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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2 (dichloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: MP4/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C2V 2B1
1 2 yes CS 2A'

Conformer 1 (C2V)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP4/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.769692
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.356404
Nuclear repulsion energy125.356341
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 MP4/6-31G*
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 3310 3161        
2 A1 774 739        
3 A1 319 305        
4 B1 425i 406i        
5 B2 1299 1241        
6 B2 960 917        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3118.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2977.9 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 MP4/6-31G*
ABC
1.61085 0.10985 0.10284

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.671
H2 0.000 0.000 1.752
Cl3 0.000 1.481 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.481 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08101.70331.7033
H21.08102.42652.4265
Cl31.70332.42652.9625
Cl41.70332.42652.9625

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 119.585 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.830
Cl4 C1 H2 119.585
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.770807
Energy at 298.15K-957.771662
HF Energy-957.357869
Nuclear repulsion energy125.204638
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 MP4/6-31G*
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' 3262 3114        
2 A' 782 747        
3 A' 542 518        
4 A' 313 299        
5 A" 1304 1245        
6 A" 927 885        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3565.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3403.9 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 MP4/6-31G*
ABC
1.55185 0.11040 0.10330

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.697 0.000
H2 -0.496 1.655 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.172 1.477
Cl4 0.012 -0.172 -1.477

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08491.71331.7133
H21.08492.40362.4036
Cl31.71332.40362.9534
Cl41.71332.40362.9534

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 116.605 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.067
Cl4 C1 H2 116.605
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability