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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.183721
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.183721
Nuclear repulsion energy45.077766
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3125 3089 5.85 111.38 0.11 0.20
2 A' 1381 1365 9.71 2.23 0.69 0.82
3 A' 835 825 36.71 8.46 0.23 0.37
4 A' 230 228 106.86 0.49 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3276 3239 0.00 52.84 0.75 0.86
6 A" 982 971 0.91 3.97 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4914.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4858.2 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
9.00576 0.52172 0.49315

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.124 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.588 0.000
H3 0.000 1.630 0.964
H4 0.000 1.630 -0.964

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71191.08851.0885
Cl21.71192.41832.4183
H31.08852.41831.9274
H41.08852.41831.9274

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 117.704 Br2 C1 H4 117.704
H3 C1 H4 124.591
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.481      
2 Cl 0.075      
3 H 0.203      
4 H 0.203      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.001 1.031 0.000 1.031
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.927 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 -17.675 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.619
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.780 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 2.098 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.682
Polar
3z2-r21.364
x2-y2-3.252
xy0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.616 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.914 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.776


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.541
(<r2>)1/2 5.704

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.183721
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.183721
Nuclear repulsion energy45.080984
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3124 3088 5.88 111.50 0.11 0.20
2 A1 1382 1366 9.73      
3 A1 835 826 36.63      
4 B1 234 232 106.77      
5 B2 3275 3238 0.00      
6 B2 982 970 0.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4915.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4859.8 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
9.01375 0.52177 0.49322

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.123
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.588
H3 0.000 0.963 -1.630
H4 0.000 -0.963 -1.630

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71171.08861.0886
Cl21.71172.41882.4188
H31.08862.41881.9265
H41.08862.41881.9265

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 117.762 Br2 C1 H4 117.762
H3 C1 H4 124.476
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.481      
2 Cl 0.075      
3 H 0.203      
4 H 0.203      


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 -1.029 1.029
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.926 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.622 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.671
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.780 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.677 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.103
Polar
3z2-r24.206
x2-y2-2.304
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.616 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.776 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.914


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.540
(<r2>)1/2 5.704