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

using model chemistry: MP4=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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.783039
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.486192
Nuclear repulsion energy44.949714
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=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' 3198 3086        
2 A' 1425 1375        
3 A' 855 825        
4 A' 359 346        
5 A" 3348 3232        
6 A" 1000 965        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5092.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9651) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4914.8 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 MP4=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.91934 0.51843 0.49106

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.013 1.128 0.000
Cl2 -0.013 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.145 1.627 0.958
H4 0.145 1.627 -0.958

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71771.09191.0919
Cl21.71772.42022.4202
H31.09192.42021.9167
H41.09192.42021.9167

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 117.204 Br2 C1 H4 117.204
H3 C1 H4 122.725
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.782951
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.485922
Nuclear repulsion energy44.996105
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=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 3209 3097        
2 A1 1426 1376        
3 A1 860 830        
4 B1 257i 248i        
5 B2 3364 3246        
6 B2 993 959        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4797.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9651) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4630.1 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=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.01737 0.51962 0.49131

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.125
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.590
H3 0.000 0.963 -1.637
H4 0.000 -0.963 -1.637

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71441.09081.0908
Cl21.71442.42602.4260
H31.09082.42601.9261
H41.09082.42601.9261

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 118.006 Br2 C1 H4 118.006
H3 C1 H4 123.988
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability