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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-538.802634
Energy at 298.15K-538.806203
HF Energy-538.802634
Nuclear repulsion energy92.955994
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 B3LYP/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' 3151 3045 5.30      
2 A' 3111 3006 15.22      
3 A' 1514 1463 0.88      
4 A' 1475 1425 5.78      
5 A' 1257 1215 15.64      
6 A' 1103 1066 9.95      
7 A' 685 662 84.19      
8 A' 483 467 48.45      
9 A' 297 287 16.29      
10 A" 3257 3147 9.42      
11 A" 3175 3068 3.92      
12 A" 1269 1226 0.00      
13 A" 1070 1034 2.44      
14 A" 794 767 2.62      
15 A" 249 241 0.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11444.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11059.1 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 B3LYP/6-311G*
ABC
1.08927 0.18488 0.16864

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.455 0.864 0.000
C2 0.000 0.897 0.000
Cl3 0.698 -0.868 0.000
H4 -2.002 0.755 0.928
H5 -2.002 0.755 -0.928
H6 0.433 1.337 -0.894
H7 0.433 1.337 0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 Cl3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.45522.76301.08291.08292.14192.1419
C21.45521.89752.21142.21141.08671.0867
Cl32.76301.89753.28453.28452.39362.3936
H41.08292.21143.28451.85603.09682.5041
H51.08292.21143.28451.85602.50413.0968
H62.14191.08672.39363.09682.50411.7886
H72.14191.08672.39362.50413.09681.7886

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 110.300 C1 C2 H6 114.052
C1 C2 H7 114.052 C2 C1 H4 120.509
C2 C1 H5 120.509 Cl3 C2 H6 103.290
Cl3 C2 H7 103.290 H4 C1 H5 117.950
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.350      
2 C -0.507      
3 Cl -0.137      
4 H 0.229      
5 H 0.229      
6 H 0.268      
7 H 0.268      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.198 2.143 0.000 2.456
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.901 0.742 0.000
y 0.742 -26.844 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.381
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.211 0.742 0.000
y 0.742 -1.203 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.992
Polar
3z2-r21.983
x2-y20.942
xy0.742
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.640 -1.534 0.000
y -1.534 5.550 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.728


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.783
(<r2>)1/2 8.705