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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.733458
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.466236
Nuclear repulsion energy45.507551
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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
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' 3293 3093 7.98      
2 A' 1502 1411 16.96      
3 A' 884 830 40.33      
4 A' 192 180 92.67      
5 A" 3449 3240 0.05      
6 A" 1053 989 0.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5186.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4871.4 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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
9.30223 0.53050 0.50217

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.006 1.114 0.000
Cl2 -0.006 -0.583 0.000
H3 0.073 1.615 0.946
H4 0.073 1.615 -0.946

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69751.07321.0732
Cl21.69752.39472.3947
H31.07322.39471.8912
H41.07322.39471.8912

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 117.841 Br2 C1 H4 117.841
H3 C1 H4 123.565
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.733452
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.466180
Nuclear repulsion energy45.519807
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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
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 3297 3096 7.44      
2 A1 1502 1411 17.18      
3 A1 885 832 39.75      
4 B1 138i 129i 99.17      
5 B2 3454 3244 0.11      
6 B2 1051 987 0.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5025.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4720.3 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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
9.32845 0.53081 0.50223

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.113
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.583
H3 0.000 0.947 -1.618
H4 0.000 -0.947 -1.618

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69671.07281.0728
Cl21.69672.39612.3961
H31.07282.39611.8937
H41.07282.39611.8937

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 118.042 Br2 C1 H4 118.042
H3 C1 H4 123.916
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability