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

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 2A'
1 2 yes C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.217152
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.217152
Nuclear repulsion energy45.113806
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 PBEPBE/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' 3109 3081 7.23      
2 A' 1368 1356 7.96      
3 A' 828 820 35.52      
4 A' 180 178 93.40      
5 A" 3263 3233 0.24      
6 A" 978 969 1.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4862.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4818.2 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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
ABC
9.01510 0.52245 0.49383

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.124 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.588 0.000
H3 0.001 1.625 0.963
H4 0.001 1.625 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71161.08571.0857
Cl21.71162.41322.4132
H31.08572.41321.9264
H41.08572.41321.9264

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 117.484 Br2 C1 H4 117.484
H3 C1 H4 125.031
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.351      
2 Cl -0.008      
3 H 0.179      
4 H 0.179      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.003 1.080 0.000 1.080
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.769 0.005 0.000
y 0.005 -17.604 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.668
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.632 0.005 0.000
y 0.005 2.114 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.518
Polar
3z2-r21.037
x2-y2-3.164
xy0.005
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.755 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 4.759 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.360


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.463
(<r2>)1/2 5.698

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.217152
Energy at 298.15K-499.217963
HF Energy-499.217152
Nuclear repulsion energy45.109595
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 PBEPBE/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 3109 3081 7.21      
2 A1 1368 1356 7.97      
3 A1 827 820 35.55      
4 B1 179 178 93.42      
5 B2 3262 3233 0.23      
6 B2 978 969 1.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4861.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4817.5 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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
ABC
9.01188 0.52236 0.49374

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.124
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.588
H3 0.000 0.963 -1.625
H4 0.000 -0.963 -1.625

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71191.08571.0857
Cl21.71192.41332.4133
H31.08572.41331.9267
H41.08572.41331.9267

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 117.467 Br2 C1 H4 117.467
H3 C1 H4 125.066
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.351      
2 Cl -0.008      
3 H 0.179      
4 H 0.179      


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 -1.081 1.081
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.769 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.667 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.605
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.633 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.520 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.114
Polar
3z2-r24.227
x2-y2-2.102
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.755 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.360 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.760


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.467
(<r2>)1/2 5.698