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

using model chemistry: B97D3/aug-cc-pVQZ

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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 B97D3/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.489901
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.489901
Nuclear repulsion energy45.367484
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 B97D3/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' 3116 3116 8.83 124.60 0.08 0.14
2 A' 1384 1384 9.26 1.19 0.74 0.85
3 A' 819 819 29.24 8.46 0.08 0.15
4 A' 180 180 63.59 0.68 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3265 3265 0.16 51.65 0.75 0.86
6 A" 981 981 0.06 1.08 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4872.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4872.4 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 B97D3/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.15214 0.52816 0.49934

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/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 -0.585 0.000
H3 0.000 1.619 0.956
H4 0.000 1.619 -0.956

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70161.07991.0799
Cl21.70162.40232.4023
H31.07992.40231.9119
H41.07992.40231.9119

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 117.719 Br2 C1 H4 117.719
H3 C1 H4 124.562
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.902      
2 Cl 0.079      
3 H 0.411      
4 H 0.411      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.019 0.000 1.019
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.484 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.467 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.510
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.496 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.030 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.466
Polar
3z2-r20.932
x2-y2-3.017
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.718 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.638 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.872


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.123
(<r2>)1/2 5.668

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.489901
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.489901
Nuclear repulsion energy45.370897
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 B97D3/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 3115 3115 8.86 124.71 0.08 0.14
2 A1 1384 1384 9.28      
3 A1 820 820 29.19      
4 B1 184 184 63.55      
5 B2 3264 3264 0.18      
6 B2 981 981 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4874.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4874.1 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 B97D3/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.15730 0.52823 0.49942

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/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 0.585
H3 0.000 0.956 -1.620
H4 0.000 -0.956 -1.620

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70141.07991.0799
Cl21.70142.40262.4026
H31.07992.40261.9113
H41.07992.40261.9113

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 117.758 Br2 C1 H4 117.758
H3 C1 H4 124.485
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.902      
2 Cl 0.080      
3 H 0.411      
4 H 0.411      


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 -1.019 1.019
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.484 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.511 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.465
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.495 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.463 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.032
Polar
3z2-r24.065
x2-y2-1.972
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.718 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.872 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.638


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.121
(<r2>)1/2 5.668