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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.788363
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490469
Nuclear repulsion energy44.880119
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 CCD/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' 3199 3085 7.82      
2 A' 1430 1380 15.07      
3 A' 846 816 34.75      
4 A' 231 223 59.55      
5 A" 3354 3235 0.04      
6 A" 1001 965 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5030.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9645) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4851.9 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.95498 0.51643 0.48875

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 1.131 0.000
Cl2 -0.008 -0.591 0.000
H3 0.096 1.630 0.962
H4 0.096 1.630 -0.962

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72201.08871.0887
Cl21.72202.42252.4225
H31.08872.42251.9241
H41.08872.42251.9241

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 117.273 Br2 C1 H4 117.273
H3 C1 H4 124.183
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.788347
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490355
Nuclear repulsion energy44.894901
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 CCD/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 3205 3091 7.14      
2 A1 1431 1381 15.50      
3 A1 847 817 33.92      
4 B1 166i 160i 65.04      
5 B2 3362 3243 0.14      
6 B2 998 963 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4838.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9645) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4666.6 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.99619 0.51680 0.48872

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.130
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.591
H3 0.000 0.964 -1.634
H4 0.000 -0.964 -1.634

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72091.08811.0881
Cl21.72092.42512.4251
H31.08812.42511.9284
H41.08812.42511.9284

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 117.609 Br2 C1 H4 117.609
H3 C1 H4 124.782
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability