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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/daug-cc-pVTZ

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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 B3LYP/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.496467
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.496467
Nuclear repulsion energy45.324058
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 B3LYP/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' 3170 3170 6.10 117.85 0.08 0.14
2 A' 1410 1410 10.08 1.05 0.72 0.84
3 A' 827 827 32.54 7.66 0.09 0.17
4 A' 200 200 67.68 0.68 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3319 3319 0.15 47.21 0.75 0.86
6 A" 993 993 0.05 1.06 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4959.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4959.3 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 B3LYP/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.22162 0.52625 0.49784

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/daug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.120 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.000 1.619 0.952
H4 0.000 1.619 -0.952

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70541.07541.0754
Cl21.70542.40182.4018
H31.07542.40181.9047
H41.07542.40181.9047

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 117.676 Br2 C1 H4 117.676
H3 C1 H4 124.648
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/daug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.996      
2 Cl -0.159      
3 H 0.578      
4 H 0.578      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.079 0.000 1.079
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.663 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 -17.596 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.661
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.535 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 2.067 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.468
Polar
3z2-r20.937
x2-y2-3.068
xy0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.697 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.556 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.829


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.262
(<r2>)1/2 5.680

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.496467
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.496467
Nuclear repulsion energy45.324906
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 B3LYP/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 3170 3170 6.11 117.95 0.08 0.14
2 A1 1411 1411 10.10      
3 A1 827 827 32.49      
4 B1 203 203 67.65      
5 B2 3318 3318 0.14      
6 B2 993 993 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4960.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4960.7 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 B3LYP/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.22691 0.52625 0.49785

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/daug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.120
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.952 -1.620
H4 0.000 -0.952 -1.620

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70531.07541.0754
Cl21.70532.40222.4022
H31.07542.40221.9041
H41.07542.40221.9041

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 117.715 Br2 C1 H4 117.715
H3 C1 H4 124.571
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/daug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.996      
2 Cl -0.159      
3 H 0.578      
4 H 0.578      


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 -1.079 1.079
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.663 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.663 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.594
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.535 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.465 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.070
Polar
3z2-r24.139
x2-y2-2.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.697 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.828 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.556


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.263
(<r2>)1/2 5.680