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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
1 2 no C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.428888
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.428888
Nuclear repulsion energy45.127056
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 wB97X-D/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' 3180 3030 5.09 115.04 0.12 0.22
2 A' 1390 1324 10.06 2.56 0.68 0.81
3 A' 851 811 40.46 7.30 0.29 0.45
4 A' 206 196 72.21 0.71 0.22 0.36
5 A" 3344 3185 0.25 52.13 0.75 0.86
6 A" 986 939 0.10 4.32 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4978.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9526) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4742.4 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 wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.95544 0.52317 0.49470

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 1.123 0.000
Cl2 -0.008 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.086 1.623 0.963
H4 0.086 1.623 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71021.08881.0888
Cl21.71022.41222.4122
H31.08882.41221.9256
H41.08882.41221.9256

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 117.311 Br2 C1 H4 117.311
H3 C1 H4 124.339
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.152      
2 Cl -0.055      
3 H 0.103      
4 H 0.103      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.168 1.145 0.000 1.158
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.166 0.286 0.000
y 0.286 -17.074 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.220
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.519 0.286 0.000
y 0.286 2.119 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.400
Polar
3z2-r20.800
x2-y2-3.091
xy0.286
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.637 0.042 0.000
y 0.042 4.351 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.330


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.111
(<r2>)1/2 5.667

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.428878
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.428878
Nuclear repulsion energy45.141217
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 wB97X-D/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 3185 3034 4.44 114.24 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1390 1324 10.17      
3 A1 853 812 39.71      
4 B1 137i 131i 76.76      
5 B2 3350 3191 0.41      
6 B2 983 936 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4811.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9526) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4583.7 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 wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.99370 0.52351 0.49472

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.122
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.587
H3 0.000 0.964 -1.626
H4 0.000 -0.964 -1.626

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70911.08841.0884
Cl21.70912.41472.4147
H31.08842.41471.9286
H41.08842.41471.9286

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 117.625 Br2 C1 H4 117.625
H3 C1 H4 124.751
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.153      
2 Cl -0.054      
3 H 0.103      
4 H 0.103      


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 -1.148 1.148
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.186 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.204 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.044
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.562 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.411 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.151
Polar
3z2-r24.303
x2-y2-1.982
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.629 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.326 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.346


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.106
(<r2>)1/2 5.666