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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/3-21G

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 B2PLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-496.765041
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-496.724156
Nuclear repulsion energy43.169638
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 B2PLYP/3-21G
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' 3223 3223 3.16 92.58 0.12 0.22
2 A' 1429 1429 20.58 3.25 0.71 0.83
3 A' 707 707 43.51 11.83 0.38 0.55
4 A' 386 386 89.31 2.92 0.08 0.15
5 A" 3395 3395 0.01 42.65 0.75 0.86
6 A" 980 980 0.13 9.52 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5059.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5059.6 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 B2PLYP/3-21G
ABC
8.87199 0.47008 0.44764

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.014 1.199 0.000
Cl2 -0.014 -0.618 0.000
H3 0.165 1.655 0.958
H4 0.165 1.655 -0.958

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.81641.07601.0760
Cl21.81642.47292.4729
H31.07602.47291.9154
H41.07602.47291.9154

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 115.100 Br2 C1 H4 115.100
H3 C1 H4 125.757
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.515      
2 Cl 0.023      
3 H 0.246      
4 H 0.246      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.401 1.704 0.000 1.750
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.691 0.619 -0.001
y 0.619 -17.511 -0.012
z -0.001 -0.012 -18.646
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.613 0.619 -0.001
y 0.619 2.158 -0.012
z -0.001 -0.012 0.455
Polar
3z2-r20.911
x2-y2-3.181
xy0.619
xz-0.001
yz-0.012


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.974 0.094 0.000
y 0.094 4.306 0.002
z 0.000 0.002 1.855


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.316
(<r2>)1/2 5.858

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-496.764901
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-496.724036
Nuclear repulsion energy43.247669
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 B2PLYP/3-21G
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 3236 3236 1.65 90.09 0.13 0.22
2 A1 1423 1423 23.42      
3 A1 708 708 39.56      
4 B1 283i 283i 123.54      
5 B2 3416 3416 0.19      
6 B2 966 966 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4733.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4733.2 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 B2PLYP/3-21G
ABC
8.99677 0.47204 0.44851

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.193
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.617
H3 0.000 0.964 -1.668
H4 0.000 -0.964 -1.668

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.81081.07451.0745
Cl21.81082.48002.4800
H31.07452.48001.9283
H41.07452.48001.9283

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 116.188 Br2 C1 H4 116.188
H3 C1 H4 127.623
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.528      
2 Cl 0.030      
3 H 0.249      
4 H 0.249      


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 -1.703 1.703
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.768 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.570 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.400
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.783 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.514 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.269
Polar
3z2-r24.538
x2-y2-2.198
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.941 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.842 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.281


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.255
(<r2>)1/2 5.853