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

using model chemistry: HF/aug-cc-pVTZ

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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/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.516546
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.516546
Nuclear repulsion energy45.223300
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3298 3002 11.38 112.39 0.08 0.14
2 A' 1521 1384 17.17 0.87 0.62 0.77
3 A' 854 778 41.82 10.04 0.14 0.24
4 A' 450 410 46.33 0.50 0.29 0.45
5 A" 3446 3137 0.05 44.15 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1069 974 0.04 0.95 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5319.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9104) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4842.5 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.23626 0.52214 0.49564

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.014 1.128 0.000
Cl2 -0.014 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.163 1.606 0.939
H4 0.163 1.606 -0.939

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71471.06841.0684
Cl21.71472.39252.3925
H31.06842.39251.8773
H41.06842.39251.8773

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 116.622 Br2 C1 H4 116.622
H3 C1 H4 122.924
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.754      
2 Cl -0.103      
3 H 0.428      
4 H 0.428      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.285 1.483 0.000 1.510
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.517 0.519 0.000
y 0.519 -17.344 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.659
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.515 0.519 0.000
y 0.519 2.244 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.271
Polar
3z2-r20.542
x2-y2-3.173
xy0.519
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.308 0.023 0.000
y 0.023 4.934 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.515


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.237
(<r2>)1/2 5.678

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.516361
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.516361
Nuclear repulsion energy45.280610
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3309 3013 9.03 109.56 0.08 0.14
2 A1 1518 1382 18.42      
3 A1 859 782 38.52      
4 B1 334i 304i 61.10      
5 B2 3466 3155 0.09      
6 B2 1057 963 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4937.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9104) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4495.2 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.36698 0.52363 0.49591

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.124
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.587
H3 0.000 0.945 -1.619
H4 0.000 -0.945 -1.619

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71061.06701.0670
Cl21.71062.40012.4001
H31.06702.40011.8898
H41.06702.40011.8898

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 117.679 Br2 C1 H4 117.679
H3 C1 H4 124.642
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.793      
2 Cl -0.095      
3 H 0.444      
4 H 0.444      


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 -1.486 1.486
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.594 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.600 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.261
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.664 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.328 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.336
Polar
3z2-r24.673
x2-y2-1.995
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.311 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.511 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.913


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.217
(<r2>)1/2 5.676