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

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G*

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 CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-496.394247
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-496.163982
Nuclear repulsion energy44.827520
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 CCD/3-21G*
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' 3190 3051 5.20      
2 A' 1482 1418 13.86      
3 A' 803 768 32.46      
4 A' 37 35 90.45      
5 A" 3337 3191 0.54      
6 A" 1034 989 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4940.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4725.9 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 CCD/3-21G*
ABC
9.18030 0.51346 0.48626

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.133 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.593 0.000
H3 0.000 1.641 0.954
H4 0.000 1.641 -0.954

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72611.08111.0811
Cl21.72612.42922.4292
H31.08112.42921.9089
H41.08112.42921.9089

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 118.013 Br2 C1 H4 118.013
H3 C1 H4 123.975
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-496.394247
Energy at 298.15K-496.394791
HF Energy-496.163978
Nuclear repulsion energy44.812162
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 CCD/3-21G*
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 3189 3051 5.17      
2 A1 1482 1417 13.92      
3 A1 801 766 32.50      
4 B1 26 25 90.46      
5 B2 3336 3191 0.53      
6 B2 1034 989 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4934.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4719.4 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 CCD/3-21G*
ABC
9.17611 0.51307 0.48590

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.134
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.593
H3 0.000 0.955 -1.641
H4 0.000 -0.955 -1.641

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72691.08121.0812
Cl21.72692.42972.4297
H31.08122.42971.9094
H41.08122.42971.9094

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 117.991 Br2 C1 H4 117.991
H3 C1 H4 124.018
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability