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

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVDZ

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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 BLYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.417483
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.417483
Nuclear repulsion energy44.582113
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 BLYP/cc-pVDZ
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' 3077 3081 6.06      
2 A' 1333 1336 11.05      
3 A' 795 796 35.44      
4 A' 206 206 65.90      
5 A" 3237 3242 0.35      
6 A" 949 951 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4798.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1.0016) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4806.0 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 BLYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.79677 0.50983 0.48237

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 1.139 0.000
Cl2 -0.008 -0.595 0.000
H3 0.096 1.637 0.971
H4 0.096 1.637 -0.971

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.73381.09611.0961
Cl21.73382.43632.4363
H31.09612.43631.9415
H41.09612.43631.9415

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 117.041 Br2 C1 H4 117.041
H3 C1 H4 124.657
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.092      
2 Cl -0.040      
3 H 0.066      
4 H 0.066      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.177 0.935 0.000 0.951
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.172 0.300 0.000
y 0.300 -17.269 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.365
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.355 0.300 0.000
y 0.300 1.999 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.356
Polar
3z2-r20.712
x2-y2-2.902
xy0.300
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.657 0.050 0.000
y 0.050 4.583 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.420


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.683
(<r2>)1/2 5.717

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.417470
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.417470
Nuclear repulsion energy44.598819
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 BLYP/cc-pVDZ
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 3081 3086 5.31      
2 A1 1333 1335 11.21      
3 A1 797 798 34.68      
4 B1 149i 149i 70.60      
5 B2 3243 3249 0.17      
6 B2 946 947 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4625.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1.0016) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4632.6 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 BLYP/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.83692 0.51025 0.48240

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.138
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.595
H3 0.000 0.973 -1.642
H4 0.000 -0.973 -1.642

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.73261.09561.0956
Cl21.73262.43892.4389
H31.09562.43891.9457
H41.09562.43891.9457

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 117.383 Br2 C1 H4 117.383
H3 C1 H4 125.234
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.092      
2 Cl -0.039      
3 H 0.066      
4 H 0.066      


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 -0.939 0.939
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.195 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.344 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.237
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.405 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.371 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.033
Polar
3z2-r24.066
x2-y2-1.851
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.647 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.415 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.574


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.677
(<r2>)1/2 5.716