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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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 wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.454465
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.454465
Nuclear repulsion energy45.632942
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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3180 3180 6.62 103.91 0.08 0.15
2 A' 1421 1421 7.48 0.99 0.69 0.82
3 A' 859 859 32.51 6.99 0.09 0.16
4 A' 228 228 72.43 0.66 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3330 3330 0.19 42.68 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1002 1002 0.06 1.00 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5009.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5009.8 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 wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
9.24478 0.53465 0.50542

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.109 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.581 0.000
H3 0.001 1.613 0.951
H4 0.001 1.613 -0.951

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69031.07641.0764
Cl21.69032.39162.3916
H31.07642.39161.9023
H41.07642.39161.9023

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 117.917 Br2 C1 H4 117.917
H3 C1 H4 124.167
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.281      
2 Cl -0.115      
3 H 0.198      
4 H 0.198      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.001 1.076 0.000 1.076
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.596 0.002 0.000
y 0.002 -17.261 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.507
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.711 0.002 0.000
y 0.002 2.290 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.421
Polar
3z2-r20.842
x2-y2-3.335
xy0.002
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.460 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.216 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.595


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.872
(<r2>)1/2 5.645

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.454465
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.454465
Nuclear repulsion energy45.626235
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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3180 3180 6.60 103.83 0.08 0.15
2 A1 1420 1420 7.48      
3 A1 858 858 32.59      
4 B1 226 226 72.46      
5 B2 3331 3331 0.21      
6 B2 1003 1003 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5008.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5008.1 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 wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
9.23698 0.53451 0.50527

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.109
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.581
H3 0.000 0.952 -1.613
H4 0.000 -0.952 -1.613

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69071.07641.0764
Cl21.69072.39132.3913
H31.07642.39131.9031
H41.07642.39131.9031

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 117.869 Br2 C1 H4 117.869
H3 C1 H4 124.262
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.281      
2 Cl -0.115      
3 H 0.198      
4 H 0.198      


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 -1.077 1.077
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.596 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.505 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.263
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.713 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.425 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.288
Polar
3z2-r24.576
x2-y2-2.092
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.460 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.595 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.216


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.876
(<r2>)1/2 5.646