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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

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 wB97X-D/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.468076
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.468076
Nuclear repulsion energy45.562688
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 wB97X-D/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' 3184 3184 6.54 111.13 0.09 0.16
2 A' 1419 1419 8.35 1.11 0.75 0.86
3 A' 854 854 33.17 7.18 0.16 0.27
4 A' 204 204 69.18 0.06 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3335 3335 0.10 46.53 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1000 1000 0.06 1.47 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4998.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4998.4 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 wB97X-D/cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.24165 0.53268 0.50365

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.112 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.582 0.000
H3 0.001 1.614 0.951
H4 0.001 1.614 -0.951

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69401.07561.0756
Cl21.69402.39312.3931
H31.07562.39311.9026
H41.07562.39311.9026

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 117.816 Br2 C1 H4 117.816
H3 C1 H4 124.367
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.167      
2 Cl -0.004      
3 H 0.085      
4 H 0.085      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.002 1.128 0.000 1.128
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.372 0.004 0.000
y 0.004 -17.227 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.364
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.577 0.004 0.000
y 0.004 2.142 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.435
Polar
3z2-r20.870
x2-y2-3.146
xy0.004
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.934 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.049 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.249


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.849
(<r2>)1/2 5.643

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.468076
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.468076
Nuclear repulsion energy45.565048
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 wB97X-D/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 3184 3184 6.55 111.18 0.09 0.16
2 A1 1419 1419 8.35      
3 A1 855 855 33.15      
4 B1 206 206 69.16      
5 B2 3335 3335 0.09      
6 B2 1000 1000 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4999.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4999.3 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 wB97X-D/cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.24210 0.53275 0.50371

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.112
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.582
H3 0.000 0.951 -1.614
H4 0.000 -0.951 -1.614

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69391.07571.0757
Cl21.69392.39322.3932
H31.07572.39321.9025
H41.07572.39321.9025

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 117.827 Br2 C1 H4 117.827
H3 C1 H4 124.346
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.167      
2 Cl -0.003      
3 H 0.085      
4 H 0.085      


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 -1.127 1.127
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.372 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.365 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.227
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.577 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.435 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.142
Polar
3z2-r24.283
x2-y2-2.008
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.934 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.249 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.049


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.847
(<r2>)1/2 5.643