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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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)

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Energy calculated at QCISD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.791712
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490445
Nuclear repulsion energy44.830300
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 QCISD/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' 3183 3084 8.20      
2 A' 1421 1377 14.35      
3 A' 839 813 32.20      
4 A' 234 227 59.88      
5 A" 3337 3233 0.00      
6 A" 996 965 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5005.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9687) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4848.8 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 QCISD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.92534 0.51530 0.48768

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/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 0.099 1.630 0.963
H4 0.099 1.630 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72421.08951.0895
Cl21.72422.42392.4239
H31.08952.42391.9268
H41.08952.42391.9268

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 117.166 Br2 C1 H4 117.166
H3 C1 H4 124.317
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.791694
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490323
Nuclear repulsion energy44.844035
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 QCISD/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 3189 3089 7.49      
2 A1 1422 1378 14.83      
3 A1 841 814 31.31      
4 B1 170i 165i 65.51      
5 B2 3345 3241 0.04      
6 B2 993 961 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4809.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9687) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4659.0 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 QCISD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.96839 0.51564 0.48760

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/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
C11.72311.08891.0889
Cl21.72312.42672.4267
H31.08892.42671.9314
H41.08892.42671.9314

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 117.523 Br2 C1 H4 117.523
H3 C1 H4 124.954
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability