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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.434357
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.434357
Nuclear repulsion energy45.145018
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/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' 3186 3050 7.04 114.92 0.07 0.13
2 A' 1403 1343 9.78 0.68 0.67 0.80
3 A' 849 813 36.15 8.22 0.11 0.20
4 A' 178 170 72.09 0.49 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3352 3208 0.18 43.94 0.75 0.86
6 A" 991 948 0.04 1.18 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4978.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9573) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4766.1 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/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.00951 0.52331 0.49459

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.123 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.000 1.623 0.963
H4 0.000 1.623 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71041.08541.0854
Cl21.71042.41112.4111
H31.08542.41111.9269
H41.08542.41111.9269

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 117.423 Br2 C1 H4 117.423
H3 C1 H4 125.154
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.218      
2 Cl 0.004      
3 H -0.111      
4 H -0.111      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.196 0.000 1.196
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.664 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 -17.272 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.495
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.780 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 2.308 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.473
Polar
3z2-r20.945
x2-y2-3.392
xy0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.444 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.296 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.594


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.305
(<r2>)1/2 5.684

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.434357
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.434357
Nuclear repulsion energy45.143818
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/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 3185 3049 7.04 114.99 0.07 0.13
2 A1 1403 1344 9.80      
3 A1 849 813 36.12      
4 B1 180 173 72.06      
5 B2 3351 3208 0.17      
6 B2 991 948 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4979.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9573) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4767.0 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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.01278 0.52327 0.49455

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.123
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.587
H3 0.000 0.963 -1.623
H4 0.000 -0.963 -1.623

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71041.08551.0855
Cl21.71042.41152.4115
H31.08552.41151.9266
H41.08552.41151.9266

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 117.448 Br2 C1 H4 117.448
H3 C1 H4 125.103
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.218      
2 Cl 0.004      
3 H -0.111      
4 H -0.111      


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 -1.196 1.196
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.664 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.497 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.270
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.780 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.470 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.310
Polar
3z2-r24.621
x2-y2-2.167
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.444 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.594 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.296


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.307
(<r2>)1/2 5.684