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

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

19 10 17 12 22

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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.401845
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.401845
Nuclear repulsion energy44.890447
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 BLYP/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' 3102 3085 6.03      
2 A' 1366 1359 12.99      
3 A' 800 796 31.36      
4 A' 141 140 62.47      
5 A" 3257 3239 0.21      
6 A" 963 958 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4814.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4788.3 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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
9.01340 0.51630 0.48854

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.005 1.131 0.000
Cl2 -0.005 -0.591 0.000
H3 0.063 1.631 0.961
H4 0.063 1.631 -0.961

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72231.08581.0858
Cl21.72232.42232.4223
H31.08582.42231.9228
H41.08582.42231.9228

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 117.417 Br2 C1 H4 117.417
H3 C1 H4 124.611
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.216      
2 Cl -0.073      
3 H 0.144      
4 H 0.144      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.113 1.082 0.000 1.088
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.079 0.197 0.000
y 0.197 -17.064 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.303
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.396 0.197 0.000
y 0.197 2.128 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.268
Polar
3z2-r20.536
x2-y2-3.015
xy0.197
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.168 0.028 0.000
y 0.028 4.664 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.865


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.340
(<r2>)1/2 5.687

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.401843
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.401843
Nuclear repulsion energy44.879331
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 BLYP/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 3104 3087 5.65      
2 A1 1365 1358 13.10      
3 A1 799 794 31.07      
4 B1 101i 101i 64.47      
5 B2 3260 3242 0.13      
6 B2 962 957 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4694.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4668.7 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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
9.02441 0.51603 0.48812

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.131
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.591
H3 0.000 0.963 -1.633
H4 0.000 -0.963 -1.633

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72271.08561.0856
Cl21.72272.42382.4238
H31.08562.42381.9254
H41.08562.42381.9254

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 117.526 Br2 C1 H4 117.526
H3 C1 H4 124.947
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.216      
2 Cl -0.073      
3 H 0.144      
4 H 0.144      


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 -1.087 1.087
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.090 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.293 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.047
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.420 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.276 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.144
Polar
3z2-r24.288
x2-y2-1.797
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.165 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.864 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.662


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.353
(<r2>)1/2 5.688