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

using model chemistry: ROHF/cc-pVTZ

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 ROHF/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.510545
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.510545
Nuclear repulsion energy45.162569
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 ROHF/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' 3296 2969 14.85      
2 A' 1528 1376 16.88      
3 A' 859 774 44.41      
4 A' 654 589 36.96      
5 A" 3440 3099 0.99      
6 A" 1084 976 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5429.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.901) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4892.1 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 ROHF/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.13601 0.52040 0.49508

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.020 1.132 0.000
Cl2 -0.020 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.225 1.595 0.932
H4 0.225 1.595 -0.932

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71921.06901.0690
Cl21.71922.38542.3854
H31.06902.38541.8640
H41.06902.38541.8640

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 115.665 Br2 C1 H4 115.665
H3 C1 H4 121.359
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.160      
2 Cl -0.131      
3 H 0.145      
4 H 0.145      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.387 1.510 0.000 1.559
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.338 0.672 -0.000
y 0.672 -17.326 0.000
z -0.000 0.000 -18.631
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.360 0.672 -0.000
y 0.672 2.159 0.000
z -0.000 0.000 0.201
Polar
3z2-r20.401
x2-y2-3.013
xy0.672
xz-0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.206
(<r2>)1/2 5.675

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at ROHF/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.509750
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.509750
Nuclear repulsion energy45.286664
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 ROHF/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 3328 2999 9.64      
2 A1 1525 1374 19.31      
3 A1 866 781 38.40      
4 B1 513i 463i 64.08      
5 B2 3486 3141 0.03      
6 B2 1062 957 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4876.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.901) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4393.8 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 ROHF/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.39396 0.52354 0.49590

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.124
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.587
H3 0.000 0.944 -1.619
H4 0.000 -0.944 -1.619

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71091.06561.0656
Cl21.71092.39942.3994
H31.06562.39941.8871
H41.06562.39941.8871

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 117.691 Br2 C1 H4 117.691
H3 C1 H4 124.618
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.184      
2 Cl -0.122      
3 H 0.153      
4 H 0.153      


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 -1.508 1.508
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.489 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.512 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 -17.164
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.651 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.315 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 2.336
Polar
3z2-r24.672
x2-y2-1.977
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz-0.001


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.153
(<r2>)1/2 5.670