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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.446098
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.446098
Nuclear repulsion energy45.115765
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 TPSSh/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' 3189 3057 8.07 110.96 0.12 0.22
2 A' 1437 1378 16.09 4.09 0.59 0.74
3 A' 838 803 40.72 7.68 0.31 0.47
4 A' 218 209 80.89 0.93 0.28 0.44
5 A" 3343 3205 0.67 55.49 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1010 969 0.24 6.69 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5017.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4810.5 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
ABC
9.09303 0.52146 0.49362

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 1.126 0.000
Cl2 -0.008 -0.588 0.000
H3 0.091 1.621 0.955
H4 0.091 1.621 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71391.08051.0805
Cl21.71392.40912.4091
H31.08052.40911.9100
H41.08052.40911.9100

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 117.302 Br2 C1 H4 117.302
H3 C1 H4 124.216
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.359      
2 Cl 0.003      
3 H 0.178      
4 H 0.178      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.190 1.256 0.000 1.271
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.547 0.048 0.000
y 0.048 4.301 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.370


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

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.446085
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.446085
Nuclear repulsion energy45.132572
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 TPSSh/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 3193 3061 7.20 110.13 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1437 1378 16.41      
3 A1 840 805 39.74      
4 B1 152i 145i 87.54      
5 B2 3349 3211 0.43      
6 B2 1007 965 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4836.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4637.0 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
ABC
9.13604 0.52187 0.49367

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.124
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.588
H3 0.000 0.957 -1.626
H4 0.000 -0.957 -1.626

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71261.08011.0801
Cl21.71262.41182.4118
H31.08012.41181.9136
H41.08012.41181.9136

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 117.651 Br2 C1 H4 117.651
H3 C1 H4 124.698
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.362      
2 Cl 0.004      
3 H 0.179      
4 H 0.179      


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 -1.260 1.260
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.538 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.365 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.297


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.115
(<r2>)1/2 5.667