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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 2A
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.449947
Energy at 298.15K-537.453549
HF Energy-537.449947
Nuclear repulsion energy92.713986
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/6-31G
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 3418 3086 6.79      
2 A 3277 2959 13.28      
3 A 3244 2929 18.65      
4 A 3172 2864 17.13      
5 A 1640 1481 5.74      
6 A 1627 1469 11.89      
7 A 1585 1431 9.05      
8 A 1390 1255 68.46      
9 A 1209 1092 2.67      
10 A 1137 1027 6.36      
11 A 1116 1007 14.06      
12 A 686 619 46.54      
13 A 459 414 35.29      
14 A 343 310 2.96      
15 A 168 152 0.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12235.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11047.1 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
1.36368 0.17495 0.15996

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.500 0.623 -0.083
C2 1.677 -0.282 0.012
Cl3 -1.148 -0.127 0.006
H4 0.496 1.650 0.215
H5 1.610 -1.088 -0.709
H6 2.583 0.278 -0.184
H7 1.764 -0.729 0.999

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48731.81291.06942.13222.11352.1439
C21.48732.82922.27321.08281.08371.0870
Cl31.81292.82922.42923.00663.75803.1352
H41.06942.27322.42923.09602.52902.8075
H52.13221.08283.00663.09601.75751.7518
H62.11351.08373.75802.52901.75751.7566
H72.14391.08703.13522.80751.75181.7566

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 111.146 C1 C2 H6 109.587
C1 C2 H7 111.833 C2 C1 Cl3 117.688
C2 C1 H4 124.725 H5 C2 H6 108.437
H5 C2 H7 107.675 H6 C2 H7 108.046
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.249      
2 C -0.487      
3 Cl -0.044      
4 H 0.214      
5 H 0.196      
6 H 0.182      
7 H 0.188      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.479 0.699 0.292 2.592
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.098 0.080 0.087
y 0.080 -24.914 0.483
z 0.087 0.483 -26.916
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.183 0.080 0.087
y 0.080 1.593 0.483
z 0.087 0.483 -1.410
Polar
3z2-r2-2.819
x2-y2-1.184
xy0.080
xz0.087
yz0.483


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.762 0.689 -0.040
y 0.689 3.688 0.057
z -0.040 0.057 2.630


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 78.838
(<r2>)1/2 8.879