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

using model chemistry: CCSD/aug-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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.791111
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490437
Nuclear repulsion energy44.848765
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 CCSD/aug-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' 3186 3069 7.96      
2 A' 1423 1371 14.73      
3 A' 841 810 33.22      
4 A' 219 211 60.19      
5 A" 3340 3217 0.00      
6 A" 996 960 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5002.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9634) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4819.2 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.93792 0.51574 0.48805

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 1.132 0.000
Cl2 -0.008 -0.591 0.000
H3 0.092 1.631 0.963
H4 0.092 1.631 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72331.08931.0893
Cl21.72332.42382.4238
H31.08932.42381.9266
H41.08932.42381.9266

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 117.244 Br2 C1 H4 117.244
H3 C1 H4 124.340
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.791098
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490325
Nuclear repulsion energy44.865589
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 CCSD/aug-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 3190 3073 7.36      
2 A1 1425 1372 15.19      
3 A1 843 812 32.35      
4 B1 153i 147i 65.05      
5 B2 3346 3223 0.04      
6 B2 993 957 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4821.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9634) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4645.3 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 CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.98237 0.51614 0.48809

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.131
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.591
H3 0.000 0.965 -1.635
H4 0.000 -0.965 -1.635

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72201.08891.0889
Cl21.72202.42662.4266
H31.08892.42661.9299
H41.08892.42661.9299

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 117.602 Br2 C1 H4 117.602
H3 C1 H4 124.796
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability