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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.248961
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.248961
Nuclear repulsion energy45.388089
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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
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' 3211 3066 5.96 108.24 0.11 0.20
2 A' 1429 1364 11.23 2.21 0.70 0.83
3 A' 865 826 40.01 6.78 0.22 0.36
4 A' 231 220 102.94 0.15 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3366 3214 0.08 50.43 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1013 967 0.61 3.74 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5057.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4828.5 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
9.16041 0.52871 0.49986

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.116 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.584 0.000
H3 0.000 1.620 0.956
H4 0.000 1.620 -0.956

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70031.08031.0803
Cl21.70032.40262.4026
H31.08032.40261.9110
H41.08032.40261.9110

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 117.812 Br2 C1 H4 117.812
H3 C1 H4 124.375
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.461      
2 Cl 0.054      
3 H 0.203      
4 H 0.203      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 1.179 0.000 1.179
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.737 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.450 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.492
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.766 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.164 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.602
Polar
3z2-r21.204
x2-y2-3.287
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.412 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.621 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.674


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.153
(<r2>)1/2 5.670

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.248961
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.248961
Nuclear repulsion energy45.397455
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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
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 3211 3066 6.00 108.34 0.11 0.20
2 A1 1429 1365 11.22      
3 A1 866 827 39.92      
4 B1 234 224 102.88      
5 B2 3365 3213 0.07      
6 B2 1013 967 0.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5059.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4830.5 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
9.16745 0.52893 0.50008

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.115
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.584
H3 0.000 0.955 -1.620
H4 0.000 -0.955 -1.620

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69981.08041.0804
Cl21.69982.40272.4027
H31.08042.40271.9103
H41.08042.40271.9103

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 117.861 Br2 C1 H4 117.861
H3 C1 H4 124.278
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.461      
2 Cl 0.054      
3 H 0.203      
4 H 0.203      


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 -1.177 1.177
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.736 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.494 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.449
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.765 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.598 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.167
Polar
3z2-r24.333
x2-y2-2.242
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.412 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.673 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.621


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.146
(<r2>)1/2 5.670