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

using model chemistry: B97D3/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 B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.456468
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.456468
Nuclear repulsion energy44.959945
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/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' 3113 3113 9.24 126.34 0.08 0.14
2 A' 1370 1370 10.65 1.02 0.69 0.82
3 A' 815 815 32.34 9.22 0.10 0.18
4 A' 160 160 66.21 0.66 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3277 3277 0.31 52.14 0.75 0.86
6 A" 972 972 0.04 1.26 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4852.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4852.7 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 B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.94366 0.51891 0.49046

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.128 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.000 1.629 0.967
H4 0.000 1.629 -0.967

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71791.08891.0889
Cl21.71792.42002.4200
H31.08892.42001.9340
H41.08892.42001.9340

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 117.365 Br2 C1 H4 117.365
H3 C1 H4 125.270
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.582      
2 Cl 0.361      
3 H -0.472      
4 H -0.472      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.001 1.069 0.000 1.069
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.632 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 -17.425 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.565
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.638 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 2.174 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.463
Polar
3z2-r20.927
x2-y2-3.208
xy0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.822 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.698 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.934


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.513
(<r2>)1/2 5.702

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.456468
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.456468
Nuclear repulsion energy44.957638
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/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 3113 3113 9.24 126.36 0.08 0.14
2 A1 1370 1370 10.66      
3 A1 814 814 32.35      
4 B1 160 160 66.20      
5 B2 3277 3277 0.31      
6 B2 972 972 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4852.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4852.6 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/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.94368 0.51885 0.49040

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.590
H3 0.000 0.967 -1.629
H4 0.000 -0.967 -1.629

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71801.08891.0889
Cl21.71802.42012.4201
H31.08892.42011.9340
H41.08892.42011.9340

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 117.367 Br2 C1 H4 117.367
H3 C1 H4 125.266
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.582      
2 Cl 0.361      
3 H -0.472      
4 H -0.472      


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 -1.069 1.069
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.633 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.565 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.424
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.638 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.463 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.175
Polar
3z2-r24.350
x2-y2-2.067
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.822 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.934 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.698


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.515
(<r2>)1/2 5.702