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All results from a given calculation for CH2Br (bromomethyl radical)

using model chemistry: ROHF/6-311G**

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 2A1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at ROHF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2611.360669
Energy at 298.15K-2611.364686
HF Energy-2611.360669
Nuclear repulsion energy80.138477
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 ROHF/6-311G**
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' 3299 3011 11.01      
2 A' 1492 1362 34.35      
3 A' 716 654 22.39      
4 A' 444 406 53.59      
5 A" 3454 3152 0.05      
6 A" 1005 917 1.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5205.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9126) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4750.5 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 ROHF/6-311G**
ABC
9.18100 0.37190 0.35822

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at ROHF/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 1.502 0.000
Br2 -0.008 -0.371 0.000
H3 0.174 1.980 0.941
H4 0.174 1.980 -0.941

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.87291.07071.0707
Br21.87292.53872.5387
H31.07072.53871.8812
H41.07072.53871.8812

picture of bromomethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 116.517 Br2 C1 H4 116.517
H3 C1 H4 122.911
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.264      
2 Br -0.050      
3 H 0.157      
4 H 0.157      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.310 1.492 0.000 1.524
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.508 0.653 0.000
y 0.653 -21.576 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.651
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.394 0.653 0.000
y 0.653 4.004 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.610
Polar
3z2-r2-1.219
x2-y2-4.932
xy0.653
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 43.167
(<r2>)1/2 6.570

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at ROHF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2611.355207
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2611.355207
Nuclear repulsion energy80.290481
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 ROHF/6-311G**
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 3329 3038 8.42      
2 A1 1497 1366 36.98      
3 A1 728 664 19.40      
4 B1 508i 463i 73.38      
5 B2 3494 3188 0.21      
6 B2 998 910 1.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4768.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9126) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4351.6 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 ROHF/6-311G**
ABC
9.34928 0.37333 0.35899

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at ROHF/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.497
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.370
H3 0.000 0.946 -1.993
H4 0.000 -0.946 -1.993

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.86731.06791.0679
Br21.86732.54542.5454
H31.06792.54541.8916
H41.06792.54541.8916

picture of bromomethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 117.663 Br2 C1 H4 117.663
H3 C1 H4 124.674
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.283      
2 Br -0.043      
3 H 0.163      
4 H 0.163      


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 -1.497 1.497
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.626 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -24.572 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 -21.452
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.614 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.533 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 4.147
Polar
3z2-r28.294
x2-y2-2.054
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz-0.001


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 43.103
(<r2>)1/2 6.565