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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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 HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.421869
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.421869
Nuclear repulsion energy43.724128
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 HF/6-31G
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' 3363 3036 5.60 111.61 0.12 0.22
2 A' 1504 1358 33.61 2.33 0.74 0.85
3 A' 766 691 45.14 24.00 0.35 0.52
4 A' 365 329 76.56 2.61 0.26 0.42
5 A" 3541 3197 0.04 49.20 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1054 952 0.00 8.96 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5295.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4781.7 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
9.12958 0.48269 0.45930

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.012 1.180 0.000
Cl2 -0.012 -0.610 0.000
H3 0.135 1.646 0.948
H4 0.135 1.646 -0.948

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.79021.06641.0664
Cl21.79022.45132.4513
H31.06642.45131.8965
H41.06642.45131.8965

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 115.878 Br2 C1 H4 115.878
H3 C1 H4 125.541
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.405      
2 Cl -0.026      
3 H 0.216      
4 H 0.216      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.301 2.130 0.000 2.151
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.599 0.468 0.000
y 0.468 -17.534 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.627
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.519 0.468 0.000
y 0.468 2.079 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.440
Polar
3z2-r20.879
x2-y2-3.065
xy0.468
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.072 0.093 0.000
y 0.093 4.168 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.940


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 33.755
(<r2>)1/2 5.810

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.421793
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.421793
Nuclear repulsion energy43.772556
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 HF/6-31G
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 3368 3041 4.21 109.98 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1498 1353 36.30      
3 A1 769 694 42.59      
4 B1 261i 236i 96.69      
5 B2 3552 3207 0.02      
6 B2 1045 944 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4985.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4501.3 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
9.20651 0.48400 0.45983

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.177
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.610
H3 0.000 0.953 -1.654
H4 0.000 -0.953 -1.654

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.78661.06581.0658
Cl21.78662.45602.4560
H31.06582.45601.9062
H41.06582.45601.9062

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 116.584 Br2 C1 H4 116.584
H3 C1 H4 126.832
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.417      
2 Cl -0.020      
3 H 0.219      
4 H 0.219      


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 -2.123 2.123
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.652 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.570 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.456
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.639 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.484 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.155
Polar
3z2-r24.309
x2-y2-2.082
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.049 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.933 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.150


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 33.718
(<r2>)1/2 5.807