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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

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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/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.438324
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.438324
Nuclear repulsion energy45.085291
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/6-31G*
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' 3201 3067 6.97      
2 A' 1438 1378 14.93      
3 A' 837 802 38.22      
4 A' 141 135 87.25      
5 A" 3350 3209 0.44      
6 A" 1012 970 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4989.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4780.2 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/6-31G*
ABC
9.13852 0.52051 0.49266

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.005 1.126 0.000
Cl2 -0.005 -0.589 0.000
H3 0.061 1.627 0.955
H4 0.061 1.627 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71471.08061.0806
Cl21.71472.41412.4141
H31.08062.41411.9097
H41.08062.41411.9097

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 117.658 Br2 C1 H4 117.658
H3 C1 H4 124.165
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.404      
2 Cl 0.007      
3 H 0.199      
4 H 0.199      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.129 1.202 0.000 1.209
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.205 0.212 0.000
y 0.212 -17.081 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.287
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.521 0.212 0.000
y 0.212 2.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.356
Polar
3z2-r20.712
x2-y2-3.124
xy0.212
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.516 0.032 0.000
y 0.032 4.262 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.335


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.198
(<r2>)1/2 5.674

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.438322
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.438322
Nuclear repulsion energy45.091251
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/6-31G*
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 3203 3069 6.59      
2 A1 1438 1377 15.05      
3 A1 838 802 37.81      
4 B1 102i 98i 90.33      
5 B2 3353 3212 0.35      
6 B2 1011 968 0.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4870.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4665.5 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/6-31G*
ABC
9.15559 0.52067 0.49265

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/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 0.589
H3 0.000 0.956 -1.629
H4 0.000 -0.956 -1.629

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71421.08041.0804
Cl21.71422.41522.4152
H31.08042.41521.9115
H41.08042.41521.9115

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 117.799 Br2 C1 H4 117.799
H3 C1 H4 124.403
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.405      
2 Cl 0.007      
3 H 0.199      
4 H 0.199      


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 -1.204 1.204
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.215 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.277 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.064
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.544 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.362 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.182
Polar
3z2-r24.364
x2-y2-1.938
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.511 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.333 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.260


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.195
(<r2>)1/2 5.674