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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.405259
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.405259
Nuclear repulsion energy45.268249
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/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' 3220 3054 6.59 102.23 0.13 0.23
2 A' 1447 1373 12.79 3.73 0.60 0.75
3 A' 858 814 39.22 6.85 0.30 0.46
4 A' 136 129 94.34 0.71 0.56 0.72
5 A" 3370 3196 0.10 52.25 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1022 969 0.30 5.91 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5026.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4767.7 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/6-31G*
ABC
9.15412 0.52541 0.49703

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.120 0.000
Cl2 -0.004 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.050 1.623 0.955
H4 0.050 1.623 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70601.08041.0804
Cl21.70602.40712.4071
H31.08042.40711.9092
H41.08042.40711.9092

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 117.747 Br2 C1 H4 117.747
H3 C1 H4 124.149
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.452      
2 Cl 0.009      
3 H 0.222      
4 H 0.222      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.111 1.266 0.000 1.270
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.207 0.183 0.000
y 0.183 -16.967 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.184
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.632 0.183 0.000
y 0.183 2.229 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.403
Polar
3z2-r20.807
x2-y2-3.240
xy0.183
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.517 0.028 0.000
y 0.028 4.205 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.328


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.986
(<r2>)1/2 5.656

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.405257
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.405257
Nuclear repulsion energy45.273513
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/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 3222 3056 6.31 101.99 0.13 0.23
2 A1 1447 1373 12.87      
3 A1 859 814 38.93      
4 B1 59i 56i 96.71      
5 B2 3372 3199 0.07      
6 B2 1020 968 0.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4930.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4676.4 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/6-31G*
ABC
9.16625 0.52555 0.49705

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.119
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.955 -1.624
H4 0.000 -0.955 -1.624

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70561.08031.0803
Cl21.70562.40782.4078
H31.08032.40781.9104
H41.08032.40781.9104

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 117.846 Br2 C1 H4 117.846
H3 C1 H4 124.308
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.453      
2 Cl 0.009      
3 H 0.222      
4 H 0.222      


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 -1.267 1.267
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.215 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.177 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.955
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.649 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.408 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.241
Polar
3z2-r24.481
x2-y2-2.038
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.514 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.326 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.204


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.983
(<r2>)1/2 5.655