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

using model chemistry: ROHF/cc-pVQZ

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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 ROHF/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.517345
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.517345
Nuclear repulsion energy45.232856
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/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 3298 13.91      
2 A' 1530 1530 16.08      
3 A' 861 861 43.08      
4 A' 641 641 37.24      
5 A" 3441 3441 0.56      
6 A" 1084 1084 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5427.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5427.2 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 ROHF/cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.16015 0.52219 0.49666

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.019 1.130 0.000
Cl2 -0.019 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.220 1.594 0.932
H4 0.220 1.594 -0.932

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71591.06831.0683
Cl21.71592.38342.3834
H31.06832.38341.8634
H41.06832.38341.8634

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 115.782 Br2 C1 H4 115.782
H3 C1 H4 121.408
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.151      
2 Cl -0.093      
3 H 0.122      
4 H 0.122      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.380 1.492 0.000 1.540
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.396 0.674 -0.000
y 0.674 -17.387 0.000
z -0.000 0.000 -18.671
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.367 0.674 -0.000
y 0.674 2.147 0.000
z -0.000 0.000 0.220
Polar
3z2-r20.440
x2-y2-3.010
xy0.674
xz-0.000
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> 32.179
(<r2>)1/2 5.673

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at ROHF/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.516598
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.516598
Nuclear repulsion energy45.359003
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/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 3329 3329 9.15      
2 A1 1528 1528 18.38      
3 A1 868 868 37.15      
4 B1 505i 505i 63.98      
5 B2 3485 3485 0.11      
6 B2 1064 1064 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4885.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4885.0 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/cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.41420 0.52536 0.49759

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at ROHF/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 0.943 -1.618
H4 0.000 -0.943 -1.618

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70761.06511.0651
Cl21.70762.39682.3968
H31.06512.39681.8851
H41.06512.39681.8851

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 117.762 Br2 C1 H4 117.762
H3 C1 H4 124.477
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.176      
2 Cl -0.084      
3 H 0.130      
4 H 0.130      


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 -1.488 1.488
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.542 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.563 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 -17.236
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.643 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.327 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 2.316
Polar
3z2-r24.632
x2-y2-1.979
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> 32.126
(<r2>)1/2 5.668