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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/TZVP

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 wB97X-D/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.445926
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.445926
Nuclear repulsion energy45.213229
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 wB97X-D/TZVP
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' 3192 3049 5.90 108.21 0.13 0.23
2 A' 1424 1360 10.16 1.28 0.71 0.83
3 A' 842 804 42.20 6.78 0.29 0.46
4 A' 174 166 98.90 0.01 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3349 3199 0.01 46.64 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1006 961 0.45 3.04 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4993.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.955) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4769.1 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 wB97X-D/TZVP
ABC
9.17512 0.52363 0.49536

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.123 0.000
Cl2 0.000 -0.587 0.000
H3 -0.000 1.622 0.955
H4 -0.000 1.622 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71001.07721.0772
Cl21.71002.40642.4064
H31.07722.40641.9095
H41.07722.40641.9095

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 117.586 Br2 C1 H4 117.586
H3 C1 H4 124.828
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.307      
2 Cl -0.040      
3 H 0.173      
4 H 0.173      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.000 1.192 0.000 1.192
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.501 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 -17.200 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.342
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.730 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 2.221 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.509
Polar
3z2-r21.018
x2-y2-3.301
xy-0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.150 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.572 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.510


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.177
(<r2>)1/2 5.672

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.445925
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.445925
Nuclear repulsion energy45.212589
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 wB97X-D/TZVP
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 3192 3048 5.90 108.29 0.13 0.23
2 A1 1425 1360 10.18      
3 A1 842 804 42.15      
4 B1 177 169 98.84      
5 B2 3349 3198 0.01      
6 B2 1006 961 0.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4995.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.955) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4770.2 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 wB97X-D/TZVP
ABC
9.18031 0.52358 0.49533

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/TZVP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.123
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.587
H3 0.000 0.954 -1.622
H4 0.000 -0.954 -1.622

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71001.07721.0772
Cl21.71002.40682.4068
H31.07722.40681.9089
H41.07722.40681.9089

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 124.757
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.307      
2 Cl -0.040      
3 H 0.173      
4 H 0.173      


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 -1.191 1.191
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.501 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.344 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.198
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.730 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.505 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.225
Polar
3z2-r24.450
x2-y2-2.157
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.150 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.510 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.572


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.179
(<r2>)1/2 5.673