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

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-311G**

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.790286
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.496945
Nuclear repulsion energy45.222514
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 CCSD/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3202 3202 8.53      
2 A' 1460 1460 14.56      
3 A' 862 862 34.75      
4 A' 192 192 75.79      
5 A" 3351 3351 0.56      
6 A" 1033 1033 0.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5050.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5050.4 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 CCSD/6-311G**
ABC
9.14551 0.52407 0.49599

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.007 1.122 0.000
Cl2 -0.007 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.077 1.622 0.953
H4 0.077 1.622 -0.953

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70871.07981.0798
Cl21.70872.40702.4070
H31.07982.40701.9068
H41.07982.40701.9068

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 117.577 Br2 C1 H4 117.577
H3 C1 H4 124.005
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.790279
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.496864
Nuclear repulsion energy45.233165
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 CCSD/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3205 3205 7.98      
2 A1 1460 1460 14.75      
3 A1 863 863 34.15      
4 B1 136i 136i 80.53      
5 B2 3355 3355 0.40      
6 B2 1031 1031 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4889.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4889.2 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 CCSD/6-311G**
ABC
9.17551 0.52434 0.49599

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.121
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.587
H3 0.000 0.955 -1.625
H4 0.000 -0.955 -1.625

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70791.07951.0795
Cl21.70792.40892.4089
H31.07952.40891.9094
H41.07952.40891.9094

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 117.817 Br2 C1 H4 117.817
H3 C1 H4 124.367
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability