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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.722584
Energy at 298.15K-538.726166
HF Energy-538.722584
Nuclear repulsion energy93.679646
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 B3PW91/6-311G**
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' 3157 3041 3.89      
2 A' 3107 2992 13.91      
3 A' 1493 1438 0.82      
4 A' 1456 1402 6.07      
5 A' 1254 1208 15.17      
6 A' 1106 1065 9.43      
7 A' 680 655 89.66      
8 A' 545 525 32.36      
9 A' 302 291 13.35      
10 A" 3268 3147 4.92      
11 A" 3172 3055 2.97      
12 A" 1255 1208 0.00      
13 A" 1063 1024 2.09      
14 A" 783 755 2.91      
15 A" 220 212 0.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11430.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9631) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11008.7 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 B3PW91/6-311G**
ABC
1.10157 0.18826 0.17177

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.459 0.841 0.000
C2 0.000 0.877 0.000
Cl3 0.701 -0.849 0.000
H4 -2.004 0.734 0.930
H5 -2.004 0.734 -0.930
H6 0.422 1.331 -0.894
H7 0.422 1.331 0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.45892.74251.08331.08332.13932.1393
C21.45891.86282.21382.21381.08831.0883
Cl32.74251.86283.26923.26922.37332.3733
H41.08332.21383.26921.85943.09352.4990
H51.08332.21383.26921.85942.49903.0935
H62.13931.08832.37333.09352.49901.7880
H72.13931.08832.37332.49903.09351.7880

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 110.717 C1 C2 H6 113.451
C1 C2 H7 113.451 C2 C1 H4 120.386
C2 C1 H5 120.386 Cl3 C2 H6 103.962
Cl3 C2 H7 103.962 H4 C1 H5 118.241
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.194      
2 C -0.356      
3 Cl -0.132      
4 H 0.148      
5 H 0.148      
6 H 0.193      
7 H 0.193      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.115 2.007 0.000 2.296
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.695 0.720 0.000
y 0.720 -26.496 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.140
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.123 0.720 0.000
y 0.720 -1.078 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.955
Polar
3z2-r21.911
x2-y20.801
xy0.720
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.538 -1.399 0.000
y -1.399 5.427 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.752


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.673
(<r2>)1/2 8.641