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

using model chemistry: MP3=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 MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.796204
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490556
Nuclear repulsion energy44.936903
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 MP3=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' 3223 3223 7.40      
2 A' 1434 1434 14.50      
3 A' 847 847 35.45      
4 A' 244 244 60.21      
5 A" 3379 3379 0.11      
6 A" 1004 1004 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5065.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5065.4 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 MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.98307 0.51761 0.48994

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.009 1.130 0.000
Cl2 -0.009 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.100 1.627 0.960
H4 0.100 1.627 -0.960

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72031.08631.0863
Cl21.72032.41822.4182
H31.08632.41821.9201
H41.08632.41821.9201

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 117.195 Br2 C1 H4 117.195
H3 C1 H4 124.199
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.796185
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490429
Nuclear repulsion energy44.960154
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 MP3=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 3230 3230 6.68      
2 A1 1436 1436 15.00      
3 A1 849 849 34.41      
4 B1 171i 171i 66.35      
5 B2 3388 3388 0.26      
6 B2 1000 1000 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4865.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4865.9 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 MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.04021 0.51814 0.49006

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.590
H3 0.000 0.962 -1.632
H4 0.000 -0.962 -1.632

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71861.08571.0857
Cl21.71862.42152.4215
H31.08572.42151.9237
H41.08572.42151.9237

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 117.638 Br2 C1 H4 117.638
H3 C1 H4 124.724
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability