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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.199962
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.199962
Nuclear repulsion energy44.978168
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/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3097 3079 4.80 120.79 0.12 0.22
2 A' 1332 1325 8.53 3.45 0.62 0.76
3 A' 838 833 34.22 8.27 0.29 0.45
4 A' 119 118 72.99 0.49 0.42 0.59
5 A" 3257 3238 0.00 56.53 0.75 0.86
6 A" 950 944 0.23 4.94 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4796.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4768.6 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.85037 0.52043 0.49165

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.125 0.000
Cl2 -0.004 -0.589 0.000
H3 0.049 1.632 0.971
H4 0.049 1.632 -0.971

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71391.09661.0966
Cl21.71392.42432.4243
H31.09662.42431.9420
H41.09662.42431.9420

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 117.530 Br2 C1 H4 117.530
H3 C1 H4 124.614
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.144      
2 Cl -0.034      
3 H 0.089      
4 H 0.089      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.093 0.941 0.000 0.945
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.211 0.159 0.000
y 0.159 -17.192 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.276
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.477 0.159 0.000
y 0.159 2.052 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.426
Polar
3z2-r20.851
x2-y2-3.019
xy0.159
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.658 0.025 0.000
y 0.025 4.523 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.404


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.298
(<r2>)1/2 5.683

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.199962
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.199962
Nuclear repulsion energy44.982791
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/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3098 3081 4.61 120.49 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1332 1325 8.54      
3 A1 838 833 34.04      
4 B1 46i 46i 74.25      
5 B2 3259 3240 0.00      
6 B2 949 944 0.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4715.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4688.1 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.86120 0.52054 0.49166

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.125
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.589
H3 0.000 0.972 -1.633
H4 0.000 -0.972 -1.633

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71351.09651.0965
Cl21.71352.42502.4250
H31.09652.42501.9430
H41.09652.42501.9430

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 117.621 Br2 C1 H4 117.621
H3 C1 H4 124.758
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.144      
2 Cl -0.034      
3 H 0.089      
4 H 0.089      


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 -0.942 0.942
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.218 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.271 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.183
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.491 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.429 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.061
Polar
3z2-r24.122
x2-y2-1.947
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.655 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.403 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.522


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.296
(<r2>)1/2 5.683