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All results from a given calculation for CH2Br (bromomethyl radical)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G**

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 2A1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2610.561891
Energy at 298.15K-2610.565548
HF Energy-2610.561891
Nuclear repulsion energy80.866717
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3227 3075 4.71      
2 A' 1410 1344 20.35      
3 A' 723 689 19.20      
4 A' 162 155 80.44      
5 A" 3380 3221 0.10      
6 A" 938 894 1.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4919.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4688.8 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
9.15396 0.38003 0.36504

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.481 0.000
Br2 -0.004 -0.367 0.000
H3 0.074 1.983 0.953
H4 0.074 1.983 -0.953

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.84861.08031.0803
Br21.84862.53792.5379
H31.08032.53791.9067
H41.08032.53791.9067

picture of bromomethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 117.697 Br2 C1 H4 117.697
H3 C1 H4 123.882
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.380      
2 Br -0.054      
3 H 0.217      
4 H 0.217      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.145 1.058 0.000 1.068
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.953 0.312 0.000
y 0.312 -21.251 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.989
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.333 0.312 0.000
y 0.312 3.720 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.386
Polar
3z2-r2-0.773
x2-y2-4.702
xy0.312
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.381 0.036 0.000
y 0.036 5.376 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.150


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 42.406
(<r2>)1/2 6.512

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2610.561882
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2610.561882
Nuclear repulsion energy80.881984
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3228 3077 4.25 107.08 0.12 0.21
2 A1 1409 1343 20.55 2.65 0.65 0.79
3 A1 718 684 18.85 7.88 0.22 0.36
4 B1 116i 110i 83.98 0.42 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3382 3224 0.16 57.73 0.75 0.86
6 B2 935 892 1.76 4.11 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4778.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9531) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4554.1 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
9.18009 0.38018 0.36507

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.481
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.367
H3 0.000 0.954 -1.986
H4 0.000 -0.954 -1.986

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.84781.08001.0800
Br21.84782.53952.5395
H31.08002.53951.9090
H41.08002.53951.9090

picture of bromomethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 117.903 Br2 C1 H4 117.903
H3 C1 H4 124.194
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.381      
2 Br -0.053      
3 H 0.217      
4 H 0.217      


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 -1.061 1.061
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.969 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.976 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.225
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.369 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.379 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.747
Polar
3z2-r27.495
x2-y2-1.993
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.375 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.146 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.372


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 42.401
(<r2>)1/2 6.512