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All results from a given calculation for CH2Br (bromomethyl radical)

using model chemistry: G3

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 2A1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at G3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2612.760745
Energy at 298.15K-2612.756487
HF Energy-2611.084559
Nuclear repulsion energy80.006670
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 HF/6-31G*
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' 3353 3159 12.15      
2 A' 1515 1427 41.43      
3 A' 708 667 23.86      
4 A' 505 475 45.10      
5 A" 3503 3301 0.25      
6 A" 1009 950 0.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5295.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4989.7 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
9.08560 0.37510 0.36104

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 1.494 0.000
Br2 -0.008 -0.369 0.000
H3 0.174 1.979 0.946
H4 0.174 1.979 -0.946

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.86311.07861.0786
Br21.86312.53852.5385
H31.07862.53851.8915
H41.07862.53851.8915

picture of bromomethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 116.489 Br2 C1 H4 116.489
H3 C1 H4 122.373
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at G3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2612.761687
Energy at 298.15K-2612.757710
HF Energy-2611.084303
Nuclear repulsion energy80.181088
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 HF/6-31G*
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 3364 3170 8.09 110.46 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1508 1421 46.44 1.62 0.71 0.83
3 A1 712 670 20.11 13.35 0.25 0.41
4 B1 379i 357i 67.40 1.47 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3524 3321 0.03 58.86 0.75 0.86
6 B2 990 933 0.74 3.73 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4859.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4578.9 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
9.22963 0.37627 0.36153

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.489
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.369
H3 0.000 0.952 -1.993
H4 0.000 -0.952 -1.993

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.85821.07711.0771
Br21.85822.54672.5467
H31.07712.54671.9038
H41.07712.54671.9038

picture of bromomethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 117.801 Br2 C1 H4 117.801
H3 C1 H4 124.397
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability