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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.245769
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.245769
Nuclear repulsion energy45.395141
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3215 3068 6.11 103.83 0.12 0.22
2 A' 1432 1367 11.90 3.76 0.59 0.74
3 A' 868 828 37.73 6.65 0.30 0.46
4 A' 151 144 88.22 0.55 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3369 3215 0.02 51.17 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1012 966 0.43 5.99 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5023.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4793.8 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
9.17216 0.52881 0.49998

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.116 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.584 0.000
H3 0.000 1.620 0.955
H4 0.000 1.620 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70011.07991.0799
Cl21.70012.40242.4024
H31.07992.40241.9098
H41.07992.40241.9098

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 117.845 Br2 C1 H4 117.845
H3 C1 H4 124.310
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.378      
2 Cl 0.014      
3 H 0.182      
4 H 0.182      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.226 0.000 1.226
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.214 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.030 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.223
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.588 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.188 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.400
Polar
3z2-r20.799
x2-y2-3.184
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.542 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.223 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.353


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.896
(<r2>)1/2 5.648

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.245768
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.245768
Nuclear repulsion energy45.402730
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 HSEh1PBE/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 3215 3068 6.14 103.89 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1433 1367 11.89      
3 A1 869 829 37.65      
4 B1 155 148 88.17      
5 B2 3369 3215 0.03      
6 B2 1012 966 0.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5025.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4796.2 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
9.17894 0.52898 0.50016

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.115
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.584
H3 0.000 0.955 -1.621
H4 0.000 -0.955 -1.621

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69971.08001.0800
Cl21.69972.40262.4026
H31.08002.40261.9091
H41.08002.40261.9091

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 117.889 Br2 C1 H4 117.889
H3 C1 H4 124.223
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.378      
2 Cl 0.014      
3 H 0.182      
4 H 0.182      


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 -1.225 1.225
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.213 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.225 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.029
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.586 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.396 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.190
Polar
3z2-r24.381
x2-y2-1.988
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.542 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.353 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.223


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.890
(<r2>)1/2 5.647