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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2 (dichloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C2V 2B1
1 2 yes CS 2A'

Conformer 1 (C2V)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-953.977308
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-953.916162
Nuclear repulsion energy120.126429
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 B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
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 3339 3179 2.33      
2 A1 650 619 14.63      
3 A1 272 259 0.77      
4 B1 480i 457i 97.87      
5 B2 1191 1134 66.69      
6 B2 801 763 145.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2886.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.952) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2748.3 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 B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
ABC
1.41760 0.10164 0.09484

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.729
H2 0.000 0.000 1.802
Cl3 0.000 1.540 -0.182
Cl4 0.000 -1.540 -0.182

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07351.78881.7888
H21.07352.51122.5112
Cl31.78882.51123.0799
Cl41.78882.51123.0799

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 120.582 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.837
Cl4 C1 H2 120.582
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-953.979623
Energy at 298.15K-953.980344
HF Energy-953.917962
Nuclear repulsion energy119.413321
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 B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
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' 3271 3114 1.78      
2 A' 703 669 32.97      
3 A' 545 519 13.85      
4 A' 269 257 0.55      
5 A" 1219 1160 43.18      
6 A" 749 713 180.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3377.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.952) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3215.6 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 B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G
ABC
1.34081 0.10137 0.09457

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.015 0.770 0.000
H2 -0.616 1.646 0.000
Cl3 0.015 -0.184 1.541
Cl4 0.015 -0.184 -1.541

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07951.81231.8123
H21.07952.47412.4741
Cl31.81232.47413.0812
Cl41.81232.47413.0812

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 115.289 Cl3 C1 Cl4 116.439
Cl4 C1 H2 115.289
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability