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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.461337
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.461337
Nuclear repulsion energy44.956168
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/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' 3158 3064 5.35 118.10 0.12 0.22
2 A' 1376 1335 11.20 2.94 0.65 0.79
3 A' 832 807 38.48 8.10 0.29 0.45
4 A' 180 175 68.60 0.77 0.26 0.41
5 A" 3320 3221 0.00 55.14 0.75 0.86
6 A" 976 947 0.10 4.72 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4921.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4774.0 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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.94582 0.51864 0.49055

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.007 1.128 0.000
Cl2 -0.007 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.079 1.628 0.964
H4 0.079 1.628 -0.964

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71821.08901.0890
Cl21.71822.41962.4196
H31.08902.41961.9278
H41.08902.41961.9278

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 117.297 Br2 C1 H4 117.297
H3 C1 H4 124.535
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.107      
2 Cl -0.052      
3 H 0.080      
4 H 0.080      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.149 1.054 0.000 1.064
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.170 0.253 0.000
y 0.253 -17.181 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.303
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.427 0.253 0.000
y 0.253 2.055 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.373
Polar
3z2-r20.745
x2-y2-2.988
xy0.253
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.637 0.040 0.000
y 0.040 4.415 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.359


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.311
(<r2>)1/2 5.684

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.461330
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.461330
Nuclear repulsion energy44.966435
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/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 3161 3067 4.82 117.34 0.13 0.22
2 A1 1376 1335 11.31      
3 A1 833 808 37.89      
4 B1 129i 125i 72.07      
5 B2 3325 3225 0.02      
6 B2 974 945 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4770.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4627.0 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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.97532 0.51889 0.49054

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.590
H3 0.000 0.965 -1.631
H4 0.000 -0.965 -1.631

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71741.08871.0887
Cl21.71742.42152.4215
H31.08872.42151.9306
H41.08872.42151.9306

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 117.543 Br2 C1 H4 117.543
H3 C1 H4 124.915
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.108      
2 Cl -0.052      
3 H 0.080      
4 H 0.080      


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 -1.057 1.057
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.186 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.289 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.158
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.463 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.383 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.080
Polar
3z2-r24.160
x2-y2-1.897
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.630 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.356 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.410


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.309
(<r2>)1/2 5.684