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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G**

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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 B1B95/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.451939
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.451939
Nuclear repulsion energy45.502816
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 B1B95/6-31G**
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' 3225 3079 6.83      
2 A' 1445 1379 12.73      
3 A' 871 832 39.56      
4 A' 125 119 93.09      
5 A" 3376 3223 0.20      
6 A" 1021 975 0.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5031.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4803.9 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 B1B95/6-31G**
ABC
9.19489 0.53146 0.50257

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.005 1.113 0.000
Cl2 -0.005 -0.583 0.000
H3 0.053 1.616 0.952
H4 0.053 1.616 -0.952

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69561.07881.0788
Cl21.69562.39712.3971
H31.07882.39711.9047
H41.07882.39711.9047

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 117.817 Br2 C1 H4 117.817
H3 C1 H4 123.974
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.449      
2 Cl 0.021      
3 H 0.214      
4 H 0.214      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.115 1.156 0.000 1.162
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.138 0.189 0.000
y 0.189 -17.013 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.164
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.549 0.189 0.000
y 0.189 2.138 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.411
Polar
3z2-r20.822
x2-y2-3.125
xy0.189
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.518 0.027 0.000
y 0.027 4.228 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.328


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.765
(<r2>)1/2 5.636

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.451944
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.451944
Nuclear repulsion energy45.511099
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 B1B95/6-31G**
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 3229 3083 6.50      
2 A1 1445 1380 12.80      
3 A1 878 838 38.92      
4 B1 78i 74i 95.60      
5 B2 3380 3227 0.16      
6 B2 1021 975 0.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4937.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4714.3 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 B1B95/6-31G**
ABC
9.20561 0.53169 0.50266

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.112
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.583
H3 0.000 0.953 -1.617
H4 0.000 -0.953 -1.617

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69511.07861.0786
Cl21.69512.39762.3976
H31.07862.39761.9063
H41.07862.39761.9063

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 117.909 Br2 C1 H4 117.909
H3 C1 H4 124.181
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.450      
2 Cl 0.021      
3 H 0.214      
4 H 0.214      


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 -1.157 1.157
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.145 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.156 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.002
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.566 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.418 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.149
Polar
3z2-r24.298
x2-y2-1.989
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.514 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.327 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.223


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.759
(<r2>)1/2 5.636