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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.871620
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.408923
Nuclear repulsion energy124.385449
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(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3265 3142        
2 A1 745 717        
3 A1 306 295        
4 B1 460i 443i        
5 B2 1221 1176        
6 B2 921 886        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2999.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9625) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2886.6 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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.55473 0.10862 0.10152

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.685
H2 0.000 0.000 1.774
Cl3 0.000 1.490 -0.173
Cl4 0.000 -1.490 -0.173

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08911.71911.7191
H21.08912.45162.4516
Cl31.71912.45162.9794
Cl41.71912.45162.9794

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 119.940 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.121
Cl4 C1 H2 119.940
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.873350
Energy at 298.15K-957.874196
HF Energy-957.411076
Nuclear repulsion energy124.163433
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(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3205 3085        
2 A' 756 728        
3 A' 567 545        
4 A' 300 289        
5 A" 1222 1176        
6 A" 878 846        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3463.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9625) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3334.0 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 CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.48590 0.10921 0.10204

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.014 0.718 0.000
H2 -0.566 1.645 0.000
Cl3 0.014 -0.175 1.484
Cl4 0.014 -0.175 -1.484

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09411.73231.7323
H21.09412.41962.4196
Cl31.73232.41962.9689
Cl41.73232.41962.9689

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 115.913 Cl3 C1 Cl4 117.942
Cl4 C1 H2 115.913
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability