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

using model chemistry: B1B95/cc-pVDZ

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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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.475714
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.475714
Nuclear repulsion energy45.350275
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 B1B95/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' 3179 3056 5.22      
2 A' 1379 1325 9.69      
3 A' 869 836 38.98      
4 A' 172 165 72.13      
5 A" 3342 3212 0.04      
6 A" 981 943 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4961.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4768.5 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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.99587 0.52897 0.49991

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.007 1.116 0.000
Cl2 -0.007 -0.584 0.000
H3 0.076 1.617 0.961
H4 0.076 1.617 -0.961

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70011.08731.0873
Cl21.70012.40342.4034
H31.08732.40341.9229
H41.08732.40341.9229

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 117.442 Br2 C1 H4 117.442
H3 C1 H4 124.317
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.132      
2 Cl -0.046      
3 H 0.089      
4 H 0.089      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.146 1.011 0.000 1.021
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.105 0.247 0.000
y 0.247 -17.115 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.192
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.451 0.247 0.000
y 0.247 2.034 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.417
Polar
3z2-r20.835
x2-y2-2.990
xy0.247
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.645 0.036 0.000
y 0.036 4.387 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.351


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.900
(<r2>)1/2 5.648

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.476006
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.476006
Nuclear repulsion energy45.399885
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 B1B95/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 3193 3069 4.66      
2 A1 1385 1331 9.84      
3 A1 875 841 39.01      
4 B1 126i 121i 75.49      
5 B2 3358 3227 0.16      
6 B2 983 945 0.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4833.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4645.8 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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.03019 0.53020 0.50079

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.114
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.584
H3 0.000 0.962 -1.618
H4 0.000 -0.962 -1.618

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69791.08611.0861
Cl21.69792.40252.4025
H31.08612.40251.9247
H41.08612.40251.9247

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 117.616 Br2 C1 H4 117.616
H3 C1 H4 124.768
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.133      
2 Cl -0.047      
3 H 0.090      
4 H 0.090      


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 -1.031 1.031
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.122 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.172 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.089
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.492 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.433 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.059
Polar
3z2-r24.117
x2-y2-1.950
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.636 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.341 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.361


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 31.857
(<r2>)1/2 5.644