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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl (chloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: HF/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
1 2 no C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.490818
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490818
Nuclear repulsion energy44.938171
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 HF/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3303 3008 11.60 114.72 0.07 0.14
2 A' 1500 1366 17.94 0.71 0.64 0.78
3 A' 852 776 44.41 11.32 0.16 0.27
4 A' 473 431 45.47 0.74 0.24 0.39
5 A" 3460 3151 0.03 45.09 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1059 964 0.04 1.06 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5323.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9106) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4847.7 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 HF/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.02680 0.51612 0.48985

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.015 1.135 0.000
Cl2 -0.015 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.176 1.611 0.948
H4 0.176 1.611 -0.948

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72571.07711.0771
Cl21.72572.40372.4037
H31.07712.40371.8952
H41.07712.40371.8952

picture of chloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 116.171 Br2 C1 H4 116.171
H3 C1 H4 123.226
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.157      
2 Cl -0.117      
3 H -0.020      
4 H -0.020      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.310 1.548 0.000 1.579
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.687 0.556 0.000
y 0.556 -17.301 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.736
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.668 0.556 0.000
y 0.556 2.410 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.258
Polar
3z2-r20.516
x2-y2-3.386
xy0.556
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.191 0.029 0.000
y 0.029 4.878 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.406


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.518
(<r2>)1/2 5.702

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.490584
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490584
Nuclear repulsion energy45.000425
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 HF/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3317 3020 8.81 111.63 0.07 0.14
2 A1 1500 1366 19.73      
3 A1 858 781 40.54      
4 B1 350i 319i 62.27      
5 B2 3483 3172 0.19      
6 B2 1047 953 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4927.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9106) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4486.6 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 HF/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.17003 0.51774 0.49007

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.131
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.590
H3 0.000 0.955 -1.625
H4 0.000 -0.955 -1.625

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72111.07541.0754
Cl21.72112.41262.4126
H31.07542.41261.9100
H41.07542.41261.9100

picture of chloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 117.373 Br2 C1 H4 117.373
H3 C1 H4 125.254
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.165      
2 Cl -0.108      
3 H -0.029      
4 H -0.029      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -1.551 1.551
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.781 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.662 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.206
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.847 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.332 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.515
Polar
3z2-r25.030
x2-y2-2.119
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.193 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.399 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.850


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.497
(<r2>)1/2 5.701