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

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)=FULL/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)

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Energy calculated at QCISD(T)=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.811098
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490758
Nuclear repulsion energy44.822252
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 QCISD(T)=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' 3174 3174        
2 A' 1415 1415        
3 A' 832 832        
4 A' 47 47        
5 A" 3331 3331        
6 A" 985 985        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4891.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4891.5 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 QCISD(T)=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.96033 0.51507 0.48715

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.003 1.132 0.000
Cl2 0.003 -0.592 0.000
H3 -0.039 1.635 0.965
H4 -0.039 1.635 -0.965

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72421.08911.0891
Cl21.72422.42722.4272
H31.08912.42721.9308
H41.08912.42721.9308

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 117.464 Br2 C1 H4 117.464
H3 C1 H4 124.856
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.811097
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.490728
Nuclear repulsion energy44.834612
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 QCISD(T)=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 3172 3172        
2 A1 1416 1416        
3 A1 833 833        
4 B1 77i 77i        
5 B2 3330 3330        
6 B2 986 986        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4830.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4830.1 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 QCISD(T)=FULL/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.96180 0.51546 0.48743

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)=FULL/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 0.966 -1.635
H4 0.000 -0.966 -1.635

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.72341.08931.0893
Cl21.72342.42722.4272
H31.08932.42721.9321
H41.08932.42721.9321

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 117.517 Br2 C1 H4 117.517
H3 C1 H4 124.966
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability