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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/cc-pVTZ

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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 B3LYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.495044
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.495044
Nuclear repulsion energy45.328136
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 B3LYP/cc-pVTZ
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' 3170 3064 6.87      
2 A' 1411 1364 10.14      
3 A' 830 802 33.69      
4 A' 186 180 70.96      
5 A" 3321 3210 0.00      
6 A" 994 961 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4955.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9666) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4790.1 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 B3LYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.22366 0.52636 0.49795

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.119 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.000 1.620 0.952
H4 0.000 1.620 -0.952

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70511.07561.0756
Cl21.70512.40202.4020
H31.07562.40201.9044
H41.07562.40201.9044

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 117.707 Br2 C1 H4 117.707
H3 C1 H4 124.585
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.221      
2 Cl -0.051      
3 H 0.136      
4 H 0.136      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.001 1.077 0.000 1.077
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.463 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 -17.380 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.508
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.519 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 2.106 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.414
Polar
3z2-r20.827
x2-y2-3.083
xy0.001
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.436 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.878 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.884


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.141
(<r2>)1/2 5.669

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.495044
Energy at 298.15K-499.495873
HF Energy-499.495044
Nuclear repulsion energy45.327935
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 B3LYP/cc-pVTZ
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 3170 3064 6.87      
2 A1 1411 1364 10.15      
3 A1 830 802 33.68      
4 B1 186 180 70.96      
5 B2 3321 3210 0.00      
6 B2 994 961 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4955.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9666) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4790.2 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 B3LYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.22633 0.52634 0.49793

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.119
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.952 -1.620
H4 0.000 -0.952 -1.620

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70511.07551.0755
Cl21.70512.40212.4021
H31.07552.40211.9042
H41.07552.40211.9042

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 117.719 Br2 C1 H4 117.719
H3 C1 H4 124.562
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.221      
2 Cl -0.051      
3 H 0.136      
4 H 0.136      


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 -1.077 1.077
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.463 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -18.509 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.379
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.519 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.412 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.107
Polar
3z2-r24.214
x2-y2-1.955
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.436 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.884 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.878


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 32.142
(<r2>)1/2 5.669