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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

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 HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.461076
Energy at 298.15K-498.462276
HF Energy-498.461076
Nuclear repulsion energy45.148159
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 HF/6-31G*
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' 3353 3013 13.70      
2 A' 1548 1391 25.85      
3 A' 872 783 45.19      
4 A' 498 447 50.49      
5 A" 3500 3145 1.28      
6 A" 1094 983 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5432.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4880.8 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
9.20406 0.52027 0.49415

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.016 1.130 0.000
Cl2 -0.016 -0.588 0.000
H3 0.179 1.608 0.938
H4 0.179 1.608 -0.938

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71781.07031.0703
Cl21.71782.39552.3955
H31.07032.39551.8753
H41.07032.39551.8753

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 116.530 Br2 C1 H4 116.530
H3 C1 H4 122.348
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.393      
2 Cl -0.044      
3 H 0.219      
4 H 0.219      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.341 1.606 0.000 1.642
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.359 0.555 0.000
y 0.555 -17.262 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.611
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.422 0.555 0.000
y 0.555 2.222 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.200
Polar
3z2-r20.400
x2-y2-3.097
xy0.555
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.500 0.110 0.000
y 0.110 3.911 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.279


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.241
(<r2>)1/2 5.678

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.460806
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.460806
Nuclear repulsion energy45.210081
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 HF/6-31G*
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 3366 3024 9.51 103.60 0.13 0.23
2 A1 1542 1386 28.18      
3 A1 878 789 40.81      
4 B1 369i 332i 75.63      
5 B2 3522 3165 0.21      
6 B2 1078 969 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5008.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4500.3 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
9.35310 0.52192 0.49433

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G*

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 0.588
H3 0.000 0.946 -1.623
H4 0.000 -0.946 -1.623

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71321.06871.0687
Cl21.71322.40482.4048
H31.06872.40481.8912
H41.06872.40481.8912

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 117.770 Br2 C1 H4 117.770
H3 C1 H4 124.460
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.409      
2 Cl -0.038      
3 H 0.224      
4 H 0.224      


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 -1.613 1.613
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.449 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.519 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.125
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.627 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.268 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.359
Polar
3z2-r24.719
x2-y2-1.930
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.465 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.265 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.899


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.209
(<r2>)1/2 5.675