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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.246204
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.246204
Nuclear repulsion energy45.286315
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3189 3066 4.51 116.02 0.12 0.21
2 A' 1383 1330 9.35 2.76 0.64 0.78
3 A' 868 835 38.27 6.88 0.29 0.44
4 A' 127 122 73.21 0.47 0.43 0.60
5 A" 3351 3222 0.32 52.83 0.75 0.86
6 A" 982 944 0.18 4.27 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4949.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4759.0 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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.99317 0.52741 0.49833

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.117 0.000
Cl2 -0.004 -0.585 0.000
H3 0.050 1.622 0.963
H4 0.050 1.622 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70231.08861.0886
Cl21.70232.40832.4083
H31.08862.40831.9263
H41.08862.40831.9263

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 117.599 Br2 C1 H4 117.599
H3 C1 H4 124.449
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.151      
2 Cl -0.054      
3 H 0.102      
4 H 0.102      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.098 1.101 0.000 1.105
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.209 0.167 0.000
y 0.167 -17.103 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.233
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.542 0.167 0.000
y 0.167 2.118 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.424
Polar
3z2-r20.847
x2-y2-3.106
xy0.167
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.637 0.024 0.000
y 0.024 4.338 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.337


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.993
(<r2>)1/2 5.656

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.246204
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.246204
Nuclear repulsion energy45.290910
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 PBE1PBE/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 3190 3067 4.29 115.72 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1383 1330 9.38      
3 A1 869 835 38.04      
4 B1 65i 63i 74.68      
5 B2 3353 3224 0.38      
6 B2 981 943 0.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4854.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4668.0 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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.00489 0.52753 0.49834

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.117
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.585
H3 0.000 0.964 -1.623
H4 0.000 -0.964 -1.623

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70201.08841.0884
Cl21.70202.40902.4090
H31.08842.40901.9274
H41.08842.40901.9274

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 117.696 Br2 C1 H4 117.696
H3 C1 H4 124.608
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.151      
2 Cl -0.054      
3 H 0.102      
4 H 0.102      


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 -1.102 1.102
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.216 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.227 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.093
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.556 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.428 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.128
Polar
3z2-r24.257
x2-y2-1.990
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.634 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.336 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.337


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.991
(<r2>)1/2 5.656