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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=FULL/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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.808925
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490404
Nuclear repulsion energy44.828638
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)=FULL/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' 3174 3083        
2 A' 1412 1372        
3 A' 833 809        
4 A' 203 198        
5 A" 3329 3233        
6 A" 987 959        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4969.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9712) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4826.4 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)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.93070 0.51530 0.48759

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.008 1.132 0.000
Cl2 0.008 -0.592 0.000
H3 -0.087 1.632 0.964
H4 -0.087 1.632 -0.964

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72401.08981.0898
Cl21.72402.42512.4251
H31.08982.42511.9282
H41.08982.42511.9282

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 117.265 Br2 C1 H4 117.265
H3 C1 H4 124.417
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.808915
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490305
Nuclear repulsion energy44.843646
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)=FULL/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 3178 3087        
2 A1 1414 1373        
3 A1 835 811        
4 B1 146i 142i        
5 B2 3334 3238        
6 B2 985 957        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4799.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9712) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4661.7 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.96529 0.51569 0.48764

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/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
C11.72291.08941.0894
Cl21.72292.42722.4272
H31.08942.42721.9317
H41.08942.42721.9317

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 117.549 Br2 C1 H4 117.549
H3 C1 H4 124.901
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability