.18      
9 A' 317 301 15.24      
10 A" 3304 3129 1.55      
11 A" 3175 3008 0.22      
12 A" 1303 1234 0.16      
13 A" 1084 1027 0.51      
14 A" 790 749 4.35      
15 A" 307 291 1.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11589.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10977.6 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 M06-2X/3-21G*
ABC
1.07160 0.18817 0.17099

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.470 0.828 0.000
C2 0.000 0.890 0.000
Cl3 0.706 -0.846 0.000
H4 -2.003 0.689 0.931
H5 -2.003 0.689 -0.931
H6 0.414 1.349 -0.896
H7 0.414 1.349 0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47162.74561.08161.08162.15022.1502
C21.47161.87432.21822.21821.08861.0886
Cl32.74561.87433.25043.25042.38922.3892
H41.08162.21823.25041.86153.10082.5056
H51.08162.21823.25041.86152.50563.1008
H62.15021.08862.38923.10082.50561.7926
H72.15021.08862.38922.50563.10081.7926

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 109.704 C1 C2 H6 113.412
C1 C2 H7 113.412 C2 C1 H4 119.867
C2 C1 H5 119.867 Cl3 C2 H6 104.333
Cl3 C2 H7 104.333 H4 C1 H5 118.755
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.320      
2 C -0.544      
3 Cl -0.100      
4 H 0.219      
5 H 0.219      
6 H 0.263      
7 H 0.263      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.162 2.011 0.000 2.322
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.448 0.855 0.000
y 0.855 -26.429 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.996
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.264 0.855 0.000
y 0.855 -1.207 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.943
Polar
3z2-r21.887
x2-y20.981
xy0.855
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.796 -1.178 0.000
y -1.178 4.554 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.438


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.784
(<r2>)1/2 8.648