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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)=FULL/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)

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Energy calculated at QCISD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.809226
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490408
Nuclear repulsion energy44.816441
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 QCISD(T)=FULL/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' 3173 3078        
2 A' 1411 1369        
3 A' 832 807        
4 A' 212 206        
5 A" 3327 3228        
6 A" 987 958        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4971.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9701) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4822.5 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 QCISD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.92359 0.51500 0.48733

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.008 1.133 0.000
Cl2 0.008 -0.592 0.000
H3 -0.091 1.631 0.964
H4 -0.091 1.631 -0.964

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72461.08991.0899
Cl21.72462.42532.4253
H31.08992.42531.9283
H41.08992.42531.9283

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 117.221 Br2 C1 H4 117.221
H3 C1 H4 124.410
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at QCISD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.809213
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490292
Nuclear repulsion energy44.840793
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 QCISD(T)=FULL/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 3175 3080        
2 A1 1414 1371        
3 A1 835 810        
4 B1 142i 138i        
5 B2 3331 3231        
6 B2 985 956        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4798.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9701) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4655.4 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 QCISD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.96462 0.51564 0.48760

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)=FULL/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 0.592
H3 0.000 0.966 -1.636
H4 0.000 -0.966 -1.636

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72291.08971.0897
Cl21.72292.42772.4277
H31.08972.42771.9318
H41.08972.42771.9318

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 117.576 Br2 C1 H4 117.576
H3 C1 H4 124.848
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability