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All results from a given calculation for CHFCl (Chlorofluoromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-595.795600
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-595.795600
Nuclear repulsion energy92.319913
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
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 3227 3065 11.70 87.57 0.27 0.43
2 A 1343 1276 47.40 6.58 0.70 0.83
3 A 1196 1136 122.58 3.81 0.47 0.64
4 A 837 795 73.42 6.78 0.50 0.67
5 A 650 617 30.36 9.46 0.17 0.29
6 A 388 369 1.65 3.43 0.68 0.81

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3821.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9496) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3628.4 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
ABC
1.92413 0.19022 0.17403

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.533 0.552 -0.120
H2 0.685 1.528 0.321
F3 1.553 -0.337 0.025
Cl4 -1.051 -0.106 0.010

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 F3 Cl4
C11.08241.36071.7199
H21.08242.07872.4043
F31.36072.07872.6144
Cl41.71992.40432.6144

picture of Chlorofluoromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 F3 116.142 H2 C1 Cl4 116.326
F3 C1 Cl4 115.646
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.022      
2 H 0.253      
3 F -0.255      
4 Cl 0.024      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.008 1.286 0.477 1.371
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.243 1.484 0.242
y 1.484 -21.772 0.665
z 0.242 0.665 -23.686
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.515 1.484 0.242
y 1.484 2.193 0.665
z 0.242 0.665 -0.678
Polar
3z2-r2-1.356
x2-y2-2.471
xy1.484
xz0.242
yz0.665


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.984 0.482 -0.056
y 0.482 2.431 0.085
z -0.056 0.085 1.472


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 62.743
(<r2>)1/2 7.921