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

using model chemistry: HF/cc-pVQZ

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 HF/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.522490
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.522490
Nuclear repulsion energy45.308618
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 HF/cc-pVQZ
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' 3298 2996 11.56 111.09 0.09 0.16
2 A' 1524 1385 16.87 1.01 0.74 0.85
3 A' 858 780 41.33 9.33 0.20 0.33
4 A' 442 401 46.65 0.68 0.08 0.16
5 A" 3445 3129 0.14 46.76 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1071 973 0.02 1.41 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5319.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9084) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4831.7 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 HF/cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.26536 0.52431 0.49760

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.014 1.125 0.000
Cl2 -0.014 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.159 1.606 0.938
H4 0.159 1.606 -0.938

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71061.06801.0680
Cl21.71062.39022.3902
H31.06802.39021.8756
H41.06802.39021.8756

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 116.774 Br2 C1 H4 116.774
H3 C1 H4 122.824
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.161      
2 Cl -0.086      
3 H 0.123      
4 H 0.123      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.276 1.469 0.000 1.495
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.440 0.496 0.000
y 0.496 -17.311 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.619
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.475 0.496 0.000
y 0.496 2.219 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.257
Polar
3z2-r20.513
x2-y2-3.129
xy0.496
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.810 0.040 0.000
y 0.040 4.688 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.133


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.133
(<r2>)1/2 5.669

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HF/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.522336
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.522336
Nuclear repulsion energy45.362007
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 HF/cc-pVQZ
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 3309 3006 9.25 108.52 0.09 0.16
2 A1 1522 1383 18.04      
3 A1 862 783 38.21      
4 B1 319i 289i 60.19      
5 B2 3464 3147 0.02      
6 B2 1060 963 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4949.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9084) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4496.1 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 HF/cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.38773 0.52570 0.49783

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.121
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.944 -1.618
H4 0.000 -0.944 -1.618

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70691.06661.0666
Cl21.70692.39732.3973
H31.06662.39731.8877
H41.06662.39731.8877

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 117.759 Br2 C1 H4 117.759
H3 C1 H4 124.482
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.172      
2 Cl -0.082      
3 H 0.127      
4 H 0.127      


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 -1.473 1.473
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.512 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.562 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.230
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.615 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.309 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.307
Polar
3z2-r24.613
x2-y2-1.949
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.804 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.121 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.669


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.113
(<r2>)1/2 5.667