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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ

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 B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.307808
Energy at 298.15K-499.308567
HF Energy-499.196948
Nuclear repulsion energy45.437156
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/cc-pVTZ
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' 3201 3071 7.11      
2 A' 1431 1373 10.90      
3 A' 847 812 33.90      
4 A' 137 131 70.59      
5 A" 3354 3218 0.04      
6 A" 1006 965 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4987.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4785.2 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.26249 0.52897 0.50040

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.010 1.124 0.000
Cl2 -0.010 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.120 1.612 0.949
H4 0.120 1.612 -0.949

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71031.07511.0751
Cl21.71032.39792.3979
H31.07512.39791.8981
H41.07512.39791.8981

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 116.995 Br2 C1 H4 116.995
H3 C1 H4 123.956
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.208      
2 Cl -0.078      
3 H 0.143      
4 H 0.143      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.412 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 4.793 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.848


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.017
(<r2>)1/2 5.658

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.307805
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.196944
Nuclear repulsion energy45.433911
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/cc-pVTZ
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 3200 3070 7.10 110.77 0.11 0.20
2 A1 1431 1373 10.93      
3 A1 847 812 33.88      
4 B1 139 133 70.58      
5 B2 3353 3217 0.04      
6 B2 1005 965 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4987.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4785.1 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.26530 0.52887 0.50032

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.117
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.584
H3 0.000 0.950 -1.617
H4 0.000 -0.950 -1.617

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70081.07361.0736
Cl21.70082.39712.3971
H31.07362.39711.9002
H41.07362.39711.9002

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 117.755 Br2 C1 H4 117.755
H3 C1 H4 124.490
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.242      
2 Cl -0.053      
3 H 0.148      
4 H 0.148      


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 -1.095 1.095
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.492 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.521 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.381
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.541 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.416 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.126
Polar
3z2-r24.251
x2-y2-1.971
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.412 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.849 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.798


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.052
(<r2>)1/2 5.661