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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/TZVP

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 CCSD(T)/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.801512
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.500022
Nuclear repulsion energy45.020255
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(T)/TZVP
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' 3200 3080        
2 A' 1456 1401        
3 A' 835 803        
4 A' 258 249        
5 A" 3352 3227        
6 A" 1023 984        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5061.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9625) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4871.9 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(T)/TZVP
ABC
9.15387 0.51824 0.49103

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.009 1.130 0.000
Cl2 -0.009 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.102 1.624 0.951
H4 0.102 1.624 -0.951

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71951.07751.0775
Cl21.71952.41222.4122
H31.07752.41221.9017
H41.07752.41221.9017

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 117.325 Br2 C1 H4 117.325
H3 C1 H4 123.878
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.801489
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.499898
Nuclear repulsion energy45.038939
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(T)/TZVP
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 3205 3084        
2 A1 1456 1402        
3 A1 837 805        
4 B1 184i 177i        
5 B2 3359 3233        
6 B2 1019 981        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4846.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9625) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4664.3 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(T)/TZVP
ABC
9.20170 0.51875 0.49106

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/TZVP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.590
H3 0.000 0.953 -1.629
H4 0.000 -0.953 -1.629

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71811.07701.0770
Cl21.71812.41522.4152
H31.07702.41521.9067
H41.07702.41521.9067

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