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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.957936
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.507947
Nuclear repulsion energy45.855427
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 MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3248 3062 6.19 105.96 0.07 0.13
2 A' 1457 1374 9.91 0.96 0.71 0.83
3 A' 889 838 33.71 5.16 0.07 0.14
4 A' 114 108 70.93 0.66 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3401 3206 1.30 40.15 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1025 966 0.08 1.03 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5066.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9427) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4776.2 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 MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
9.34902 0.53985 0.51038

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.103 0.000
Cl2 0.000 -0.578 0.000
H3 -0.000 1.607 0.946
H4 -0.000 1.607 -0.946

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.68161.07191.0719
Cl21.68162.38182.3818
H31.07192.38181.8916
H41.07192.38181.8916

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 118.067 Br2 C1 H4 118.067
H3 C1 H4 123.866
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.957936
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.507947
Nuclear repulsion energy45.856020
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 MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3248 3062 6.19 105.91 0.07 0.13
2 A1 1457 1373 9.90      
3 A1 889 838 33.73      
4 B1 111 105 70.95      
5 B2 3401 3206 1.31      
6 B2 1025 966 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5065.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9427) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4775.0 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/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
9.34577 0.53988 0.51040

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.103
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.578
H3 0.000 0.946 -1.607
H4 0.000 -0.946 -1.607

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.68161.07191.0719
Cl21.68162.38162.3816
H31.07192.38161.8920
H41.07192.38161.8920

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 118.046 Br2 C1 H4 118.046
H3 C1 H4 123.908
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability