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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.199964
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.199964
Nuclear repulsion energy44.981730
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 PBEPBE/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' 3099 3081 4.74      
2 A' 1332 1324 8.50      
3 A' 838 833 34.18      
4 A' 93 93 73.35      
5 A" 3259 3240 0.00      
6 A" 950 944 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4785.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4757.6 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.84738 0.52055 0.49172

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.125 0.000
Cl2 -0.004 -0.589 0.000
H3 0.042 1.631 0.971
H4 0.042 1.631 -0.971

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71381.09651.0965
Cl21.71382.42392.4239
H31.09652.42391.9429
H41.09652.42391.9429

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 117.511 Br2 C1 H4 117.511
H3 C1 H4 124.740
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.144      
2 Cl -0.034      
3 H 0.089      
4 H 0.089      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.080 0.941 0.000 0.944
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.213 0.136 0.000
y 0.136 -17.193 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.272
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.480 0.136 0.000
y 0.136 2.049 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.431
Polar
3z2-r20.862
x2-y2-3.020
xy0.136
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.657 0.021 0.000
y 0.021 4.522 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.404


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.294
(<r2>)1/2 5.683

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.199964
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.199964
Nuclear repulsion energy44.982817
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 PBEPBE/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 3099 3081 4.59      
2 A1 1332 1324 8.52      
3 A1 838 833 34.05      
4 B1 64i 64i 74.27      
5 B2 3260 3241 0.01      
6 B2 949 944 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4706.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4679.6 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.85567 0.52057 0.49167

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.125
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.589
H3 0.000 0.972 -1.632
H4 0.000 -0.972 -1.632

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71361.09641.0964
Cl21.71362.42462.4246
H31.09642.42461.9436
H41.09642.42461.9436

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 117.581 Br2 C1 H4 117.581
H3 C1 H4 124.838
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.144      
2 Cl -0.034      
3 H 0.089      
4 H 0.089      


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 -0.942 0.942
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.218 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.269 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.186
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.490 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.433 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.057
Polar
3z2-r24.115
x2-y2-1.949
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.655 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.403 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.521


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.295
(<r2>)1/2 5.683