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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

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 B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.262344
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.171970
Nuclear repulsion energy45.034058
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 B2PLYP/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' 3199 3199 6.80 119.49 0.07 0.13
2 A' 1414 1414 12.15 0.71 0.69 0.82
3 A' 841 841 35.31 8.74 0.12 0.21
4 A' 117 117 68.28 0.42 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3364 3364 0.33 45.70 0.75 0.86
6 A" 995 995 0.04 1.31 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4964.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4964.9 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 B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.02734 0.52011 0.49178

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.127 0.000
Cl2 0.000 -0.589 0.000
H3 -0.001 1.626 0.963
H4 -0.001 1.626 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71611.08431.0843
Cl21.71612.41532.4153
H31.08432.41531.9250
H41.08432.41531.9250

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 117.411 Br2 C1 H4 117.411
H3 C1 H4 125.177
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.327      
2 Cl -0.013      
3 H -0.157      
4 H -0.157      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.001 1.154 0.000 1.154
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.888 -0.002 0.000
y -0.002 -17.587 -0.009
z 0.000 -0.009 -18.767
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.711 -0.002 0.000
y -0.002 2.240 -0.009
z 0.000 -0.009 0.471
Polar
3z2-r20.942
x2-y2-3.301
xy-0.002
xz0.000
yz-0.009


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.418 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.328 0.001
z 0.000 0.001 3.580


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.579
(<r2>)1/2 5.708

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.262344
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.171970
Nuclear repulsion energy45.032842
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 B2PLYP/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 3198 3198 6.79 119.60 0.07 0.13
2 A1 1415 1415 12.18      
3 A1 841 841 35.27      
4 B1 123 123 68.24      
5 B2 3363 3363 0.32      
6 B2 995 995 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4967.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4967.1 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 B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.03236 0.52005 0.49174

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.127
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.589
H3 0.000 0.962 -1.627
H4 0.000 -0.962 -1.627

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71601.08431.0843
Cl21.71602.41582.4158
H31.08432.41581.9245
H41.08432.41581.9245

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 117.449 Br2 C1 H4 117.449
H3 C1 H4 125.102
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.327      
2 Cl -0.013      
3 H -0.157      
4 H -0.157      


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 -1.154 1.154
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.889 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.771 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.601
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.702 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.474 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.229
Polar
3z2-r24.457
x2-y2-2.117
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.421 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.580 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.332


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.582
(<r2>)1/2 5.708