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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.464726
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.464726
Nuclear repulsion energy45.266532
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3195 3062 6.76      
2 A' 1402 1344 9.70      
3 A' 861 825 34.30      
4 A' 202 194 68.86      
5 A" 3361 3221 0.21      
6 A" 992 950 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5006.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4797.6 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.04225 0.52636 0.49740

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.119 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.000 1.620 0.962
H4 0.000 1.620 -0.962

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70501.08431.0843
Cl21.70502.40642.4064
H31.08432.40641.9235
H41.08432.40641.9235

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 117.510 Br2 C1 H4 117.510
H3 C1 H4 124.980
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.178      
2 Cl -0.017      
3 H -0.081      
4 H -0.081      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.160 0.000 1.160
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.640 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.310 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.500
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.736 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.260 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.476
Polar
3z2-r20.951
x2-y2-3.330
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.413 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.270 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.572


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.200
(<r2>)1/2 5.675

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.464726
Energy at 298.15K-499.465589
HF Energy-499.464726
Nuclear repulsion energy45.268312
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3195 3062 6.76      
2 A1 1402 1344 9.68      
3 A1 861 825 34.31      
4 B1 202 194 68.87      
5 B2 3361 3221 0.21      
6 B2 992 950 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5006.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4797.6 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.03930 0.52642 0.49745

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

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 0.962 -1.620
H4 0.000 -0.962 -1.620

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70491.08441.0844
Cl21.70492.40612.4061
H31.08442.40611.9238
H41.08442.40611.9238

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 117.494 Br2 C1 H4 117.494
H3 C1 H4 125.011
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.178      
2 Cl -0.017      
3 H -0.080      
4 H -0.080      


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 -1.160 1.160
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.640 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.499 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.312
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.735 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.477 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.258
Polar
3z2-r24.516
x2-y2-2.142
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.413 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.572 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.270


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