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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-536.060324
Energy at 298.15K-536.063569
HF Energy-536.060324
Nuclear repulsion energy87.081775
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 BLYP/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' 3107 3090 2.44      
2 A' 3095 3078 1.80      
3 A' 1539 1530 5.04      
4 A' 1489 1481 10.39      
5 A' 1241 1235 8.72      
6 A' 1006 1000 18.02      
7 A' 850 846 41.31      
8 A' 221 219 7.87      
9 A' 133 132 1.93      
10 A" 3205 3187 3.23      
11 A" 3176 3158 0.65      
12 A" 1244 1237 0.01      
13 A" 931 926 0.00      
14 A" 830 825 3.48      
15 A" 390 388 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11227.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11166.0 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 BLYP/3-21G
ABC
0.92283 0.16087 0.14520

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.384 0.986 0.000
C2 0.000 1.169 0.000
Cl3 0.655 -1.029 0.000
H4 -1.934 0.859 0.933
H5 -1.934 0.859 -0.933
H6 0.516 1.427 -0.925
H7 0.516 1.427 0.925

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.39622.86701.09081.09082.15922.1592
C21.39622.29352.16992.16991.09051.0905
Cl32.86702.29353.33833.33832.62812.6281
H41.09082.16993.33831.86693.12762.5155
H51.09082.16993.33831.86692.51553.1276
H62.15921.09052.62813.12762.51551.8504
H72.15921.09052.62812.51553.12761.8504

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 99.073 C1 C2 H6 120.026
C1 C2 H7 120.026 C2 C1 H4 121.009
C2 C1 H5 121.009 Cl3 C2 H6 95.250
Cl3 C2 H7 95.250 H4 C1 H5 117.674
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.276      
2 C -0.389      
3 Cl -0.236      
4 H 0.212      
5 H 0.212      
6 H 0.238      
7 H 0.238      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.613 3.022 0.000 3.426
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.297 0.594 0.000
y 0.594 -26.495 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.863
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.382 0.594 0.000
y 0.594 -1.915 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.533
Polar
3z2-r21.066
x2-y22.198
xy0.594
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.894 -2.202 0.000
y -2.202 6.122 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.119


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 83.598
(<r2>)1/2 9.143