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

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 2A'
1 2 yes C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.801582
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490825
Nuclear repulsion energy44.901332
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=FULL/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' 3191 3191 7.44      
2 A' 1428 1428 14.99      
3 A' 842 842 32.34      
4 A' 113 113 63.12      
5 A" 3347 3347 0.02      
6 A" 994 994 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4957.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4957.9 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=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.99898 0.51686 0.48891

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.004 1.130 0.000
Cl2 -0.004 -0.591 0.000
H3 0.048 1.633 0.963
H4 0.048 1.633 -0.963

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72091.08771.0877
Cl21.72092.42402.4240
H31.08772.42401.9259
H41.08772.42401.9259

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 117.548 Br2 C1 H4 117.548
H3 C1 H4 124.585
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.801581
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490794
Nuclear repulsion energy44.906203
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=FULL/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 3193 3193 7.27      
2 A1 1428 1428 15.11      
3 A1 843 843 32.10      
4 B1 60i 60i 64.54      
5 B2 3349 3349 0.03      
6 B2 994 994 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4872.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4872.9 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=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.00976 0.51699 0.48893

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.130
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.591
H3 0.000 0.963 -1.634
H4 0.000 -0.963 -1.634

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72051.08751.0875
Cl21.72052.42462.4246
H31.08752.42461.9269
H41.08752.42461.9269

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 117.635 Br2 C1 H4 117.635
H3 C1 H4 124.730
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability