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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-497.014549
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-497.014549
Nuclear repulsion energy43.261322
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3194 3082 2.60 93.94 0.13 0.22
2 A' 1406 1356 17.75 3.04 0.69 0.82
3 A' 709 684 45.11 11.46 0.37 0.54
4 A' 313 302 104.45 2.18 0.08 0.14
5 A" 3369 3251 0.02 42.95 0.75 0.86
6 A" 969 935 0.19 9.33 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4980.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4805.3 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 B3LYPultrafine/3-21G
ABC
8.85492 0.47287 0.44981

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.012 1.194 0.000
Cl2 -0.012 -0.616 0.000
H3 0.143 1.655 0.962
H4 0.143 1.655 -0.962

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.81041.07791.0779
Cl21.81042.47142.4714
H31.07792.47141.9241
H41.07792.47141.9241

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 115.308 Br2 C1 H4 115.308
H3 C1 H4 126.380
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.533      
2 Cl 0.037      
3 H 0.248      
4 H 0.248      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.358 1.633 0.000 1.672
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.577 0.554 0.000
y 0.554 -17.382 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.455
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.658 0.554 0.000
y 0.554 2.134 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.525
Polar
3z2-r21.049
x2-y2-3.194
xy0.554
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.993 0.077 0.000
y 0.077 4.332 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.870


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.129
(<r2>)1/2 5.842

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-497.014484
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-497.014484
Nuclear repulsion energy43.314687
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3205 3092 1.50 91.92 0.13 0.22
2 A1 1401 1352 19.56      
3 A1 710 685 42.12      
4 B1 224i 216i 130.46      
5 B2 3385 3266 0.05      
6 B2 958 925 0.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4717.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4551.9 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 B3LYPultrafine/3-21G
ABC
8.94837 0.47421 0.45034

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.190
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.616
H3 0.000 0.967 -1.665
H4 0.000 -0.967 -1.665

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.80641.07671.0767
Cl21.80642.47702.4770
H31.07672.47701.9335
H41.07672.47701.9335

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 116.123 Br2 C1 H4 116.123
H3 C1 H4 127.755
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.541      
2 Cl 0.042      
3 H 0.250      
4 H 0.250      


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 -1.635 1.635
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.635 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.398 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.286
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.793 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.563 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.230
Polar
3z2-r24.461
x2-y2-2.237
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.969 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.858 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.311


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 34.090
(<r2>)1/2 5.839