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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/3-21G

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/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-496.190791
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-496.052240
Nuclear repulsion energy42.846651
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/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' 3217 3217 3.69      
2 A' 1446 1446 23.69      
3 A' 705 705 37.51      
4 A' 477 477 64.90      
5 A" 3380 3380 0.24      
6 A" 981 981 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5102.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5102.6 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 MP3=FULL/3-21G
ABC
8.82749 0.46199 0.44063

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.017 1.210 0.000
Cl2 -0.017 -0.623 0.000
H3 0.193 1.665 0.955
H4 0.193 1.665 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.83251.07901.0790
Cl21.83252.48852.4885
H31.07902.48851.9105
H41.07902.48851.9105

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 114.979 Br2 C1 H4 114.979
H3 C1 H4 124.574
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-496.190489
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-496.051925
Nuclear repulsion energy42.951859
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/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 3236 3236 1.90      
2 A1 1440 1440 27.71      
3 A1 705 705 33.28      
4 B1 359i 359i 105.37      
5 B2 3410 3410 0.03      
6 B2 962 962 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4696.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4696.3 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 MP3=FULL/3-21G
ABC
9.00059 0.46460 0.44180

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.202
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.622
H3 0.000 0.964 -1.683
H4 0.000 -0.964 -1.683

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.82481.07691.0769
Cl21.82482.49832.4983
H31.07692.49831.9279
H41.07692.49831.9279

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 116.474 Br2 C1 H4 116.474
H3 C1 H4 127.052
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability