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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**

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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.445595
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.445595
Nuclear repulsion energy45.087005
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3188 3070 5.96 107.44 0.12 0.21
2 A' 1424 1371 13.23 1.83 0.73 0.84
3 A' 833 802 40.59 8.39 0.23 0.38
4 A' 180 173 101.96 0.28 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3343 3219 0.00 51.20 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1005 968 0.52 3.80 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4987.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4801.1 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
9.13654 0.52064 0.49257

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.126 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.589 0.000
H3 0.000 1.627 0.957
H4 0.000 1.627 -0.957

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71471.08031.0803
Cl21.71472.41402.4140
H31.08032.41401.9135
H41.08032.41401.9135

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 117.668 Br2 C1 H4 117.668
H3 C1 H4 124.665
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.413      
2 Cl 0.037      
3 H 0.188      
4 H 0.188      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.155 0.000 1.155
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.853 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.614 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.638
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.727 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.132 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.595
Polar
3z2-r21.190
x2-y2-3.240
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.506 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.761 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.720


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.516
(<r2>)1/2 5.702

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.445595
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.445595
Nuclear repulsion energy45.087184
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3188 3069 5.97 107.53 0.12 0.21
2 A1 1425 1372 13.25      
3 A1 833 802 40.52      
4 B1 184 177 101.89      
5 B2 3342 3218 0.00      
6 B2 1005 968 0.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4988.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4802.5 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
9.14261 0.52062 0.49257

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.126
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.589
H3 0.000 0.956 -1.628
H4 0.000 -0.956 -1.628

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71461.08031.0803
Cl21.71462.41442.4144
H31.08032.41441.9129
H41.08032.41441.9129

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 117.710 Br2 C1 H4 117.710
H3 C1 H4 124.580
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.413      
2 Cl 0.038      
3 H 0.187      
4 H 0.187      


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 -1.154 1.154
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.853 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.641 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.611
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.728 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.591 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.136
Polar
3z2-r24.273
x2-y2-2.212
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.506 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.720 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.761


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.518
(<r2>)1/2 5.702