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

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.765926
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.491032
Nuclear repulsion energy44.981250
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 CID/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' 3242 3242 7.49      
2 A' 1452 1452 15.63      
3 A' 854 854 36.33      
4 A' 245 245 58.04      
5 A" 3399 3399 0.08      
6 A" 1015 1015 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5102.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5102.8 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 CID/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.02345 0.51840 0.49079

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.009 1.129 0.000
Cl2 -0.009 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.102 1.625 0.958
H4 0.102 1.625 -0.958

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71911.08401.0840
Cl21.71912.41542.4154
H31.08402.41541.9154
H41.08402.41541.9154

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 117.201 Br2 C1 H4 117.201
H3 C1 H4 124.127
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CID/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.765907
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490908
Nuclear repulsion energy45.003332
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 CID/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 3248 3248 6.73      
2 A1 1454 1454 16.16      
3 A1 856 856 35.18      
4 B1 170i 170i 64.58      
5 B2 3408 3408 0.22      
6 B2 1011 1011 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4903.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4903.5 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 CID/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.07935 0.51892 0.49087

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.128
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.590
H3 0.000 0.960 -1.630
H4 0.000 -0.960 -1.630

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71751.08341.0834
Cl21.71752.41872.4187
H31.08342.41871.9195
H41.08342.41871.9195

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 117.640 Br2 C1 H4 117.640
H3 C1 H4 124.721
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability