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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2 (dichloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (C2V)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.803203
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.402285
Nuclear repulsion energy125.442643
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/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 3330 3165 0.21      
2 A1 779 740 11.51      
3 A1 317 301 0.42      
4 B1 483i 459i 50.67      
5 B2 1257 1194 60.75      
6 B2 968 920 144.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3083.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2931.0 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.59262 0.11033 0.10319

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.675
H2 0.000 0.000 1.762
Cl3 0.000 1.478 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.478 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08681.70291.7029
H21.08682.43302.4330
Cl31.70292.43302.9561
Cl41.70292.43302.9561

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 119.781 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.439
Cl4 C1 H2 119.781
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.804937
Energy at 298.15K-957.805834
HF Energy-957.404311
Nuclear repulsion energy125.212558
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/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' 3269 3107 2.59      
2 A' 787 748 19.03      
3 A' 590 561 17.68      
4 A' 312 296 0.35      
5 A" 1260 1197 46.75      
6 A" 926 880 175.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3572.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3394.8 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.52727 0.11082 0.10361

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.014 0.705 0.000
H2 -0.546 1.643 0.000
Cl3 0.014 -0.173 1.474
Cl4 0.014 -0.173 -1.474

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09191.71531.7153
H21.09192.40422.4042
Cl31.71532.40422.9474
Cl41.71532.40422.9474

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 116.064 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.436
Cl4 C1 H2 116.064
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability