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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.473350
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.473350
Nuclear repulsion energy45.001027
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 TPSSh/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' 3161 3058 8.13 123.13 0.08 0.14
2 A' 1403 1358 12.66 0.86 0.73 0.85
3 A' 833 806 36.18 8.87 0.11 0.20
4 A' 139 134 67.56 0.52 0.68 0.81
5 A" 3327 3218 0.02 50.52 0.75 0.86
6 A" 985 952 0.02 1.31 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4923.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9673) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4762.9 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.97829 0.51956 0.49125

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.128 0.000
Cl2 -0.004 -0.589 0.000
H3 0.046 1.625 0.964
H4 0.046 1.625 -0.964

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71731.08601.0860
Cl21.71732.41582.4158
H31.08602.41581.9283
H41.08602.41581.9283

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 117.251 Br2 C1 H4 117.251
H3 C1 H4 125.201
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.201      
2 Cl -0.033      
3 H -0.084      
4 H -0.084      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.086 1.178 0.000 1.181
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.449 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 5.375 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.620


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.445
(<r2>)1/2 5.696

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.473351
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.473351
Nuclear repulsion energy45.006687
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 TPSSh/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 3163 3059 7.97 122.87 0.08 0.14
2 A1 1404 1358 12.73      
3 A1 833 806 35.94      
4 B1 56 54 68.81      
5 B2 3329 3220 0.01      
6 B2 984 952 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4884.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9673) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4724.4 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.98914 0.51970 0.49130

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.589
H3 0.000 0.965 -1.626
H4 0.000 -0.965 -1.626

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71691.08591.0859
Cl21.71692.41642.4164
H31.08592.41641.9291
H41.08592.41641.9291

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 117.339 Br2 C1 H4 117.339
H3 C1 H4 125.321
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.202      
2 Cl -0.033      
3 H -0.084      
4 H -0.084      


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 -1.178 1.178
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.450 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.620 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.372


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.443
(<r2>)1/2 5.696