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

using model chemistry: HF/LANL2DZ

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/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-53.664480
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-53.664480
Nuclear repulsion energy21.654016
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/LANL2DZ
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' 3361 3024 14.93 128.17 0.12 0.22
2 A' 1500 1350 26.62 2.02 0.75 0.85
3 A' 762 685 49.51 26.16 0.35 0.51
4 A' 388 349 80.34 1.48 0.09 0.16
5 A" 3542 3187 4.59 38.06 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1057 951 0.01 7.88 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5304.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4773.4 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 HF/LANL2DZ
ABC
9.08247 0.48244 0.45911

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.013 1.180 0.000
Cl2 -0.013 -0.610 0.000
H3 0.147 1.645 0.949
H4 0.147 1.645 -0.949

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.79071.06871.0687
Cl21.79072.45202.4520
H31.06872.45201.8983
H41.06872.45201.8983

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 115.768 Br2 C1 H4 115.768
H3 C1 H4 125.281
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.342      
2 Cl -0.110      
3 H 0.226      
4 H 0.226      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.345 2.241 0.000 2.268
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.827 0.538 0.000
y 0.538 -16.686 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.735
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.617 0.538 0.000
y 0.538 2.095 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.521
Polar
3z2-r21.043
x2-y2-3.141
xy0.538
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.822 0.077 0.000
y 0.077 3.921 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.555


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 29.521
(<r2>)1/2 5.433

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HF/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-53.664356
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-53.664356
Nuclear repulsion energy21.674756
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/LANL2DZ
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 3029 13.39 127.68 0.13 0.23
2 A1 1494 1344 28.45      
3 A1 765 688 47.06      
4 B1 294i 265i 110.60      
5 B2 3555 3199 2.89      
6 B2 1048 943 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4966.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4469.4 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 HF/LANL2DZ
ABC
9.16711 0.48370 0.45945

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.177
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.610
H3 0.000 0.955 -1.654
H4 0.000 -0.955 -1.654

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.78721.06781.0678
Cl21.78722.45772.4577
H31.06782.45771.9103
H41.06782.45771.9103

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 116.552 Br2 C1 H4 116.552
H3 C1 H4 126.896
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.357      
2 Cl -0.104      
3 H 0.231      
4 H 0.231      


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 -2.232 2.232
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.905 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.682 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.596
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.766 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.568 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.198
Polar
3z2-r24.396
x2-y2-2.223
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.802 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.544 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.906


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 29.498
(<r2>)1/2 5.431