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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl (chloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: CCSD=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)

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Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.929944
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.515288
Nuclear repulsion energy45.541896
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 CCSD=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' 3236 3068 6.53      
2 A' 1458 1383 11.57      
3 A' 865 821 30.75      
4 A' 200 189 68.36      
5 A" 3361 3187 0.06      
6 A" 1017 964 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5068.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9481) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4805.5 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 CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.35016 0.53107 0.50253

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.114 0.000
Cl2 0.000 -0.583 0.000
H3 -0.000 1.614 0.946
H4 -0.000 1.614 -0.946

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69711.06991.0699
Cl21.69712.39212.3921
H31.06992.39211.8915
H41.06992.39211.8915

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 117.870 Br2 C1 H4 117.870
H3 C1 H4 124.260
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.929944
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.515284
Nuclear repulsion energy45.547423
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 CCSD=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 3236 3068 6.54      
2 A1 1459 1383 11.55      
3 A1 866 821 30.71      
4 B1 202 191 68.34      
5 B2 3361 3187 0.05      
6 B2 1017 964 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5070.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9481) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4806.9 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 CCSD=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.35515 0.53120 0.50266

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.114
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.583
H3 0.000 0.946 -1.614
H4 0.000 -0.946 -1.614

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69681.06991.0699
Cl21.69682.39222.3922
H31.06992.39221.8910
H41.06992.39221.8910

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 117.901 Br2 C1 H4 117.901
H3 C1 H4 124.199
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability