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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=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 CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.784951
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.486144
Nuclear repulsion energy44.910634
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 CCSD(T)=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' 3183 3066        
2 A' 1417 1365        
3 A' 849 817        
4 A' 327 315        
5 A" 3332 3210        
6 A" 995 958        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5051.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4865.5 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.91141 0.51755 0.49009

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.012 1.129 0.000
Cl2 -0.012 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.134 1.630 0.960
H4 0.134 1.630 -0.960

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71911.09261.0926
Cl21.71912.42292.4229
H31.09262.42291.9204
H41.09262.42291.9204

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 117.267 Br2 C1 H4 117.267
H3 C1 H4 123.005
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.784888
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.485901
Nuclear repulsion energy44.942650
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 CCSD(T)=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 3192 3074        
2 A1 1417 1365        
3 A1 852 821        
4 B1 236i 227i        
5 B2 3345 3222        
6 B2 988 951        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4779.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4603.2 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.99458 0.51836 0.49012

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)=FULL/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
C11.71671.09161.0916
Cl21.71672.42812.4281
H31.09162.42811.9285
H41.09162.42811.9285

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 117.951 Br2 C1 H4 117.951
H3 C1 H4 124.098
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability