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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*

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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.476062
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.476062
Nuclear repulsion energy45.098863
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3169 3062 10.00 103.35 0.15 0.26
2 A' 1422 1374 11.50 2.09 0.71 0.83
3 A' 823 796 39.54 7.52 0.33 0.50
4 A' 119 115 95.65 0.17 0.11 0.20
5 A" 3324 3212 0.98 53.55 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1010 976 1.00 3.89 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4933.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4767.1 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
9.15160 0.52066 0.49276

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.126 0.000
Cl2 -0.004 -0.589 0.000
H3 0.049 1.624 0.955
H4 0.049 1.624 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71521.07821.0782
Cl21.71522.41092.4109
H31.07822.41091.9096
H41.07822.41091.9096

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 117.507 Br2 C1 H4 117.507
H3 C1 H4 124.647
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.509      
2 Cl -0.011      
3 H 0.260      
4 H 0.260      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.108 1.215 0.000 1.220
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.854 0.178 0.000
y 0.178 -17.570 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.717
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.710 0.178 0.000
y 0.178 2.216 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.494
Polar
3z2-r20.989
x2-y2-3.284
xy0.178
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.676 0.019 0.000
y 0.019 4.614 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.283


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.508
(<r2>)1/2 5.702

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.476061
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.476061
Nuclear repulsion energy45.104195
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3170 3063 9.77 103.08 0.15 0.26
2 A1 1422 1374 11.58      
3 A1 824 796 39.25      
4 B1 72i 70i 97.72      
5 B2 3326 3214 0.89      
6 B2 1009 975 1.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4839.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4676.0 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
9.16297 0.52079 0.49279

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.126
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.589
H3 0.000 0.955 -1.626
H4 0.000 -0.955 -1.626

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71481.07801.0780
Cl21.71482.41162.4116
H31.07802.41161.9107
H41.07802.41161.9107

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 117.599 Br2 C1 H4 117.599
H3 C1 H4 124.801
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.510      
2 Cl -0.011      
3 H 0.260      
4 H 0.260      


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 -1.216 1.216
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.861 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.711 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.559
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.726 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.499 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.227
Polar
3z2-r24.454
x2-y2-2.150
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.674 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.281 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.613


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.505
(<r2>)1/2 5.701