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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-537.110165
Energy at 298.15K-537.113671
HF Energy-537.110165
Nuclear repulsion energy91.160113
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 LSDA/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' 3116 3053 0.51      
2 A' 3084 3022 3.37      
3 A' 1492 1462 0.37      
4 A' 1443 1414 15.27      
5 A' 1203 1178 4.87      
6 A' 1141 1118 0.47      
7 A' 774 758 74.49      
8 A' 357 349 42.40      
9 A' 270 265 11.14      
10 A" 3231 3165 2.92      
11 A" 3168 3104 0.22      
12 A" 1223 1198 0.08      
13 A" 999 979 0.18      
14 A" 794 778 5.87      
15 A" 306 299 0.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11299.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9797) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11070.4 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 LSDA/6-31G
ABC
1.02940 0.17878 0.16246

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.420 0.905 0.000
C2 0.000 0.977 0.000
Cl3 0.678 -0.918 0.000
H4 -1.976 0.800 0.937
H5 -1.976 0.800 -0.937
H6 0.473 1.358 -0.913
H7 0.473 1.358 0.913

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.42202.78011.09421.09422.15062.1506
C21.42202.01302.19392.19391.09731.0973
Cl32.78012.01303.29793.29792.46172.4617
H41.09422.19393.29791.87323.11992.5123
H51.09422.19393.29791.87322.51233.1199
H62.15061.09732.46173.11992.51231.8270
H72.15061.09732.46172.51233.11991.8270

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 106.800 C1 C2 H6 116.639
C1 C2 H7 116.639 C2 C1 H4 120.811
C2 C1 H5 120.811 Cl3 C2 H6 100.480
Cl3 C2 H7 100.480 H4 C1 H5 117.736
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.235      
2 C -0.488      
3 Cl -0.120      
4 H 0.188      
5 H 0.188      
6 H 0.234      
7 H 0.234      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.349 2.520 0.000 2.859
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.752 0.775 0.000
y 0.775 -26.532 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.733
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.881 0.775 0.000
y 0.775 -1.789 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.908
Polar
3z2-r21.817
x2-y21.780
xy0.775
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.786 -1.837 0.000
y -1.837 5.321 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.432


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 77.382
(<r2>)1/2 8.797