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

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.928191
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.515279
Nuclear repulsion energy45.586127
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' 3267 3047 6.04      
2 A' 1467 1368 11.71      
3 A' 869 811 32.91      
4 A' 197 184 69.22      
5 A" 3396 3167 0.27      
6 A" 1023 954 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5109.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4765.0 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
9.38560 0.53194 0.50341

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 -0.000 1.113 0.000
Cl2 -0.000 -0.583 0.000
H3 0.000 1.612 0.944
H4 0.000 1.612 -0.944

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69581.06791.0679
Cl21.69582.38942.3894
H31.06792.38941.8879
H41.06792.38941.8879

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 117.875 Br2 C1 H4 117.875
H3 C1 H4 124.251
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.928191
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.515275
Nuclear repulsion energy45.591180
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 3267 3047 6.05      
2 A1 1467 1368 11.71      
3 A1 870 811 32.88      
4 B1 199 186 69.21      
5 B2 3396 3167 0.26      
6 B2 1023 954 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5110.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4766.1 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 MP3=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.38986 0.53205 0.50352

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 -1.113
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.583
H3 0.000 0.944 -1.613
H4 0.000 -0.944 -1.613

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69551.06791.0679
Cl21.69552.38952.3895
H31.06792.38951.8875
H41.06792.38951.8875

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 117.900 Br2 C1 H4 117.900
H3 C1 H4 124.201
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability