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

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

19 10 17 12 22

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 SVWN/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.057610
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.057610
Nuclear repulsion energy45.592244
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 SVWN/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' 3121 3074 3.33 113.53 0.10 0.19
2 A' 1369 1349 4.86 2.84 0.66 0.79
3 A' 878 865 32.79 9.17 0.22 0.37
4 A' 332 327 122.36 0.54 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3270 3222 0.68 53.80 0.75 0.86
6 A" 980 966 1.53 3.86 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4975.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9851) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4901.1 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 SVWN/6-31+G**
ABC
9.01294 0.53586 0.50579

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.106 0.000
Cl2 0.000 -0.581 0.000
H3 -0.000 1.617 0.963
H4 -0.000 1.617 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.68701.09021.0902
Cl21.68702.39952.3995
H31.09022.39951.9266
H41.09022.39951.9266

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 117.926 Br2 C1 H4 117.926
H3 C1 H4 124.147
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.532      
2 Cl 0.095      
3 H 0.219      
4 H 0.219      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.000 0.890 0.000 0.890
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.958 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 -17.756 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.561
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.800 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 2.004 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.796
Polar
3z2-r21.593
x2-y2-3.203
xy-0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.622 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.906 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.774


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.085
(<r2>)1/2 5.664

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at SVWN/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.057610
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.057610
Nuclear repulsion energy45.591941
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 SVWN/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 3121 3074 3.32 113.49 0.10 0.19
2 A1 1369 1349 4.85      
3 A1 878 865 32.81      
4 B1 331 326 122.39      
5 B2 3271 3222 0.69      
6 B2 980 966 1.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4975.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9851) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4900.8 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 SVWN/6-31+G**
ABC
9.01060 0.53587 0.50579

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.106
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.581
H3 0.000 0.963 -1.617
H4 0.000 -0.963 -1.617

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.68711.09021.0902
Cl21.68712.39932.3993
H31.09022.39931.9268
H41.09022.39931.9268

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 117.909 Br2 C1 H4 117.909
H3 C1 H4 124.182
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.532      
2 Cl 0.095      
3 H 0.219      
4 H 0.219      


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 -0.890 0.890
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.958 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.560 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.757
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.800 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.798 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.002
Polar
3z2-r24.004
x2-y2-2.399
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.622 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.774 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.905


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.085
(<r2>)1/2 5.664