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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.756273
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.356427
Nuclear repulsion energy125.565574
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/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 3325 3147 0.01      
2 A1 781 739 11.13      
3 A1 322 305 0.61      
4 B1 401i 380i 53.63      
5 B2 1310 1240 60.24      
6 B2 975 922 122.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3155.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2986.6 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/6-31G*
ABC
1.61113 0.11031 0.10324

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/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 1.751
Cl3 0.000 1.478 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.478 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07981.70071.7007
H21.07982.42382.4238
Cl31.70072.42382.9564
Cl41.70072.42382.9564

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 119.639 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.721
Cl4 C1 H2 119.639
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.757172
Energy at 298.15K-957.758023
HF Energy-957.357876
Nuclear repulsion energy125.452171
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/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' 3286 3110 2.16      
2 A' 788 745 16.63      
3 A' 522 494 24.78      
4 A' 316 299 0.72      
5 A" 1316 1245 51.57      
6 A" 947 896 143.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3586.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3394.7 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
1.56013 0.11081 0.10368

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.694 0.000
H2 -0.473 1.663 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.171 1.474
Cl4 0.012 -0.171 -1.474

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08291.70931.7093
H21.08292.40222.4022
Cl31.70932.40222.9481
Cl41.70932.40222.9481

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 116.924 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.169
Cl4 C1 H2 116.924
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability