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

using model chemistry: MP3=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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.082857
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.447819
Nuclear repulsion energy126.397788
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=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 3360 3134 0.43      
2 A1 774 722 8.75      
3 A1 317 296 0.44      
4 B1 365i 340i 39.79      
5 B2 1281 1194 56.08      
6 B2 962 897 127.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3164.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2951.3 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=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.62374 0.11188 0.10467

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.670
H2 0.000 0.000 1.735
Cl3 0.000 1.468 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.468 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.06461.69111.6911
H21.06462.40442.4044
Cl31.69112.40442.9356
Cl41.69112.40442.9356

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 119.774 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.452
Cl4 C1 H2 119.774
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.083508
Energy at 298.15K-958.084328
HF Energy-957.449330
Nuclear repulsion energy126.226290
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=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' 3319 3096 0.70      
2 A' 780 728 13.16      
3 A' 478 446 22.44      
4 A' 310 290 0.71      
5 A" 1282 1196 47.11      
6 A" 936 873 145.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3552.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3313.2 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=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.57792 0.11218 0.10492

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.691 0.000
H2 -0.441 1.658 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.171 1.465
Cl4 0.011 -0.171 -1.465

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.06771.69951.6995
H21.06772.38622.3862
Cl31.69952.38622.9303
Cl41.69952.38622.9303

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 117.320 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.111
Cl4 C1 H2 117.320
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability