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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

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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/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.472117
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.472117
Nuclear repulsion energy45.189187
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3309 2996 12.31 97.47 0.12 0.21
2 A' 1522 1378 20.65 2.97 0.69 0.82
3 A' 858 777 43.06 9.68 0.24 0.38
4 A' 502 454 41.76 1.87 0.21 0.35
5 A" 3459 3132 0.28 48.81 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1071 970 0.03 3.54 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5360.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4853.5 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
9.17797 0.52154 0.49526

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.016 1.129 0.000
Cl2 -0.016 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.181 1.605 0.939
H4 0.181 1.605 -0.939

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71591.07071.0707
Cl21.71592.39262.3926
H31.07072.39261.8773
H41.07072.39261.8773

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 116.406 Br2 C1 H4 116.406
H3 C1 H4 122.489
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.271      
2 Cl -0.110      
3 H 0.190      
4 H 0.190      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.310 1.528 0.000 1.559
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.236 0.536 0.000
y 0.536 -17.073 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.523
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.438 0.536 0.000
y 0.536 2.306 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.132
Polar
3z2-r20.264
x2-y2-3.163
xy0.536
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.150 0.089 0.000
y 0.089 4.204 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.755


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.114
(<r2>)1/2 5.667

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.471842
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.471842
Nuclear repulsion energy45.264133
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3323 3009 8.60 95.36 0.12 0.21
2 A1 1519 1376 22.17      
3 A1 864 782 38.73      
4 B1 371i 336i 59.50      
5 B2 3483 3154 0.02      
6 B2 1057 957 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4936.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4470.4 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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
9.34177 0.52346 0.49569

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

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 0.946 -1.621
H4 0.000 -0.946 -1.621

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71061.06891.0689
Cl21.71062.40212.4021
H31.06892.40211.8924
H41.06892.40211.8924

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 117.725 Br2 C1 H4 117.725
H3 C1 H4 124.550
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.281      
2 Cl -0.105      
3 H 0.193      
4 H 0.193      


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 -1.536 1.536
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.319 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.443 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.951
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.622 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.193 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.430
Polar
3z2-r24.859
x2-y2-1.876
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.125 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.741 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.181


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.077
(<r2>)1/2 5.664