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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.539703
Energy at 298.15K-537.543421
HF Energy-537.539703
Nuclear repulsion energy94.257840
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/6-311G*
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' 3297 2982 8.92      
2 A' 3280 2966 28.10      
3 A' 1631 1475 1.01      
4 A' 1586 1434 1.99      
5 A' 1406 1271 38.46      
6 A' 1132 1024 8.84      
7 A' 695 629 134.21      
8 A' 608 550 2.01      
9 A' 330 298 12.77      
10 A" 3406 3080 16.61      
11 A" 3341 3021 7.09      
12 A" 1379 1247 0.01      
13 A" 1169 1058 2.47      
14 A" 838 758 1.22      
15 A" 226 205 2.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12161.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9044) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 10998.8 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/6-311G*
ABC
1.10655 0.19066 0.17361

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.478 0.820 0.000
C2 0.000 0.861 0.000
Cl3 0.711 -0.828 0.000
H4 -2.008 0.662 0.921
H5 -2.008 0.662 -0.921
H6 0.402 1.331 -0.881
H7 0.402 1.331 0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.47852.73941.07411.07412.13812.1381
C21.47851.83202.21802.21801.07691.0769
Cl32.73941.83203.23403.23402.35252.3525
H41.07412.21803.23401.84163.08262.5012
H51.07412.21803.23401.84162.50123.0826
H62.13811.07692.35253.08262.50121.7627
H72.13811.07692.35252.50123.08261.7627

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 111.236 C1 C2 H6 112.643
C1 C2 H7 112.643 C2 C1 H4 119.828
C2 C1 H5 119.828 Cl3 C2 H6 104.958
Cl3 C2 H7 104.958 H4 C1 H5 118.020
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.389      
2 C -0.461      
3 Cl -0.156      
4 H 0.237      
5 H 0.237      
6 H 0.266      
7 H 0.266      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.155 2.082 0.000 2.381
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.307 1.035 0.000
y 1.035 -26.837 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.386
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.196 1.035 0.000
y 1.035 -0.990 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.185
Polar
3z2-r22.371
x2-y20.529
xy1.035
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.691 -1.068 0.000
y -1.068 4.994 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.562


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.227
(<r2>)1/2 8.615