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

using model chemistry: B97D3/TZVP

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 B97D3/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.467952
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.467952
Nuclear repulsion energy45.007033
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 B97D3/TZVP
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' 3124 3079 8.43 114.68 0.13 0.23
2 A' 1388 1368 10.45 1.45 0.66 0.80
3 A' 803 792 37.65 8.81 0.29 0.45
4 A' 112 111 95.14 0.00 0.21 0.35
5 A" 3279 3232 0.73 51.38 0.75 0.86
6 A" 984 969 0.52 3.49 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4845.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9856) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4775.5 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 B97D3/TZVP
ABC
9.09688 0.51875 0.49077

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.129 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.003 1.628 0.959
H4 0.003 1.628 -0.959

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71841.08111.0811
Cl21.71842.41622.4162
H31.08112.41621.9177
H41.08112.41621.9177

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 117.510 Br2 C1 H4 117.510
H3 C1 H4 124.978
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.310      
2 Cl -0.029      
3 H 0.169      
4 H 0.169      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.006 1.043 0.000 1.043
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.464 0.010 0.000
y 0.010 -17.264 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.365
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.650 0.010 0.000
y 0.010 2.151 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.499
Polar
3z2-r20.999
x2-y2-3.200
xy0.010
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.206 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 4.774 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.573


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.374
(<r2>)1/2 5.690

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.467952
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.467952
Nuclear repulsion energy45.005336
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 B97D3/TZVP
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 3124 3079 8.42 114.68 0.13 0.23
2 A1 1388 1368 10.46      
3 A1 803 792 37.65      
4 B1 112 110 95.14      
5 B2 3279 3232 0.73      
6 B2 983 969 0.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4844.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9856) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4775.1 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 B97D3/TZVP
ABC
9.09660 0.51871 0.49073

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/TZVP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.129
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.590
H3 0.000 0.959 -1.628
H4 0.000 -0.959 -1.628

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71851.08111.0811
Cl21.71852.41622.4162
H31.08112.41621.9177
H41.08112.41621.9177

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 117.509 Br2 C1 H4 117.509
H3 C1 H4 124.982
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.310      
2 Cl -0.029      
3 H 0.169      
4 H 0.169      


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 -1.043 1.043
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.464 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.364 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.264
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.650 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.500 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.151
Polar
3z2-r24.302
x2-y2-2.100
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.206 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.573 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.774


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.375
(<r2>)1/2 5.690