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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.811282
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.471824
Nuclear repulsion energy45.617748
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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3268 3072 5.58      
2 A' 1451 1364 12.00      
3 A' 883 830 36.82      
4 A' 335 315 58.64      
5 A" 3424 3218 0.71      
6 A" 1030 968 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5195.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4883.1 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
9.21768 0.53376 0.50550

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.011 1.112 0.000
Cl2 -0.011 -0.581 0.000
H3 0.131 1.604 0.944
H4 0.131 1.604 -0.944

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69291.07451.0745
Cl21.69292.38502.3850
H31.07452.38501.8885
H41.07452.38501.8885

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 117.288 Br2 C1 H4 117.288
H3 C1 H4 123.005
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.811221
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.471609
Nuclear repulsion energy45.660603
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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3279 3082 3.95      
2 A1 1450 1362 12.33      
3 A1 886 833 35.02      
4 B1 243i 228i 69.00      
5 B2 3438 3232 1.41      
6 B2 1023 962 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4916.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4621.2 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
9.30006 0.53487 0.50578

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.109
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.581
H3 0.000 0.948 -1.612
H4 0.000 -0.948 -1.612

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69021.07331.0733
Cl21.69022.38922.3892
H31.07332.38921.8966
H41.07332.38921.8966

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 117.929 Br2 C1 H4 117.929
H3 C1 H4 124.142
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability