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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl (chloromethyl 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 CS 2A'
1 2 yes C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.900360
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.515148
Nuclear repulsion energy45.736217
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3266 3101 6.55      
2 A' 1465 1391 11.25      
3 A' 881 836 35.17      
4 A' 156 148 71.33      
5 A" 3401 3229 0.60      
6 A" 1026 974 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5097.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4839.8 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
9.38131 0.53611 0.50713

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 0.000 -1.108 0.000
Cl2 0.000 0.580 0.000
H3 0.000 -1.608 0.944
H4 0.000 -1.608 -0.944

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.68871.06831.0683
Cl21.68872.38342.3834
H31.06832.38341.8884
H41.06832.38341.8884

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 117.888 Br2 C1 H4 117.888
H3 C1 H4 124.223
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.900360
Energy at 298.15K-498.901158
HF Energy-498.515145
Nuclear repulsion energy45.740121
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3267 3101 6.56      
2 A1 1465 1391 11.23      
3 A1 881 837 35.20      
4 B1 152 144 71.36      
5 B2 3402 3230 0.61      
6 B2 1026 974 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5096.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4838.7 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=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.37753 0.53623 0.50723

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 -1.108
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.580
H3 0.000 0.944 -1.607
H4 0.000 -0.944 -1.607

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.68861.06821.0682
Cl21.68862.38292.3829
H31.06822.38291.8888
H41.06822.38291.8888

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 117.859 Br2 C1 H4 117.859
H3 C1 H4 124.283
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability