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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/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 MP3=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.949782
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.412536
Nuclear repulsion energy125.695403
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/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 3321 3321 0.05      
2 A1 777 777 9.35      
3 A1 325 325 0.25      
4 B1 410i 410i 59.23      
5 B2 1305 1305 52.83      
6 B2 966 966 141.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3142.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3142.3 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/6-311G*
ABC
1.61482 0.11052 0.10344

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.671
H2 0.000 0.000 1.747
Cl3 0.000 1.477 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.477 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07621.69921.6992
H21.07622.41962.4196
Cl31.69922.41962.9536
Cl41.69922.41962.9536

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 119.647 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.705
Cl4 C1 H2 119.647
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.950764
Energy at 298.15K-957.951628
HF Energy-957.414310
Nuclear repulsion energy125.541539
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/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' 3279 3279 2.31      
2 A' 783 783 15.13      
3 A' 527 527 27.84      
4 A' 320 320 0.52      
5 A" 1314 1314 45.66      
6 A" 936 936 165.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3579.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3579.7 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 MP3=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
1.56413 0.11093 0.10381

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.694 0.000
H2 -0.483 1.653 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.171 1.473
Cl4 0.012 -0.171 -1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07971.70841.7084
H21.07972.39662.3966
Cl31.70842.39662.9464
Cl41.70842.39662.9464

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 116.737 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.160
Cl4 C1 H2 116.737
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability