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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311G**

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 MP2=FULL/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.929405
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.414661
Nuclear repulsion energy126.147267
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/6-311G**
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 3341 3169 0.02      
2 A1 787 747 8.93      
3 A1 329 312 0.16      
4 B1 433i 411i 57.41      
5 B2 1310 1243 55.76      
6 B2 974 923 160.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3153.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2991.8 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/6-311G**
ABC
1.62793 0.11131 0.10418

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.668
H2 0.000 0.000 1.743
Cl3 0.000 1.472 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.472 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07511.69271.6927
H21.07512.41242.4124
Cl31.69272.41242.9431
Cl41.69272.41242.9431

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 119.618 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.764
Cl4 C1 H2 119.618
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.930561
Energy at 298.15K-957.931454
HF Energy-957.416341
Nuclear repulsion energy125.938105
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/6-311G**
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' 3290 3121 2.75      
2 A' 794 753 15.12      
3 A' 548 520 25.24      
4 A' 323 307 0.35      
5 A" 1316 1248 48.64      
6 A" 939 891 186.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3605.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3419.7 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 MP2=FULL/6-311G**
ABC
1.57360 0.11165 0.10449

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.692 0.000
H2 -0.498 1.643 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.170 1.468
Cl4 0.012 -0.170 -1.468

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07931.70301.7030
H21.07932.38862.3886
Cl31.70302.38862.9368
Cl41.70302.38862.9368

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 116.500 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.142
Cl4 C1 H2 116.500
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability