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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/3-21G*

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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-497.102310
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-497.102310
Nuclear repulsion energy45.163943
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 wB97X-D/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' 3212 3044 3.34 88.98 0.12 0.22
2 A' 1456 1380 7.06 4.26 0.61 0.76
3 A' 823 780 37.72 6.56 0.30 0.47
4 A' 280 266 125.52 0.53 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3365 3189 0.00 47.17 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1025 971 0.79 5.57 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5080.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9478) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4814.9 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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
ABC
9.19195 0.52231 0.49423

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.123 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.588 0.000
H3 0.000 1.627 0.954
H4 0.000 1.627 -0.954

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71141.07871.0787
Cl21.71142.41182.4118
H31.07872.41181.9077
H41.07872.41181.9077

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 117.842 Br2 C1 H4 117.842
H3 C1 H4 124.316
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.528      
2 Cl 0.013      
3 H 0.257      
4 H 0.257      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.275 0.000 1.275
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.460 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 -17.053 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.304
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.781 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 2.329 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.452
Polar
3z2-r20.905
x2-y2-3.407
xy0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.287 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.069 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.156


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.185
(<r2>)1/2 5.673

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-497.102310
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-497.102310
Nuclear repulsion energy45.166460
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 wB97X-D/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 A1 3211 3044 3.35 89.03 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1456 1380 7.06      
3 A1 824 781 37.66      
4 B1 283 268 125.45      
5 B2 3364 3188 0.00      
6 B2 1024 971 0.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5081.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9478) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4815.8 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 wB97X-D/3-21G*
ABC
9.19774 0.52235 0.49428

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.123
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.588
H3 0.000 0.954 -1.628
H4 0.000 -0.954 -1.628

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71121.07881.0788
Cl21.71122.41212.4121
H31.07882.41211.9071
H41.07882.41211.9071

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 117.882 Br2 C1 H4 117.882
H3 C1 H4 124.236
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.528      
2 Cl 0.014      
3 H 0.257      
4 H 0.257      


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 -1.275 1.275
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.459 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.306 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.051
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.781 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.449 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.332
Polar
3z2-r24.664
x2-y2-2.153
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.287 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.156 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.070


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.184
(<r2>)1/2 5.673