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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A'
1 2 no C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.813133
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.492887
Nuclear repulsion energy45.397190
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/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' 3234 3063 9.83      
2 A' 1475 1397 10.55      
3 A' 875 829 40.18      
4 A' 290 275 86.06      
5 A" 3390 3211 0.13      
6 A" 1051 995 0.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5157.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4884.2 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/6-311G*
ABC
9.16753 0.52832 0.50023

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.010 1.118 0.000
Cl2 -0.010 -0.584 0.000
H3 0.112 1.612 0.949
H4 0.112 1.612 -0.949

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70201.07701.0770
Cl21.70202.39582.3958
H31.07702.39581.8982
H41.07702.39581.8982

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 117.325 Br2 C1 H4 117.325
H3 C1 H4 123.575
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.813100
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.492697
Nuclear repulsion energy45.423022
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/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 3243 3071 8.51      
2 A1 1473 1395 10.83      
3 A1 877 831 38.90      
4 B1 214i 202i 98.09      
5 B2 3402 3222 0.01      
6 B2 1045 990 1.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4913.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4653.5 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 MP2=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
9.22334 0.52900 0.50030

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.116
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.584
H3 0.000 0.952 -1.617
H4 0.000 -0.952 -1.617

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70041.07611.0761
Cl21.70042.39872.3987
H31.07612.39871.9045
H41.07612.39871.9045

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 117.758 Br2 C1 H4 117.758
H3 C1 H4 124.483
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability