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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ

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 CCSD(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.801462
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490771
Nuclear repulsion energy44.786437
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(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3166 3166        
2 A' 1413 1413        
3 A' 832 832        
4 A' 169 169        
5 A" 3323 3323        
6 A" 986 986        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4944.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4944.2 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(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.92554 0.51427 0.48655

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.007 1.134 0.000
Cl2 0.007 -0.592 0.000
H3 -0.076 1.634 0.965
H4 -0.076 1.634 -0.965

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72581.09021.0902
Cl21.72582.42762.4276
H31.09022.42761.9304
H41.09022.42761.9304

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 117.303 Br2 C1 H4 117.303
H3 C1 H4 124.583
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.801456
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490689
Nuclear repulsion energy44.803153
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(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ
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 3167 3167        
2 A1 1415 1415        
3 A1 834 834        
4 B1 111i 111i        
5 B2 3325 3325        
6 B2 986 986        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4807.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4807.7 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(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.94644 0.51476 0.48675

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.132
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.592
H3 0.000 0.967 -1.636
H4 0.000 -0.967 -1.636

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72461.09011.0901
Cl21.72462.42892.4289
H31.09012.42891.9337
H41.09012.42891.9337

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 117.510 Br2 C1 H4 117.510
H3 C1 H4 124.980
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability