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

using model chemistry: MP2/cc-pV(D+d)Z

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pV(D+d)Z
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.746617
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.488696
Nuclear repulsion energy45.327494
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/cc-pV(D+d)Z
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' 3228 3228 8.34      
2 A' 1441 1441 12.76      
3 A' 879 879 39.98      
4 A' 343 343 60.65      
5 A" 3383 3383 0.00      
6 A" 1018 1018 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5145.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5145.3 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/cc-pV(D+d)Z
ABC
8.98353 0.52822 0.49990

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pV(D+d)Z

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.012 1.116 0.000
Cl2 -0.012 -0.584 0.000
H3 0.136 1.617 0.956
H4 0.136 1.617 -0.956

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70051.08951.0895
Cl21.70052.40492.4049
H31.08952.40491.9120
H41.08952.40491.9120

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 117.389 Br2 C1 H4 117.389
H3 C1 H4 122.672
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability