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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.287553
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.180264
Nuclear repulsion energy45.257778
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=FULLultrafine/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' 3206 3206 7.63 103.58 0.14 0.25
2 A' 1440 1440 11.97 1.65 0.73 0.84
3 A' 846 846 38.91 7.02 0.33 0.50
4 A' 56 56 88.94 0.04 0.75 0.86
5 A" 3363 3363 0.06 49.99 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1020 1020 0.90 3.66 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4965.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4965.2 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
ABC
9.19236 0.52464 0.49632

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 1.122 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.001 1.620 0.954
H4 0.001 1.620 -0.954

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70851.07591.0759
Cl21.70852.40362.4036
H31.07592.40361.9077
H41.07592.40361.9077

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 117.554 Br2 C1 H4 117.554
H3 C1 H4 124.893
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-499.287553
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-499.180264
Nuclear repulsion energy45.256940
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=FULLultrafine/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 3206 3206 7.63 103.63 0.14 0.25
2 A1 1440 1440 11.98      
3 A1 846 846 38.88      
4 B1 61 61 88.91      
5 B2 3363 3363 0.07      
6 B2 1020 1020 0.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4967.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4967.6 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=FULLultrafine/6-311G**
ABC
9.19570 0.52460 0.49629

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.122
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.587
H3 0.000 0.954 -1.620
H4 0.000 -0.954 -1.620

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70851.07591.0759
Cl21.70852.40382.4038
H31.07592.40381.9073
H41.07592.40381.9073

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 117.576 Br2 C1 H4 117.576
H3 C1 H4 124.848
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability