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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-496.954076
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-496.954076
Nuclear repulsion energy43.409135
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 M06-2X/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' 3206 3074 3.00 97.24 0.11 0.20
2 A' 1419 1360 16.76 3.89 0.72 0.84
3 A' 730 700 47.87 10.51 0.39 0.56
4 A' 441 423 77.32 2.80 0.06 0.11
5 A" 3377 3238 0.29 42.00 0.75 0.86
6 A" 982 942 0.12 9.86 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5077.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4867.6 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 M06-2X/3-21G
ABC
8.81595 0.47645 0.45377

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.017 1.191 0.000
Cl2 -0.017 -0.613 0.000
H3 0.196 1.641 0.955
H4 0.196 1.641 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.80401.07771.0777
Cl21.80402.45812.4581
H31.07772.45811.9109
H41.07772.45811.9109

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 114.729 Br2 C1 H4 114.729
H3 C1 H4 124.889
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.538      
2 Cl 0.026      
3 H 0.256      
4 H 0.256      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.457 1.774 0.000 1.832
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.614 0.713 0.000
y 0.713 -17.512 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.546
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.585 0.713 0.000
y 0.713 2.068 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.517
Polar
3z2-r21.034
x2-y2-3.102
xy0.713
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.022 0.103 0.000
y 0.103 4.271 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.873


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 33.998
(<r2>)1/2 5.831

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at M06-2X/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-496.953807
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-496.953807
Nuclear repulsion energy43.524001
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 M06-2X/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 3231 3097 0.93 95.33 0.11 0.20
2 A1 1409 1351 19.82      
3 A1 728 698 44.11      
4 B1 352i 337i 114.97      
5 B2 3412 3271 1.65      
6 B2 963 923 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4695.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4501.3 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 M06-2X/3-21G
ABC
8.98322 0.47939 0.45511

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.183
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.613
H3 0.000 0.965 -1.658
H4 0.000 -0.965 -1.658

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.79601.07551.0755
Cl21.79602.46752.4675
H31.07552.46751.9298
H41.07552.46751.9298

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 116.214 Br2 C1 H4 116.214
H3 C1 H4 127.573
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.557      
2 Cl 0.036      
3 H 0.260      
4 H 0.260      


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 -1.764 1.764
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.726 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.432 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.350
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.835 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.606 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.229
Polar
3z2-r24.458
x2-y2-2.294
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.984 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.860 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.246


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 33.910
(<r2>)1/2 5.823