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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.403706
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.403706
Nuclear repulsion energy44.700416
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
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' 3110 3094 6.31      
2 A' 1384 1376 12.93      
3 A' 794 790 37.87      
4 A' 159 158 103.06      
5 A" 3264 3247 0.12      
6 A" 977 972 0.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4844.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4818.6 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
8.99546 0.51149 0.48397

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.137 0.000
Cl2 0.000 -0.594 0.000
H3 -0.000 1.639 0.964
H4 -0.000 1.639 -0.964

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.73071.08721.0872
Cl21.73072.43232.4323
H31.08722.43231.9285
H41.08722.43231.9285

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 117.518 Br2 C1 H4 117.518
H3 C1 H4 124.963
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.415      
2 Cl 0.048      
3 H 0.184      
4 H 0.184      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.001 1.049 0.000 1.049
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.038 -0.002 0.000
y -0.002 -17.819 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.785
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.736 -0.002 0.000
y -0.002 2.093 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.644
Polar
3z2-r21.287
x2-y2-3.219
xy-0.002
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.693 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.034 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.821


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.983
(<r2>)1/2 5.743

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.403706
Energy at 298.15K-499.404472
HF Energy-499.403706
Nuclear repulsion energy44.698510
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
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 3110 3094 6.30      
2 A1 1384 1376 12.94      
3 A1 794 790 37.88      
4 B1 159 158 103.06      
5 B2 3264 3247 0.12      
6 B2 977 972 0.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4844.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4818.4 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
8.99565 0.51144 0.48393

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.137
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.594
H3 0.000 0.964 -1.639
H4 0.000 -0.964 -1.639

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.73071.08721.0872
Cl21.73072.43242.4324
H31.08722.43241.9284
H41.08722.43241.9284

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 117.520 Br2 C1 H4 117.520
H3 C1 H4 124.961
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.415      
2 Cl 0.048      
3 H 0.184      
4 H 0.184      


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 -1.049 1.049
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.038 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.785 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.818
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.737 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.643 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.094
Polar
3z2-r24.187
x2-y2-2.253
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.693 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.821 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.034


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.985
(<r2>)1/2 5.743