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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ

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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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.232472
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.232472
Nuclear repulsion energy45.305299
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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
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' 3103 3082 7.10      
2 A' 1362 1352 7.63      
3 A' 835 830 29.72      
4 A' 207 205 71.23      
5 A" 3251 3228 0.05      
6 A" 966 959 0.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4861.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4828.2 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.07420 0.52724 0.49829

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.118 0.000
Cl2 0.000 -0.585 0.000
H3 -0.000 1.622 0.960
H4 -0.000 1.622 -0.960

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70281.08441.0844
Cl21.70282.40692.4069
H31.08442.40691.9201
H41.08442.40691.9201

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 117.714 Br2 C1 H4 117.714
H3 C1 H4 124.573
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.223      
2 Cl -0.036      
3 H 0.129      
4 H 0.129      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.000 0.967 0.000 0.967
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.460 -0.001 0.000
y -0.001 -17.377 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.458
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.542 -0.001 0.000
y -0.001 2.081 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.461
Polar
3z2-r20.922
x2-y2-3.082
xy-0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.484 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 5.009 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.956


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.140
(<r2>)1/2 5.669

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.232472
Energy at 298.15K-499.233327
HF Energy-499.232472
Nuclear repulsion energy45.308318
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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
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 3103 3081 7.11      
2 A1 1362 1352 7.61      
3 A1 836 830 29.74      
4 B1 207 205 71.25      
5 B2 3250 3228 0.05      
6 B2 966 960 0.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4861.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4828.2 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.06871 0.52736 0.49838

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.118
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.585
H3 0.000 0.960 -1.621
H4 0.000 -0.960 -1.621

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70271.08451.0845
Cl21.70272.40652.4065
H31.08452.40651.9206
H41.08452.40651.9206

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 117.687 Br2 C1 H4 117.687
H3 C1 H4 124.627
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.222      
2 Cl -0.036      
3 H 0.129      
4 H 0.129      


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 -0.967 0.967
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.460 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.456 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.380
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.542 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.464 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.078
Polar
3z2-r24.155
x2-y2-2.004
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.484 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.956 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.008


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.137
(<r2>)1/2 5.669