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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.407426
Energy at 298.15K-538.410900
HF Energy-538.407426
Nuclear repulsion energy89.866438
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 PBEPBE/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' 3118 3075 2.29      
2 A' 3091 3049 5.85      
3 A' 1503 1482 0.27      
4 A' 1461 1441 8.88      
5 A' 1180 1164 3.90      
6 A' 1126 1110 2.06      
7 A' 763 752 66.70      
8 A' 322 318 35.81      
9 A' 269 265 15.76      
10 A" 3231 3186 7.42      
11 A" 3175 3131 0.90      
12 A" 1234 1217 0.04      
13 A" 996 982 0.29      
14 A" 794 783 4.33      
15 A" 318 314 0.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11290.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9862) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11134.8 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 PBEPBE/6-31G
ABC
1.02431 0.17146 0.15626

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.436 0.944 0.000
C2 0.000 0.994 0.000
Cl3 0.685 -0.944 0.000
H4 -1.993 0.850 0.936
H5 -1.993 0.850 -0.936
H6 0.480 1.361 -0.914
H7 0.480 1.361 0.914

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.43702.84001.09271.09272.16302.1630
C21.43702.05562.20612.20611.09541.0954
Cl32.84002.05563.35623.35622.48782.4878
H41.09272.20613.35621.87133.12952.5245
H51.09272.20613.35621.87132.52453.1295
H62.16301.09542.48783.12952.52451.8281
H72.16301.09542.48782.52453.12951.8281

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 107.487 C1 C2 H6 116.686
C1 C2 H7 116.686 C2 C1 H4 120.795
C2 C1 H5 120.795 Cl3 C2 H6 99.768
Cl3 C2 H7 99.768 H4 C1 H5 117.798
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.204      
2 C -0.432      
3 Cl -0.149      
4 H 0.174      
5 H 0.174      
6 H 0.218      
7 H 0.218      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.460 2.676 0.000 3.049
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.721 0.674 0.000
y 0.674 -26.411 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.801
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.885 0.674 0.000
y 0.674 -1.651 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.766
Polar
3z2-r21.531
x2-y21.691
xy0.674
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.730 -1.920 0.000
y -1.920 5.492 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.400


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 79.563
(<r2>)1/2 8.920