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

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-31G*

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.726404
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.460687
Nuclear repulsion energy45.196857
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 CCSD/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' 3222 3043 7.62      
2 A' 1471 1389 14.51      
3 A' 868 820 32.92      
4 A' 228 215 78.78      
5 A" 3366 3179 0.59      
6 A" 1037 979 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5096.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4812.2 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
9.14695 0.52344 0.49554

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 1.122 0.000
Cl2 -0.008 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.090 1.625 0.952
H4 0.090 1.625 -0.952

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70901.08151.0815
Cl21.70902.41052.4105
H31.08152.41051.9047
H41.08152.41051.9047

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 117.731 Br2 C1 H4 117.731
H3 C1 H4 123.420
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.726391
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.460573
Nuclear repulsion energy45.209845
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 CCSD/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 3226 3047 6.83      
2 A1 1470 1388 14.82      
3 A1 869 821 32.12      
4 B1 163i 154i 85.71      
5 B2 3372 3184 0.37      
6 B2 1034 976 0.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4904.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9443) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4630.9 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 CCSD/6-31G*
ABC
9.18375 0.52378 0.49552

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.121
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.587
H3 0.000 0.954 -1.629
H4 0.000 -0.954 -1.629

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70801.08111.0811
Cl21.70802.41282.4128
H31.08112.41281.9086
H41.08112.41281.9086

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 118.028 Br2 C1 H4 118.028
H3 C1 H4 123.943
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability