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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-311G**

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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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.443653
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.443653
Nuclear repulsion energy45.286419
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/6-311G**
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' 3185 3046 7.25 102.36 0.14 0.25
2 A' 1420 1358 9.65 1.70 0.73 0.85
3 A' 847 810 41.08 6.69 0.33 0.49
4 A' 141 135 94.34 0.04 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3343 3197 0.03 48.66 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1009 965 0.98 3.60 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4972.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4756.0 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/6-311G**
ABC
9.15203 0.52581 0.49724

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.120 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.000 1.619 0.956
H4 0.000 1.619 -0.956

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70641.07801.0780
Cl21.70642.40302.4030
H31.07802.40301.9119
H41.07802.40301.9119

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 117.529 Br2 C1 H4 117.529
H3 C1 H4 124.943
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.345      
2 Cl -0.021      
3 H 0.183      
4 H 0.183      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.001 1.232 0.000 1.232
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.651 0.002 0.000
y 0.002 -17.412 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.541
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.675 0.002 0.000
y 0.002 2.184 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.490
Polar
3z2-r20.980
x2-y2-3.239
xy0.002
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.713 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.561 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.290


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.222
(<r2>)1/2 5.676

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.443653
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.443653
Nuclear repulsion energy45.284075
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/6-311G**
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 3184 3046 7.25 102.40 0.14 0.25
2 A1 1420 1358 9.66      
3 A1 846 810 41.08      
4 B1 143 137 94.33      
5 B2 3342 3197 0.03      
6 B2 1009 966 0.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4972.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4756.4 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/6-311G**
ABC
9.15159 0.52575 0.49719

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.121
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.956 -1.619
H4 0.000 -0.956 -1.619

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70651.07811.0781
Cl21.70652.40312.4031
H31.07812.40311.9119
H41.07812.40311.9119

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 117.532 Br2 C1 H4 117.532
H3 C1 H4 124.935
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.345      
2 Cl -0.021      
3 H 0.183      
4 H 0.183      


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 -1.232 1.232
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.651 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.542 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.411
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.675 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.490 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.185
Polar
3z2-r24.371
x2-y2-2.110
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.713 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.290 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.562


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.224
(<r2>)1/2 5.677