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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/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(T)/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.798294
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.496927
Nuclear repulsion energy45.159376
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(T)/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' 3186 3073        
2 A' 1450 1399        
3 A' 853 823        
4 A' 188 181        
5 A" 3335 3217        
6 A" 1027 991        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5019.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9647) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4842.0 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(T)/6-311G**
ABC
9.10830 0.52266 0.49463

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.007 1.124 0.000
Cl2 -0.007 -0.588 0.000
H3 0.078 1.623 0.955
H4 0.078 1.623 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71131.08111.0811
Cl21.71132.40942.4094
H31.08112.40941.9106
H41.08112.40941.9106

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 117.490 Br2 C1 H4 117.490
H3 C1 H4 124.157
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.798285
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.496844
Nuclear repulsion energy45.176231
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(T)/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 3189 3076        
2 A1 1450 1399        
3 A1 855 824        
4 B1 148i 143i        
5 B2 3340 3222        
6 B2 1024 988        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4854.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9647) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4683.1 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 CCSD(T)/6-311G**
ABC
9.14433 0.52307 0.49477

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.123
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.588
H3 0.000 0.956 -1.626
H4 0.000 -0.956 -1.626

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71011.08071.0807
Cl21.71012.41122.4112
H31.08072.41121.9127
H41.08072.41121.9127

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 117.758 Br2 C1 H4 117.758
H3 C1 H4 124.484
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability