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

using model chemistry: CCSD/6-31G**

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)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.742672
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.464545
Nuclear repulsion energy45.278391
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/6-31G**
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' 3260 3040 8.76      
2 A' 1488 1388 18.49      
3 A' 869 811 32.72      
4 A' 254 237 69.09      
5 A" 3408 3179 0.89      
6 A" 1041 971 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5160.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4812.2 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/6-31G**
ABC
9.24217 0.52465 0.49700

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.009 1.121 0.000
Cl2 -0.009 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.099 1.621 0.947
H4 0.099 1.621 -0.947

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70751.07571.0757
Cl21.70752.40402.4040
H31.07572.40401.8931
H41.07572.40401.8931

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 117.680 Br2 C1 H4 117.680
H3 C1 H4 123.266
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCSD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.742652
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.464424
Nuclear repulsion energy45.303487
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/6-31G**
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 3265 3045 7.79      
2 A1 1488 1388 18.96      
3 A1 872 813 31.68      
4 B1 179i 167i 76.80      
5 B2 3415 3185 0.58      
6 B2 1037 967 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4949.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4615.9 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/6-31G**
ABC
9.29869 0.52525 0.49717

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.119
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.948 -1.626
H4 0.000 -0.948 -1.626

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70571.07521.0752
Cl21.70572.40702.4070
H31.07522.40701.8967
H41.07522.40701.8967

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 118.110 Br2 C1 H4 118.110
H3 C1 H4 123.780
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability