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

using model chemistry: CISD/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 CISD/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.767626
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.491024
Nuclear repulsion energy44.962237
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 CISD/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' 3235 3235 7.58      
2 A' 1448 1448 15.60      
3 A' 851 851 35.82      
4 A' 240 240 58.16      
5 A" 3392 3392 0.04      
6 A" 1012 1012 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5088.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5088.8 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 CISD/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.01234 0.51798 0.49037

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.009 1.130 0.000
Cl2 -0.009 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.101 1.625 0.958
H4 0.101 1.625 -0.958

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71991.08441.0844
Cl21.71992.41612.4161
H31.08442.41611.9168
H41.08442.41611.9168

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 117.173 Br2 C1 H4 117.173
H3 C1 H4 124.217
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CISD/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.767608
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490902
Nuclear repulsion energy44.983441
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 CISD/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 3241 3241 6.84      
2 A1 1450 1450 16.13      
3 A1 853 853 34.67      
4 B1 166i 166i 64.44      
5 B2 3400 3400 0.14      
6 B2 1009 1009 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4893.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4893.3 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 CISD/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.06836 0.51847 0.49043

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/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 -1.631
H4 0.000 -0.960 -1.631

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71831.08381.0838
Cl21.71832.41942.4194
H31.08382.41941.9207
H41.08382.41941.9207

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 117.612 Br2 C1 H4 117.612
H3 C1 H4 124.776
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability