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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/cc-pVDZ

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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.253537
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.166308
Nuclear repulsion energy45.056204
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/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' 3196 3062 6.53 116.46 0.12 0.22
2 A' 1405 1346 12.15 2.92 0.66 0.80
3 A' 848 813 38.92 7.62 0.30 0.46
4 A' 269 257 65.04 1.14 0.16 0.28
5 A" 3355 3215 0.00 54.14 0.75 0.86
6 A" 995 953 0.06 4.64 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5033.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9582) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4823.2 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.96273 0.52097 0.49303

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.010 1.126 0.000
Cl2 -0.010 -0.588 0.000
H3 0.113 1.622 0.960
H4 0.113 1.622 -0.960

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71431.08751.0875
Cl21.71432.41312.4131
H31.08752.41311.9198
H41.08752.41311.9198

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 117.146 Br2 C1 H4 117.146
H3 C1 H4 123.933
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.116      
2 Cl -0.056      
3 H 0.086      
4 H 0.086      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.213 1.086 0.000 1.106
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.254 0.359 -0.001
y 0.359 -17.282 -0.011
z -0.001 -0.011 -18.407
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.409 0.359 -0.001
y 0.359 2.048 -0.011
z -0.001 -0.011 0.361
Polar
3z2-r20.722
x2-y2-2.972
xy0.359
xz-0.001
yz-0.011


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.624 0.057 0.000
y 0.057 4.349 0.002
z 0.000 0.002 2.331


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.272
(<r2>)1/2 5.681

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.253507
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.166254
Nuclear repulsion energy45.083049
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/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 3202 3068 5.36 115.05 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1405 1347 12.45      
3 A1 852 816 37.60      
4 B1 192i 184i 72.41      
5 B2 3363 3223 0.07      
6 B2 989 948 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4809.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9582) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4608.8 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.03160 0.52161 0.49313

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.124
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.588
H3 0.000 0.962 -1.629
H4 0.000 -0.962 -1.629

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71231.08691.0869
Cl21.71232.41742.4174
H31.08692.41741.9246
H41.08692.41741.9246

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 117.704 Br2 C1 H4 117.704
H3 C1 H4 124.591
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability