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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-21.713673
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-21.713673
Nuclear repulsion energy15.718100
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 B3LYP/CEP-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' 3172 3064 15.78      
2 A' 1398 1350 16.75      
3 A' 821 792 41.58      
4 A' 107 103 137.46      
5 A" 3326 3212 5.67      
6 A" 984 950 0.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4904.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4736.0 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
ABC
8.91598 0.50768 0.48045

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.141 0.000
Cl2 -0.004 -0.596 0.000
H3 0.048 1.643 0.967
H4 0.048 1.643 -0.967

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.73751.09101.0910
Cl21.73752.43982.4398
H31.09102.43981.9348
H41.09102.43981.9348

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 117.376 Br2 C1 H4 117.376
H3 C1 H4 124.922
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.403      
2 Cl -0.064      
3 H 0.234      
4 H 0.234      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.127 1.302 0.000 1.308
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.908 0.215 0.000
y 0.215 -16.206 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.583
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.013 0.215 0.000
y 0.215 2.539 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.474
Polar
3z2-r20.948
x2-y2-3.701
xy0.215
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.565 0.012 0.000
y 0.012 4.517 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.041


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 26.153
(<r2>)1/2 5.114

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-21.713671
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-21.713671
Nuclear repulsion energy15.714865
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 B3LYP/CEP-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 3174 3065 15.47      
2 A1 1397 1349 16.91      
3 A1 819 791 41.40      
4 B1 89i 85i 141.19      
5 B2 3329 3215 5.31      
6 B2 983 949 0.74      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4806.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4641.8 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
ABC
8.91830 0.50741 0.48010

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.142
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.596
H3 0.000 0.968 -1.644
H4 0.000 -0.968 -1.644

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.73801.09081.0908
Cl21.73802.44052.4405
H31.09082.44051.9368
H41.09082.44051.9368

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 117.409 Br2 C1 H4 117.409
H3 C1 H4 125.183
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.405      
2 Cl -0.064      
3 H 0.235      
4 H 0.235      


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 -1.307 1.307
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.917 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.575 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.194
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.033 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.481 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.552
Polar
3z2-r25.104
x2-y2-2.343
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.564 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.038 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.517


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 26.160
(<r2>)1/2 5.115