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

using model chemistry: HF/STO-3G

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 HF/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-493.082324
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-493.082324
Nuclear repulsion energy43.963977
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/STO-3G
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' 3607 2945 2.66 39.06 0.14 0.25
2 A' 1631 1331 32.30 8.86 0.75 0.86
3 A' 960 784 34.15 13.03 0.33 0.50
4 A' 736 601 9.84 1.34 0.43 0.61
5 A" 3804 3106 2.20 24.64 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1126 919 4.29 6.26 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5932.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4843.5 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/STO-3G
ABC
8.80848 0.49098 0.46847

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.023 1.168 0.000
Cl2 -0.023 -0.604 0.000
H3 0.265 1.629 0.940
H4 0.265 1.629 -0.940

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.77181.08641.0864
Cl21.77182.44022.4402
H31.08642.44021.8804
H41.08642.44021.8804

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 115.138 Br2 C1 H4 115.138
H3 C1 H4 119.870
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.041      
2 Cl -0.149      
3 H 0.095      
4 H 0.095      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.319 2.009 0.000 2.034
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.213 0.462 0.000
y 0.462 -16.646 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.338
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.221 0.462 0.000
y 0.462 1.130 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.091
Polar
3z2-r20.182
x2-y2-1.567
xy0.462
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.348 0.141 0.000
y 0.141 2.217 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.869


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.481
(<r2>)1/2 5.699

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HF/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-493.080910
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-493.080910
Nuclear repulsion energy44.029039
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/STO-3G
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 3621 2957 3.62 37.41 0.14 0.25
2 A1 1606 1311 43.68      
3 A1 965 788 29.03      
4 B1 574i 469i 30.43      
5 B2 3835 3132 5.69      
6 B2 1084 885 4.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5268.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4301.6 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 HF/STO-3G
ABC
9.12707 0.49258 0.46736

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.160
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.605
H3 0.000 0.957 -1.666
H4 0.000 -0.957 -1.666

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.76471.08281.0828
Cl21.76472.46432.4643
H31.08282.46431.9145
H41.08282.46431.9145

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 117.863 Br2 C1 H4 117.863
H3 C1 H4 124.274
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.058      
2 Cl -0.140      
3 H 0.099      
4 H 0.099      


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 -1.996 1.996
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.337 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.209 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.481
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.492 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.200 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.292
Polar
3z2-r22.585
x2-y2-1.128
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.317 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.870 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.194


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.505
(<r2>)1/2 5.701