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

using model chemistry: CCD/daug-cc-pVTZ

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 CCD/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.888317
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.516439
Nuclear repulsion energy45.418327
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 CCD/daug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3214 3214 6.44      
2 A' 1443 1443 12.37      
3 A' 858 858 32.20      
4 A' 136 136 63.42      
5 A" 3362 3362 0.40      
6 A" 1009 1009 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5010.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5010.5 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 CCD/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.25947 0.52848 0.50009

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/daug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.117 0.000
Cl2 -0.004 -0.584 0.000
H3 0.051 1.618 0.949
H4 0.051 1.618 -0.949

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70121.07461.0746
Cl21.70122.39852.3985
H31.07462.39851.8982
H41.07462.39851.8982

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 117.778 Br2 C1 H4 117.778
H3 C1 H4 124.072
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.888316
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.516407
Nuclear repulsion energy45.424119
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 CCD/daug-cc-pVTZ
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 3215 3215 6.27      
2 A1 1442 1442 12.46      
3 A1 859 859 31.94      
4 B1 90i 90i 65.00      
5 B2 3364 3364 0.47      
6 B2 1007 1007 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4899.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4899.0 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 CCD/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.27266 0.52863 0.50012

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/daug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.116
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.584
H3 0.000 0.950 -1.619
H4 0.000 -0.950 -1.619

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70081.07441.0744
Cl21.70082.39922.3992
H31.07442.39921.8994
H41.07442.39921.8994

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 117.880 Br2 C1 H4 117.880
H3 C1 H4 124.241
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability