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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl (chloromethyl 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 yes CS 2A'
1 2 no C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.797965
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490445
Nuclear repulsion energy44.822682
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' 3222 3148        
2 A' 1472 1438        
3 A' 866 846        
4 A' 292 286        
5 A" 3369 3291        
6 A" 1038 1015        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5129.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5011.0 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.91567 0.51513 0.48760

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 -0.009 1.133 0.000
Cl2 -0.009 -0.592 0.000
H3 0.108 1.630 0.963
H4 0.108 1.630 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72441.09011.0901
Cl21.72442.42422.4242
H31.09012.42421.9260
H41.09012.42421.9260

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 117.135 Br2 C1 H4 117.135
H3 C1 H4 124.113
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.797937
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490302
Nuclear repulsion energy44.850692
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 3230 3155        
2 A1 1472 1438        
3 A1 868 848        
4 B1 208i 204i        
5 B2 3379 3301        
6 B2 1034 1010        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4887.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4774.3 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
8.96816 0.51587 0.48781

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 -1.131
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.592
H3 0.000 0.966 -1.635
H4 0.000 -0.966 -1.635

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72251.08951.0895
Cl21.72252.42722.4272
H31.08952.42721.9314
H41.08952.42721.9314

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 117.575 Br2 C1 H4 117.575
H3 C1 H4 124.849
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability