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

using model chemistry: MP4/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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.870101
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.408977
Nuclear repulsion energy124.526383
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 MP4/6-31G*
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 3310 3234        
2 A1 774 756        
3 A1 319 312        
4 B1 425i 415i        
5 B2 1299 1269        
6 B2 960 938        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3118.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3046.9 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.55855 0.10886 0.10175

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.684
H2 0.000 0.000 1.772
Cl3 0.000 1.488 -0.173
Cl4 0.000 -1.488 -0.173

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08841.71711.7171
H21.08842.44912.4491
Cl31.71712.44912.9761
Cl41.71712.44912.9761

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 119.934 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.133
Cl4 C1 H2 119.934
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.872078
Energy at 298.15K-957.872939
HF Energy-957.411099
Nuclear repulsion energy124.224670
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 MP4/6-31G*
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' 3262 3186        
2 A' 782 764        
3 A' 542 530        
4 A' 313 306        
5 A" 1304 1274        
6 A" 927 905        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3565.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3482.7 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.48558 0.10935 0.10217

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.014 0.719 0.000
H2 -0.576 1.640 0.000
Cl3 0.014 -0.175 1.483
Cl4 0.014 -0.175 -1.483

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09411.73181.7318
H21.09412.41712.4171
Cl31.73182.41712.9670
Cl41.73182.41712.9670

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 115.749 Cl3 C1 Cl4 117.877
Cl4 C1 H2 115.749
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability