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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/aug-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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.505979
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.505979
Nuclear repulsion energy45.401062
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 TPSSh/aug-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' 3159 3159 7.03 119.80 0.08 0.14
2 A' 1416 1416 10.99 1.13 0.74 0.85
3 A' 836 836 33.12 7.56 0.08 0.16
4 A' 102 102 66.76 0.62 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3312 3312 0.00 49.02 0.75 0.86
6 A" 993 993 0.03 1.08 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4908.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4908.3 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.19096 0.52866 0.49990

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.117 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.584 0.000
H3 0.004 1.617 0.954
H4 0.004 1.617 -0.954

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70111.07721.0772
Cl21.70112.39922.3992
H31.07722.39921.9078
H41.07722.39921.9078

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 117.676 Br2 C1 H4 117.676
H3 C1 H4 124.646
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -1.145      
2 Cl 0.087      
3 H 0.529      
4 H 0.529      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.007 1.116 0.000 1.116
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.620 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.488 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.782


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.068
(<r2>)1/2 5.663

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.505979
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.505979
Nuclear repulsion energy45.400021
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 TPSSh/aug-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 3159 3159 7.02 119.81 0.08 0.14
2 A1 1416 1416 11.00      
3 A1 836 836 33.12      
4 B1 102 102 66.76      
5 B2 3312 3312 0.00      
6 B2 993 993 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4908.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4908.2 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 TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.19139 0.52863 0.49988

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.117
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.584
H3 0.000 0.954 -1.617
H4 0.000 -0.954 -1.617

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70121.07721.0772
Cl21.70122.39932.3993
H31.07722.39931.9078
H41.07722.39931.9078

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 117.680 Br2 C1 H4 117.680
H3 C1 H4 124.640
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -1.145      
2 Cl 0.087      
3 H 0.529      
4 H 0.529      


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 -1.117 1.117
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.620 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.782 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.488


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.069
(<r2>)1/2 5.663