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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

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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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.377138
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.377138
Nuclear repulsion energy45.306188
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
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' 3200 3072 6.29      
2 A' 1425 1368 11.39      
3 A' 856 822 39.80      
4 A' 222 213 103.71      
5 A" 3354 3220 0.02      
6 A" 1010 970 0.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5033.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4832.4 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
9.14956 0.52656 0.49791

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.118 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.000 1.622 0.956
H4 0.000 1.622 -0.956

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70401.08071.0807
Cl21.70402.40602.4060
H31.08072.40601.9121
H41.08072.40601.9121

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 117.788 Br2 C1 H4 117.788
H3 C1 H4 124.423
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.460      
2 Cl 0.057      
3 H 0.202      
4 H 0.202      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.165 0.000 1.165
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.676 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.398 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.439
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.757 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.159 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.598
Polar
3z2-r21.196
x2-y2-3.277
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.404 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.653 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.671


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.192
(<r2>)1/2 5.674

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.377138
Energy at 298.15K-499.378025
HF Energy-499.377138
Nuclear repulsion energy45.307601
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
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 3200 3072 6.30      
2 A1 1425 1368 11.38      
3 A1 856 822 39.80      
4 B1 222 213 103.72      
5 B2 3354 3220 0.02      
6 B2 1010 970 0.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5033.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4832.4 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
9.14831 0.52661 0.49795

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.118
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.956 -1.622
H4 0.000 -0.956 -1.622

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70401.08071.0807
Cl21.70402.40592.4059
H31.08072.40591.9123
H41.08072.40591.9123

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 117.782 Br2 C1 H4 117.782
H3 C1 H4 124.436
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.460      
2 Cl 0.057      
3 H 0.202      
4 H 0.202      


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 -1.165 1.165
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.675 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.438 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.399
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.757 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.599 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.158
Polar
3z2-r24.315
x2-y2-2.237
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.404 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.671 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.652


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.191
(<r2>)1/2 5.674