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

using model chemistry: HF/Def2TZVPP

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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/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.509326
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.509326
Nuclear repulsion energy45.339172
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/Def2TZVPP
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' 3301 2992 11.98 112.81 0.10 0.19
2 A' 1524 1382 17.56 1.24 0.73 0.85
3 A' 858 778 42.79 8.46 0.25 0.40
4 A' 422 383 48.90 0.73 0.05 0.09
5 A" 3449 3126 0.26 47.52 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1071 971 0.00 1.93 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5312.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9064) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4815.6 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/Def2TZVPP
ABC
9.26544 0.52522 0.49833

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.013 1.123 0.000
Cl2 -0.013 -0.585 0.000
H3 0.154 1.606 0.939
H4 0.154 1.606 -0.939

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70891.06841.0684
Cl21.70892.38972.3897
H31.06842.38971.8771
H41.06842.38971.8771

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 116.842 Br2 C1 H4 116.842
H3 C1 H4 122.915
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.079      
2 Cl -0.092      
3 H 0.085      
4 H 0.085      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.273 1.445 0.000 1.471
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.413 0.484 0.000
y 0.484 -17.239 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.580
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.504 0.484 0.000
y 0.484 2.257 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.246
Polar
3z2-r20.493
x2-y2-3.174
xy0.484
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.536 0.042 0.000
y 0.042 4.473 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.866


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.078
(<r2>)1/2 5.664

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.509187
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.509187
Nuclear repulsion energy45.395662
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/Def2TZVPP
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 3311 3001 9.75 110.66 0.11 0.19
2 A1 1523 1381 18.50      
3 A1 863 782 39.65      
4 B1 309i 280i 63.22      
5 B2 3466 3141 0.00      
6 B2 1060 961 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4957.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9064) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4493.0 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/Def2TZVPP
ABC
9.38927 0.52666 0.49868

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.120
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.585
H3 0.000 0.944 -1.618
H4 0.000 -0.944 -1.618

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70501.06721.0672
Cl21.70502.39672.3967
H31.06722.39671.8876
H41.06722.39671.8876

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 117.825 Br2 C1 H4 117.825
H3 C1 H4 124.351
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.081      
2 Cl -0.087      
3 H 0.084      
4 H 0.084      


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 -1.448 1.448
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.479 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.528 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.157
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.637 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.290 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.347
Polar
3z2-r24.694
x2-y2-1.951
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.526 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.847 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.461


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.055
(<r2>)1/2 5.662