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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.913008
Energy at 298.15K-498.913700
HF Energy-498.516099
Nuclear repulsion energy45.761984
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 MP2=FULL/aug-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' 3271 3112 6.42      
2 A' 1442 1372 11.17      
3 A' 879 836 34.00      
4 A' 93 88 68.13      
5 A" 3383 3219 1.07      
6 A" 1007 958 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5037.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9514) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4792.6 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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.38861 0.53678 0.50782

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.007 1.112 0.000
Cl2 -0.007 -0.581 0.000
H3 0.081 1.604 0.944
H4 0.081 1.604 -0.944

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69341.06791.0679
Cl21.69342.38192.3819
H31.06792.38191.8878
H41.06792.38191.8878

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 117.421 Br2 C1 H4 117.421
H3 C1 H4 124.218
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.913007
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.516080
Nuclear repulsion energy45.769313
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 MP2=FULL/aug-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 3272 3113 6.34      
2 A1 1441 1371 11.16      
3 A1 880 837 33.92      
4 B1 72i 69i 68.99      
5 B2 3385 3220 1.15      
6 B2 1007 958 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4956.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9514) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4715.1 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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.38913 0.53701 0.50796

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.111
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.581
H3 0.000 0.945 -1.608
H4 0.000 -0.945 -1.608

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69281.06771.0677
Cl21.69282.38462.3846
H31.06772.38461.8906
H41.06772.38461.8906

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 117.705 Br2 C1 H4 117.705
H3 C1 H4 124.590
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability