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

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)/6-311G*

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 CCSD(T)/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.852311
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.412487
Nuclear repulsion energy125.179444
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(T)/6-311G*
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 3255 3133        
2 A1 760 732        
3 A1 319 307        
4 B1 403i 388i        
5 B2 1282 1234        
6 B2 940 905        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3076.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9626) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2961.5 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(T)/6-311G*
ABC
1.60525 0.10956 0.10256

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-311G*

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 1.753
Cl3 0.000 1.483 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.483 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08101.70601.7060
H21.08102.42922.4292
Cl31.70602.42922.9666
Cl41.70602.42922.9666

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 119.604 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.792
Cl4 C1 H2 119.604
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD(T)/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.853325
Energy at 298.15K-957.854172
HF Energy-957.414285
Nuclear repulsion energy125.047284
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(T)/6-311G*
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' 3211 3091        
2 A' 769 740        
3 A' 533 513        
4 A' 313 302        
5 A" 1292 1244        
6 A" 909 875        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3513.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9626) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3381.7 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 CCSD(T)/6-311G*
ABC
1.54629 0.11015 0.10307

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD(T)/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.699 0.000
H2 -0.503 1.653 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.172 1.478
Cl4 0.013 -0.172 -1.478

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08491.71581.7158
H21.08492.40482.4048
Cl31.71582.40482.9567
Cl41.71582.40482.9567

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 116.519 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.999
Cl4 C1 H2 116.519
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability