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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl (chloromethyl 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 yes CS 2A'
1 2 no C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.749484
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.486253
Nuclear repulsion energy45.152617
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' 3233 3072 8.42      
2 A' 1439 1368 13.44      
3 A' 874 830 40.17      
4 A' 386 367 58.22      
5 A" 3389 3221 0.00      
6 A" 1016 966 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5168.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4911.6 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
8.95736 0.52342 0.49577

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 -0.013 1.123 0.000
Cl2 -0.013 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.152 1.618 0.955
H4 0.152 1.618 -0.955

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70951.08871.0887
Cl21.70952.40872.4087
H31.08872.40871.9105
H41.08872.40871.9105

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 117.074 Br2 C1 H4 117.074
H3 C1 H4 122.662
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.749371
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.485971
Nuclear repulsion energy45.200452
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 3247 3086 6.00      
2 A1 1439 1368 14.02      
3 A1 879 835 38.08      
4 B1 282i 268i 72.42      
5 B2 3408 3239 0.23      
6 B2 1008 958 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4849.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4608.5 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.06564 0.52463 0.49593

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 -1.119
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.587
H3 0.000 0.960 -1.629
H4 0.000 -0.960 -1.629

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70621.08731.0873
Cl21.70622.41502.4150
H31.08732.41501.9210
H41.08732.41501.9210

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 117.946 Br2 C1 H4 117.946
H3 C1 H4 124.108
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability