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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Vibrational Frequencies calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVQZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVQZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVQZ
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.983538
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.522312
Nuclear repulsion energy45.855351
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/aug-cc-pVQZ
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 3246 3105 5.97      
2 A1 1449 1386 10.17      
3 A1 884 845 33.66      
4 B1 118 113 68.92      
5 B2 3403 3255 1.44      
6 B2 1019 974 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5059.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9564) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4838.6 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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
9.35445 0.53967 0.51023

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.104
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.578
H3 0.000 0.946 -1.605
H4 0.000 -0.946 -1.605

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.68271.06991.0699
Cl21.68272.37922.3792
H31.06992.37921.8911
H41.06992.37921.8911

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 117.895 Br2 C1 H4 117.895
H3 C1 H4 124.210
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability