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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*

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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.213496
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.213496
Nuclear repulsion energy45.108317
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3105 3073 9.92 105.54 0.15 0.26
2 A' 1379 1365 8.49 2.48 0.67 0.80
3 A' 828 819 35.37 7.61 0.33 0.49
4 A' 90 89 100.04 0.02 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3258 3224 1.14 54.73 0.75 0.86
6 A" 986 976 1.39 4.08 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4822.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4772.3 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
9.02546 0.52229 0.49372

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.124 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.588 0.000
H3 0.000 1.627 0.963
H4 0.000 1.627 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71151.08631.0863
Cl21.71152.41502.4150
H31.08632.41501.9252
H41.08632.41501.9252

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 117.606 Br2 C1 H4 117.606
H3 C1 H4 124.788
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.536      
2 Cl 0.007      
3 H 0.264      
4 H 0.264      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.001 1.097 0.000 1.097
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.858 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 -17.561 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.652
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.751 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 2.194 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.557
Polar
3z2-r21.115
x2-y2-3.297
xy0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.706 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.725 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.327


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.479
(<r2>)1/2 5.699

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.213496
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.213496
Nuclear repulsion energy45.108356
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3105 3072 9.93 105.63 0.15 0.26
2 A1 1380 1365 8.50      
3 A1 828 819 35.33      
4 B1 96 95 99.97      
5 B2 3257 3223 1.16      
6 B2 986 976 1.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4825.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4775.1 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
9.03048 0.52226 0.49371

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

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 0.588
H3 0.000 0.962 -1.627
H4 0.000 -0.962 -1.627

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71141.08641.0864
Cl21.71142.41542.4154
H31.08642.41541.9247
H41.08642.41541.9247

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 117.644 Br2 C1 H4 117.644
H3 C1 H4 124.713
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.536      
2 Cl 0.008      
3 H 0.264      
4 H 0.264      


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 -1.096 1.096
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.857 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.654 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.558
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.751 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.554 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.197
Polar
3z2-r24.395
x2-y2-2.203
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.706 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.327 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.726


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.481
(<r2>)1/2 5.699