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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/CEP-121G*

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 wB97X-D/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-21.721141
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-21.721141
Nuclear repulsion energy15.852324
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 wB97X-D/CEP-121G*
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' 3171 3171 13.68 114.29 0.14 0.25
2 A' 1428 1428 15.60 2.21 0.68 0.81
3 A' 859 859 46.14 8.49 0.28 0.43
4 A' 226 226 99.26 0.46 0.28 0.44
5 A" 3328 3328 2.18 52.48 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1014 1014 0.34 4.59 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5013.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5013.0 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 wB97X-D/CEP-121G*
ABC
9.05102 0.51659 0.48908

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/CEP-121G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.007 1.131 0.000
Cl2 -0.007 -0.591 0.000
H3 0.085 1.628 0.958
H4 0.085 1.628 -0.958

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72231.08281.0828
Cl21.72232.41852.4185
H31.08282.41851.9157
H41.08282.41851.9157

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 117.297 Br2 C1 H4 117.297
H3 C1 H4 124.399
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.399      
2 Cl -0.043      
3 H 0.221      
4 H 0.221      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.193 1.225 0.000 1.240
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.850 0.329 0.000
y 0.329 -16.373 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.646
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.840 0.329 0.000
y 0.329 2.375 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.465
Polar
3z2-r20.930
x2-y2-3.477
xy0.329
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.038 0.034 0.000
y 0.034 4.611 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.570


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 25.930
(<r2>)1/2 5.092

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-21.721131
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-21.721131
Nuclear repulsion energy15.855046
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 wB97X-D/CEP-121G*
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 3173 3173 12.96 113.75 0.14 0.25
2 A1 1427 1427 15.85      
3 A1 860 860 45.36      
4 B1 70i 70i 108.02      
5 B2 3333 3333 1.76      
6 B2 1010 1010 0.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4866.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4866.2 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 wB97X-D/CEP-121G*
ABC
9.08751 0.51690 0.48908

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.130
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.591
H3 0.000 0.959 -1.632
H4 0.000 -0.959 -1.632

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72121.08251.0825
Cl21.72122.42092.4209
H31.08252.42091.9187
H41.08252.42091.9187

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 117.599 Br2 C1 H4 117.599
H3 C1 H4 124.802
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.404      
2 Cl -0.042      
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 -1.227 1.227
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.874 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.630 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.337
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.891 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.476 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.415
Polar
3z2-r24.830
x2-y2-2.244
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.031 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.562 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.617


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 25.931
(<r2>)1/2 5.092