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

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

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 MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.754644
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.356457
Nuclear repulsion energy125.656519
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 MP3/6-31G*
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 3353 3148 0.11      
2 A1 784 736 11.34      
3 A1 323 303 0.60      
4 B1 420i 394i 55.63      
5 B2 1316 1235 60.05      
6 B2 976 916 128.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3166.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2971.6 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
1.61346 0.11046 0.10339

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

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 1.748
Cl3 0.000 1.477 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.477 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07761.69971.6997
H21.07762.42112.4211
Cl31.69972.42112.9544
Cl41.69972.42112.9544

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 119.646 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.707
Cl4 C1 H2 119.646
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.755670
Energy at 298.15K-957.756536
HF Energy-957.357928
Nuclear repulsion energy125.517768
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 MP3/6-31G*
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' 3311 3108 1.93      
2 A' 791 743 17.55      
3 A' 539 506 24.30      
4 A' 317 297 0.65      
5 A" 1321 1240 51.08      
6 A" 946 888 150.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3612.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3390.6 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
1.55963 0.11095 0.10381

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.695 0.000
H2 -0.483 1.656 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.171 1.473
Cl4 0.012 -0.171 -1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08091.70891.7089
H21.08092.39872.3987
Cl31.70892.39872.9461
Cl41.70892.39872.9461

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 116.790 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.083
Cl4 C1 H2 116.790
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability