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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/STO-3G

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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 B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-493.935222
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-493.935222
Nuclear repulsion energy43.590837
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 B3LYP/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' 3351 2990 2.61      
2 A' 1501 1340 18.05      
3 A' 886 790 35.53      
4 A' 612 546 22.53      
5 A" 3554 3172 0.35      
6 A" 1042 929 2.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5472.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4883.6 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 B3LYP/STO-3G
ABC
8.55869 0.48364 0.46097

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.023 1.177 0.000
Cl2 -0.023 -0.609 0.000
H3 0.261 1.641 0.956
H4 0.261 1.641 -0.956

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.78551.10011.1001
Cl21.78552.46102.4610
H31.10012.46101.9118
H41.10012.46101.9118

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 114.976 Br2 C1 H4 114.976
H3 C1 H4 120.666
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.098      
2 Cl -0.107      
3 H 0.103      
4 H 0.103      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.394 1.610 0.000 1.657
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.221 0.573 0.000
y 0.573 -16.563 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.236
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.322 0.573 0.000
y 0.573 1.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.156
Polar
3z2-r20.312
x2-y2-1.658
xy0.573
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.399 0.105 0.000
y 0.105 2.478 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.900


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.801
(<r2>)1/2 5.727

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-493.934313
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-493.934313
Nuclear repulsion energy43.694653
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 B3LYP/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 3385 3021 3.48      
2 A1 1484 1324 23.53      
3 A1 894 798 32.20      
4 B1 465i 415i 49.93      
5 B2 3600 3213 2.32      
6 B2 1008 900 2.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4953.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4420.3 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 B3LYP/STO-3G
ABC
8.87023 0.48605 0.46080

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.168
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.609
H3 0.000 0.971 -1.675
H4 0.000 -0.971 -1.675

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.77701.09531.0953
Cl21.77702.48172.4817
H31.09532.48171.9420
H41.09532.48171.9420

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 117.564 Br2 C1 H4 117.564
H3 C1 H4 124.871
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.109      
2 Cl -0.101      
3 H 0.105      
4 H 0.105      


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 -1.622 1.622
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.348 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.118 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.390
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.594 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.251 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.343
Polar
3z2-r22.687
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 0.370 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.896 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.434


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.783
(<r2>)1/2 5.726