Structure of Chloropropane Radical Cation

Ionization of Chloropropane. Part 2: The structure of 2-chloropropane radical cation.
Ionization of chloropropane makes the C-C bonds different. Now there is one short C-C bond of 150.3 pm (and this is a bit shorter than in the neutral chloropropane) and one C-C bond is 171.3 pm long. The C-Cl bond also has drastically changed and it has become shortened (!) to 170.3 pm.


Figure. The UMP2(full)/6-31G* optimized structure of 2-chloropropane radical cation.