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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ

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 wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.461489
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.461489
Nuclear repulsion energy45.478966
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 wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3188 3188 6.58 116.47 0.07 0.13
2 A' 1417 1417 8.90 1.09 0.68 0.81
3 A' 849 849 33.50 7.42 0.08 0.14
4 A' 199 199 69.82 0.59 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3339 3339 0.16 44.66 0.75 0.86
6 A" 999 999 0.04 0.98 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4995.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4995.8 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 wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.22449 0.53049 0.50164

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.115 0.000
Cl2 0.000 -0.583 0.000
H3 -0.000 1.615 0.952
H4 -0.000 1.615 -0.952

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69801.07571.0757
Cl21.69802.39582.3958
H31.07572.39581.9044
H41.07572.39581.9044

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 117.727 Br2 C1 H4 117.727
H3 C1 H4 124.545
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -1.099      
2 Cl -0.281      
3 H 0.690      
4 H 0.690      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.000 1.127 0.000 1.127
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.473 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 -17.299 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.427
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.610 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 2.151 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.459
Polar
3z2-r20.918
x2-y2-3.174
xy-0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.629 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.396 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.770


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.971
(<r2>)1/2 5.654

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.461489
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.461489
Nuclear repulsion energy45.485818
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 wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ
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 3188 3188 6.61 116.59 0.07 0.13
2 A1 1418 1418 8.92      
3 A1 850 850 33.43      
4 B1 204 204 69.77      
5 B2 3337 3337 0.15      
6 B2 999 999 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4998.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4998.2 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 wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.23155 0.53065 0.50180

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.114
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.583
H3 0.000 0.952 -1.616
H4 0.000 -0.952 -1.616

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69761.07581.0758
Cl21.69762.39612.3961
H31.07582.39611.9036
H41.07582.39611.9036

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 117.778 Br2 C1 H4 117.778
H3 C1 H4 124.445
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/daug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -1.099      
2 Cl -0.281      
3 H 0.690      
4 H 0.690      


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 -1.126 1.126
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.472 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.430 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.297
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.609 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.455 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.154
Polar
3z2-r24.308
x2-y2-2.043
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.629 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.770 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.395


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.966
(<r2>)1/2 5.654