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

using model chemistry: B97D3/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 B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.483317
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.483317
Nuclear repulsion energy45.292349
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 B97D3/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' 3121 3073 8.99 124.70 0.07 0.14
2 A' 1381 1360 9.65 1.14 0.73 0.85
3 A' 814 802 30.21 8.94 0.09 0.16
4 A' 149 146 63.88 0.70 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3270 3220 0.18 52.25 0.75 0.86
6 A" 978 963 0.05 1.11 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4856.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9847) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4781.8 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 B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.13859 0.52620 0.49755

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ

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 1.621 0.957
H4 0.000 1.621 -0.957

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70511.08001.0800
Cl21.70512.40492.4049
H31.08002.40491.9133
H41.08002.40491.9133

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 117.656 Br2 C1 H4 117.656
H3 C1 H4 124.688
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.698      
2 Cl 0.022      
3 H 0.338      
4 H 0.338      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.001 1.031 0.000 1.031
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.504 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 -17.453 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.515
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.520 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 2.056 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.464
Polar
3z2-r20.928
x2-y2-3.051
xy0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.670 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.600 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.825


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.192
(<r2>)1/2 5.674

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.483317
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.483317
Nuclear repulsion energy45.292777
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 B97D3/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 3120 3073 9.00 124.80 0.07 0.14
2 A1 1381 1360 9.67      
3 A1 815 802 30.18      
4 B1 153 150 63.85      
5 B2 3269 3219 0.18      
6 B2 978 963 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4857.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9847) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4783.3 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 B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.14260 0.52619 0.49756

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ

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 0.956 -1.621
H4 0.000 -0.956 -1.621

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70501.08011.0801
Cl21.70502.40532.4053
H31.08012.40531.9129
H41.08012.40531.9129

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 117.688 Br2 C1 H4 117.688
H3 C1 H4 124.625
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.699      
2 Cl 0.022      
3 H 0.338      
4 H 0.338      


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 -1.031 1.031
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.504 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.517 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.452
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.520 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.462 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.059
Polar
3z2-r24.117
x2-y2-1.988
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.670 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.825 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.600


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.193
(<r2>)1/2 5.674