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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ

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 mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.465124
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.465124
Nuclear repulsion energy45.260918
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 mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3192 3192 6.78 119.57 0.07 0.14
2 A' 1402 1402 9.86 1.02 0.69 0.81
3 A' 859 859 34.40 7.45 0.09 0.17
4 A' 223 223 68.04 0.38 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3359 3359 0.18 46.32 0.75 0.86
6 A" 991 991 0.04 1.17 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5012.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5012.9 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 mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.04863 0.52614 0.49723

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ

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 1.620 0.961
H4 -0.000 1.620 -0.961

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70541.08391.0839
Cl21.70542.40642.4064
H31.08392.40641.9228
H41.08392.40641.9228

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 117.506 Br2 C1 H4 117.506
H3 C1 H4 124.988
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.380      
2 Cl 0.331      
3 H -0.356      
4 H -0.356      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.162 0.000 1.162
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.638 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 -17.311 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.510
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.727 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 2.263 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.464
Polar
3z2-r20.928
x2-y2-3.326
xy-0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.631 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.409 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.774


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.208
(<r2>)1/2 5.675

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.465124
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.465124
Nuclear repulsion energy45.261726
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 mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ
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 3192 3192 6.78 119.65 0.07 0.14
2 A1 1403 1403 9.88      
3 A1 859 859 34.36      
4 B1 225 225 68.01      
5 B2 3358 3358 0.17      
6 B2 991 991 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5013.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5013.8 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 mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.05321 0.52614 0.49724

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.119
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.961 -1.621
H4 0.000 -0.961 -1.621

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70531.08401.0840
Cl21.70532.40672.4067
H31.08402.40671.9223
H41.08402.40671.9223

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 117.540 Br2 C1 H4 117.540
H3 C1 H4 124.921
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.379      
2 Cl 0.332      
3 H -0.355      
4 H -0.355      


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 -1.161 1.161
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.637 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.512 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.309
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.726 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.461 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.265
Polar
3z2-r24.531
x2-y2-2.125
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.631 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.774 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.409


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.208
(<r2>)1/2 5.675