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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2 (dichloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C2V 2B1
1 2 yes CS 2A'

Conformer 1 (C2V)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.047686
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.447627
Nuclear repulsion energy126.889336
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-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 3348 3179 0.56      
2 A1 785 745 8.46      
3 A1 319 303 0.35      
4 B1 394i 374i 42.60      
5 B2 1275 1210 54.72      
6 B2 968 919 142.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3150.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2991.1 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.62975 0.11287 0.10556

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.669
H2 0.000 0.000 1.735
Cl3 0.000 1.461 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.461 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.06641.68441.6844
H21.06642.40012.4001
Cl31.68442.40012.9227
Cl41.68442.40012.9227

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 119.818 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.365
Cl4 C1 H2 119.818
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.048534
Energy at 298.15K-958.049384
HF Energy-957.449237
Nuclear repulsion energy126.677138
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-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 A' 3300 3133 0.88      
2 A' 791 751 13.83      
3 A' 507 482 22.50      
4 A' 313 297 0.51      
5 A" 1275 1211 44.93      
6 A" 936 889 163.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3561.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3381.2 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.57609 0.11320 0.10584

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.692 0.000
H2 -0.467 1.649 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.171 1.458
Cl4 0.012 -0.171 -1.458

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07011.69421.6942
H21.07012.38032.3803
Cl31.69422.38032.9168
Cl41.69422.38032.9168

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 117.079 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.817
Cl4 C1 H2 117.079
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability