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

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

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 LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.053026
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.053026
Nuclear repulsion energy45.604752
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 LSDA/6-31G**
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' 3129 3070 3.00      
2 A' 1373 1347 5.44      
3 A' 882 866 31.09      
4 A' 270 265 103.76      
5 A" 3279 3217 0.14      
6 A" 979 961 1.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4955.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4863.0 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
9.02578 0.53608 0.50602

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 -1.106 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 0.581 0.000
H3 0.000 -1.616 0.963
H4 0.000 -1.616 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.68671.08951.0895
Cl21.68672.39862.3986
H31.08952.39861.9252
H41.08952.39861.9252

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 117.926 Br2 C1 H4 117.926
H3 C1 H4 124.148
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.421      
2 Cl 0.048      
3 H 0.187      
4 H 0.187      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 -0.968 0.000 0.968
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.247 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.193
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.563 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.043 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.519
Polar
3z2-r21.038
x2-y2-3.071
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.561 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.391 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.409


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.729
(<r2>)1/2 5.633

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.053026
Energy at 298.15K-498.053978
HF Energy-498.053026
Nuclear repulsion energy45.608064
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 LSDA/6-31G**
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 3128 3070 3.01      
2 A1 1373 1347 5.44      
3 A1 883 866 31.07      
4 B1 271 266 103.74      
5 B2 3278 3217 0.14      
6 B2 980 961 1.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4956.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9813) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4863.7 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 LSDA/6-31G**
ABC
9.02810 0.53616 0.50610

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.106
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.581
H3 0.000 0.962 -1.617
H4 0.000 -0.962 -1.617

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.68651.08951.0895
Cl21.68652.39872.3987
H31.08952.39871.9250
H41.08952.39871.9250

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 117.943 Br2 C1 H4 117.943
H3 C1 H4 124.113
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.421      
2 Cl 0.048      
3 H 0.187      
4 H 0.187      


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 -0.967 0.967
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.247 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.193 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.176
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.562 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.518 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.044
Polar
3z2-r24.088
x2-y2-2.053
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.561 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.409 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.391


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.727
(<r2>)1/2 5.633