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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-311G*

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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 M06-2X/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.417770
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.417770
Nuclear repulsion energy45.253789
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 M06-2X/6-311G*
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' 3205 3205 9.34 102.09 0.14 0.25
2 A' 1439 1439 10.38 2.64 0.74 0.85
3 A' 847 847 46.00 6.09 0.34 0.51
4 A' 356 356 74.05 0.72 0.01 0.03
5 A" 3356 3356 0.20 50.43 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1027 1027 0.92 4.41 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5114.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5114.8 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 M06-2X/6-311G*
ABC
9.09572 0.52460 0.49716

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.013 1.124 0.000
Cl2 -0.013 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.146 1.609 0.949
H4 0.146 1.609 -0.949

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70951.07741.0774
Cl21.70952.39662.3966
H31.07742.39661.8971
H41.07742.39661.8971

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 116.789 Br2 C1 H4 116.789
H3 C1 H4 123.378
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.529      
2 Cl -0.015      
3 H 0.272      
4 H 0.272      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.306 1.300 0.000 1.335
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.834 0.505 0.000
y 0.505 -17.598 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.729
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.670 0.505 0.000
y 0.505 2.183 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.486
Polar
3z2-r20.973
x2-y2-3.235
xy0.505
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.694 0.054 0.000
y 0.054 4.507 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.276


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.337
(<r2>)1/2 5.687

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.417685
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.417685
Nuclear repulsion energy45.297266
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 M06-2X/6-311G*
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 3215 3215 7.27 100.79 0.15 0.26
2 A1 1436 1436 11.06      
3 A1 851 851 43.67      
4 B1 253i 253i 90.44      
5 B2 3371 3371 0.00      
6 B2 1016 1016 0.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4818.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) 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 M06-2X/6-311G*
ABC
9.19528 0.52574 0.49731

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.120
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.954 -1.619
H4 0.000 -0.954 -1.619

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70641.07641.0764
Cl21.70642.40282.4028
H31.07642.40281.9074
H41.07642.40281.9074

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 117.622 Br2 C1 H4 117.622
H3 C1 H4 124.756
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.538      
2 Cl -0.011      
3 H 0.274      
4 H 0.274      


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 -1.304 1.304
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.902 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.671 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.505
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.814 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.532 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.282
Polar
3z2-r24.564
x2-y2-2.231
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.678 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.268 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.499


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.316
(<r2>)1/2 5.685