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

using model chemistry: MP3/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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.818921
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.402311
Nuclear repulsion energy124.905684
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 MP3/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 3327 3154 0.12      
2 A1 767 727 11.51      
3 A1 313 297 0.51      
4 B1 462i 438i 47.18      
5 B2 1258 1192 62.33      
6 B2 959 909 127.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3081.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2920.9 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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.58221 0.10933 0.10227

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/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 1.765
Cl3 0.000 1.485 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.485 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08761.71041.7104
H21.08762.44032.4403
Cl31.71042.44032.9696
Cl41.71042.44032.9696

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 119.764 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.473
Cl4 C1 H2 119.764
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.820467
Energy at 298.15K-957.821345
HF Energy-957.404309
Nuclear repulsion energy124.728193
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 MP3/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' 3273 3102 2.27      
2 A' 775 735 18.18      
3 A' 575 545 17.12      
4 A' 308 292 0.43      
5 A" 1260 1195 48.63      
6 A" 921 873 155.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3555.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9479) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3370.7 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 MP3/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.51823 0.10991 0.10276

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.707 0.000
H2 -0.536 1.651 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.173 1.480
Cl4 0.013 -0.173 -1.480

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09211.72201.7220
H21.09212.41252.4125
Cl31.72202.41252.9597
Cl41.72202.41252.9597

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 116.231 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.494
Cl4 C1 H2 116.231
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability