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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-493.933485
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-493.933485
Nuclear repulsion energy43.804287
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 wB97X-D/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' 3390 3390 3.35 37.60 0.14 0.25
2 A' 1518 1518 17.92 8.10 0.74 0.85
3 A' 900 900 36.86 7.74 0.33 0.50
4 A' 623 623 21.14 1.20 0.22 0.36
5 A" 3591 3591 1.03 22.85 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1054 1054 2.53 5.82 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5538.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5538.2 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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
ABC
8.60523 0.48889 0.46585

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.023 1.170 0.000
Cl2 -0.023 -0.605 0.000
H3 0.260 1.636 0.953
H4 0.260 1.636 -0.953

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.77501.09861.0986
Cl21.77502.45242.4524
H31.09862.45241.9070
H41.09862.45241.9070

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 115.141 Br2 C1 H4 115.141
H3 C1 H4 120.438
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.098      
2 Cl -0.110      
3 H 0.104      
4 H 0.104      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.385 1.668 0.000 1.712
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.216 0.562 0.000
y 0.562 -16.606 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.228
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.299 0.562 0.000
y 0.562 1.116 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.183
Polar
3z2-r20.366
x2-y2-1.611
xy0.562
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.392 0.107 0.000
y 0.107 2.396 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.888


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.594
(<r2>)1/2 5.709

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-493.932548
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-493.932548
Nuclear repulsion energy43.920995
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 wB97X-D/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 3423 3423 4.21 35.49 0.14 0.25
2 A1 1502 1502 22.91      
3 A1 912 912 33.39      
4 B1 471i 471i 47.77      
5 B2 3633 3633 3.58      
6 B2 1021 1021 2.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5009.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5009.8 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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
ABC
8.92272 0.49164 0.46596

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/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 0.606
H3 0.000 0.968 -1.670
H4 0.000 -0.968 -1.670

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.76581.09411.0941
Cl21.76582.47282.4728
H31.09412.47281.9363
H41.09412.47281.9363

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 117.761 Br2 C1 H4 117.761
H3 C1 H4 124.478
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.111      
2 Cl -0.103      
3 H 0.107      
4 H 0.107      


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 -1.671 1.671
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.343 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.113 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.438
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.567 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.278 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.290
Polar
3z2-r22.579
x2-y2-1.230
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.365 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.886 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.359


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.566
(<r2>)1/2 5.707