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

using model chemistry: MP4/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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.775342
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.486175
Nuclear repulsion energy44.905880
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 MP4/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' 3191 3086        
2 A' 1423 1376        
3 A' 853 825        
4 A' 371 358        
5 A" 3342 3232        
6 A" 1001 968        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5090.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9669) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4921.9 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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.89333 0.51743 0.49015

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.013 1.129 0.000
Cl2 -0.013 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.149 1.628 0.959
H4 0.149 1.628 -0.959

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71951.09291.0929
Cl21.71952.42172.4217
H31.09292.42171.9182
H41.09292.42171.9182

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 117.118 Br2 C1 H4 117.118
H3 C1 H4 122.706
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.775241
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.485895
Nuclear repulsion energy44.955588
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 MP4/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 3203 3097        
2 A1 1424 1377        
3 A1 859 830        
4 B1 266i 257i        
5 B2 3358 3247        
6 B2 993 960        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4785.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9669) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4627.5 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 MP4/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.99746 0.51870 0.49043

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.126
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.590
H3 0.000 0.964 -1.638
H4 0.000 -0.964 -1.638

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71601.09171.0917
Cl21.71602.42782.4278
H31.09172.42781.9282
H41.09172.42781.9282

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 117.975 Br2 C1 H4 117.975
H3 C1 H4 124.051
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability