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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

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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 B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.371171
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.371171
Nuclear repulsion energy45.305919
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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' 3213 3074 6.85      
2 A' 1438 1376 12.81      
3 A' 860 823 37.34      
4 A' 98 94 94.22      
5 A" 3363 3217 0.19      
6 A" 1016 972 0.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4993.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4777.7 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
9.16311 0.52650 0.49789

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.118 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.001 1.624 0.955
H4 0.001 1.624 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70381.08091.0809
Cl21.70382.40722.4072
H31.08092.40721.9107
H41.08092.40721.9107

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 117.891 Br2 C1 H4 117.891
H3 C1 H4 124.218
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.456      
2 Cl 0.017      
3 H 0.220      
4 H 0.220      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.001 1.219 0.000 1.219
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.203 0.002 0.000
y 0.002 -16.976 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.184
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.623 0.002 0.000
y 0.002 2.217 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.406
Polar
3z2-r20.812
x2-y2-3.227
xy0.002
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.516 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.231 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.330


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.957
(<r2>)1/2 5.653

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.371171
Energy at 298.15K-499.371861
HF Energy-499.371171
Nuclear repulsion energy45.307152
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3213 3074 6.86      
2 A1 1438 1376 12.80      
3 A1 861 823 37.34      
4 B1 98 94 94.23      
5 B2 3362 3217 0.19      
6 B2 1016 972 0.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4994.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4777.8 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
9.16245 0.52653 0.49792

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.118
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.955 -1.624
H4 0.000 -0.955 -1.624

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70371.08091.0809
Cl21.70372.40712.4071
H31.08092.40711.9108
H41.08092.40711.9108

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 117.888 Br2 C1 H4 117.888
H3 C1 H4 124.225
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.456      
2 Cl 0.017      
3 H 0.220      
4 H 0.220      


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 -1.219 1.219
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.203 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.183 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.976
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.623 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.406 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.216
Polar
3z2-r24.433
x2-y2-2.019
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.516 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.330 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.231


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.956
(<r2>)1/2 5.653