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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.757070
Energy at 298.15K-498.757849
HF Energy-498.466293
Nuclear repulsion energy45.392713
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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
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' 3297 3071 7.29      
2 A' 1501 1398 17.85      
3 A' 876 816 36.38      
4 A' 141 131 91.03      
5 A" 3448 3212 0.00      
6 A" 1047 975 0.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5154.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4802.0 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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
9.32290 0.52728 0.49922

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.011 1.124 0.000
Cl2 -0.011 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.122 1.616 0.945
H4 0.122 1.616 -0.945

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71131.07401.0740
Cl21.71132.40122.4012
H31.07402.40121.8908
H41.07402.40121.8908

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 117.267 Br2 C1 H4 117.267
H3 C1 H4 123.345
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.757068
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.466257
Nuclear repulsion energy45.401815
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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
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 3298 3073 7.02      
2 A1 1501 1398 17.98      
3 A1 877 817 36.05      
4 B1 100i 93i 94.47      
5 B2 3450 3214 0.00      
6 B2 1046 974 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5036.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4691.7 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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
9.34066 0.52751 0.49931

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.117
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.585
H3 0.000 0.946 -1.622
H4 0.000 -0.946 -1.622

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70221.07261.0726
Cl21.70222.40152.4015
H31.07262.40151.8925
H41.07262.40151.8925

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 118.090 Br2 C1 H4 118.090
H3 C1 H4 123.820
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability