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

using model chemistry: ROHF/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 ROHF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.418425
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.418425
Nuclear repulsion energy43.705945
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/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' 3365 3013 8.00      
2 A' 1520 1361 29.92      
3 A' 780 699 50.85      
4 A' 610 546 58.70      
5 A" 3538 3167 0.36      
6 A" 1075 962 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5443.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8953) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4873.8 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/6-31G
ABC
9.02884 0.48206 0.45971

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.018 1.183 0.000
Cl2 -0.018 -0.610 0.000
H3 0.211 1.632 0.941
H4 0.211 1.632 -0.941

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.79301.06691.0669
Cl21.79302.44142.4414
H31.06692.44141.8813
H41.06692.44141.8813

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 114.842 Br2 C1 H4 114.842
H3 C1 H4 123.692
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.397      
2 Cl -0.032      
3 H 0.215      
4 H 0.215      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.464 2.160 0.000 2.209
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.538 0.707 -0.000
y 0.707 -17.626 -0.000
z -0.000 -0.000 -18.691
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.380 0.707 -0.000
y 0.707 1.988 -0.000
z -0.000 -0.000 0.391
Polar
3z2-r20.782
x2-y2-2.912
xy0.707
xz-0.000
yz-0.000


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> 33.749
(<r2>)1/2 5.809

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at ROHF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.417788
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.417788
Nuclear repulsion energy43.849085
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/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 3390 3035 4.18      
2 A1 1509 1351 35.64      
3 A1 782 700 46.34      
4 B1 484i 433i 104.75      
5 B2 3577 3202 0.11      
6 B2 1054 944 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4913.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8953) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4399.3 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 ROHF/6-31G
ABC
9.22962 0.48578 0.46149

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.175
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.609
H3 0.000 0.952 -1.651
H4 0.000 -0.952 -1.651

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.78341.06431.0643
Cl21.78342.45182.4518
H31.06432.45181.9038
H41.06432.45181.9038

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 116.572 Br2 C1 H4 116.572
H3 C1 H4 126.857
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.428      
2 Cl -0.018      
3 H 0.223      
4 H 0.223      


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 -2.134 2.134
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.671 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.542 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 -17.440
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.681 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.514 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 2.167
Polar
3z2-r24.334
x2-y2-2.129
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> 33.635
(<r2>)1/2 5.800