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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.496309
Energy at 298.15K-499.497150
HF Energy-499.496309
Nuclear repulsion energy45.326365
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3170 3067 6.15      
2 A' 1410 1365 10.06      
3 A' 828 801 32.63      
4 A' 194 188 67.89      
5 A" 3319 3211 0.13      
6 A" 993 961 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4956.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4795.5 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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.22314 0.52631 0.49790

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.009 1.125 0.000
Cl2 -0.009 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.108 1.618 0.950
H4 0.108 1.618 -0.950

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71211.07701.0770
Cl21.71212.40422.4042
H31.07702.40421.9001
H41.07702.40421.9001

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 117.263 Br2 C1 H4 117.263
H3 C1 H4 123.804
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.667      
2 Cl 0.002      
3 H 0.333      
4 H 0.333      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.078 0.000 1.078
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.683 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 -17.584 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.666
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.558 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 2.090 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.468
Polar
3z2-r20.935
x2-y2-3.099
xy0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.628 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.504 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.764


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.263
(<r2>)1/2 5.680

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.496309
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.496309
Nuclear repulsion energy45.324832
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3169 3066 6.15 117.17 0.08 0.14
2 A1 1411 1365 10.07      
3 A1 828 801 32.61      
4 B1 196 189 67.87      
5 B2 3318 3210 0.13      
6 B2 993 961 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4957.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4796.0 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 B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.22580 0.52626 0.49786

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.120
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.952 -1.620
H4 0.000 -0.952 -1.620

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70531.07551.0755
Cl21.70532.40212.4021
H31.07552.40211.9042
H41.07552.40211.9042

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 117.712 Br2 C1 H4 117.712
H3 C1 H4 124.576
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.667      
2 Cl 0.002      
3 H 0.333      
4 H 0.333      


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 -1.078 1.078
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.683 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.667 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.583
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.558 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.466 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.092
Polar
3z2-r24.185
x2-y2-2.016
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.628 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.764 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.504


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.265
(<r2>)1/2 5.680