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

using model chemistry: MP3/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)

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Energy calculated at MP3/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.004109
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.447872
Nuclear repulsion energy126.030672
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 MP3/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 3333 3149 0.41      
2 A1 769 727 9.17      
3 A1 315 297 0.46      
4 B1 400i 378i 39.53      
5 B2 1270 1200 56.85      
6 B2 954 901 127.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3120.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9447) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2947.7 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 MP3/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.61067 0.11129 0.10410

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.673
H2 0.000 0.000 1.744
Cl3 0.000 1.472 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.472 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07091.69591.6959
H21.07092.41422.4142
Cl31.69592.41422.9433
Cl41.69592.41422.9433

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 119.799 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.403
Cl4 C1 H2 119.799
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at MP3/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.005031
Energy at 298.15K-958.005872
HF Energy-957.449458
Nuclear repulsion energy125.828458
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 MP3/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' 3286 3104 0.90      
2 A' 776 733 14.56      
3 A' 515 486 19.90      
4 A' 309 291 0.52      
5 A" 1270 1200 46.50      
6 A" 922 871 149.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3538.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9447) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3343.2 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 MP3/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.55553 0.11167 0.10442

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.697 0.000
H2 -0.478 1.654 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.172 1.468
Cl4 0.012 -0.172 -1.468

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07471.70601.7060
H21.07472.39322.3932
Cl31.70602.39322.9366
Cl41.70602.39322.9366

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 116.948 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.785
Cl4 C1 H2 116.948
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability