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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.819768
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.402275
Nuclear repulsion energy124.854213
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 CCD/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 3303 3160 0.03      
2 A1 765 732 11.35      
3 A1 313 299 0.52      
4 B1 445i 426i 45.73      
5 B2 1255 1201 62.86      
6 B2 959 918 121.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3074.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2941.5 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.58032 0.10926 0.10219

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.678
H2 0.000 0.000 1.767
Cl3 0.000 1.485 -0.172
Cl4 0.000 -1.485 -0.172

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08951.71101.7110
H21.08952.44242.4424
Cl31.71102.44242.9706
Cl41.71102.44242.9706

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 119.763 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.474
Cl4 C1 H2 119.763
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.821165
Energy at 298.15K-957.822033
HF Energy-957.404261
Nuclear repulsion energy124.707515
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 CCD/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' 3252 3111 2.49      
2 A' 772 739 17.39      
3 A' 561 537 17.62      
4 A' 307 294 0.46      
5 A" 1258 1204 49.51      
6 A" 924 884 148.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3537.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3384.5 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.51910 0.10986 0.10271

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.706 0.000
H2 -0.527 1.657 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.173 1.480
Cl4 0.013 -0.173 -1.480

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09371.72181.7218
H21.09372.41532.4153
Cl31.72182.41532.9604
Cl41.72182.41532.9604

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 116.371 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.563
Cl4 C1 H2 116.371
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability