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All results from a given calculation for CH2Br (bromomethyl radical)

using model chemistry: MP2/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no CS 2A'
1 2 yes C2V 2A1

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2611.830797
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2611.458175
Nuclear repulsion energy81.376866
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/cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/cc-pVTZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.002 1.472 0.000
Br2 -0.002 -0.365 0.000
H3 0.043 1.975 0.947
H4 0.043 1.975 -0.947

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.83661.07301.0730
Br21.83662.52452.5245
H31.07302.52451.8930
H41.07302.52451.8930

picture of bromomethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 117.974 Br2 C1 H4 117.974
H3 C1 H4 123.808
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2611.830796
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2611.458144
Nuclear repulsion energy81.402955
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/cc-pVTZ
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 3237 3074 4.94 115.41 0.10 0.19
2 A1 1428 1356 19.19 0.80 0.65 0.79
3 A1 745 708 17.98 6.21 0.16 0.27
4 B1 72i 69i 67.26 0.03 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3394 3223 1.70 50.30 0.75 0.86
6 B2 954 906 1.06 2.19 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4843.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9495) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4598.7 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 MP2/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.32696 0.38501 0.36975

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.471
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.365
H3 0.000 0.947 -1.975
H4 0.000 -0.947 -1.975

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.83591.07281.0728
Br21.83592.52452.5245
H31.07282.52451.8939
H41.07282.52451.8939

picture of bromomethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 118.036 Br2 C1 H4 118.036
H3 C1 H4 123.928
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability