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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.493604
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.493604
Nuclear repulsion energy45.682825
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 mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ
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 3189 3189 7.14      
2 A1 1415 1415 8.30      
3 A1 862 862 32.71      
4 B1 222 222 69.23      
5 B2 3340 3340 0.01      
6 B2 999 999 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5013.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5013.6 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ
ABC
9.24325 0.53600 0.50663

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.108
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.580
H3 0.000 0.951 -1.611
H4 0.000 -0.951 -1.611

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.68831.07601.0760
Cl21.68832.38882.3888
H31.07602.38881.9024
H41.07602.38881.9024

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 117.871 Br2 C1 H4 117.871
H3 C1 H4 124.258
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pCVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.188      
2 Cl -0.061      
3 H 0.125      
4 H 0.125      


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 -1.087 1.087
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.289 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.311 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.170
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.548 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.418 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.130
Polar
3z2-r24.260
x2-y2-1.978
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.454 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.786


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.701
(<r2>)1/2 5.630