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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl (chloromethyl 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 yes CS 2A'
1 2 no C2V 2B1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.836655
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.492887
Nuclear repulsion energy45.267882
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' 3225 3225 8.66      
2 A' 1467 1467 10.61      
3 A' 866 866 36.63      
4 A' 226 226 87.36      
5 A" 3377 3377 0.27      
6 A" 1041 1041 0.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5100.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5100.9 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 MP3=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
9.16991 0.52497 0.49697

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 -0.008 1.121 0.000
Cl2 -0.008 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.089 1.619 0.951
H4 0.089 1.619 -0.951

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70751.07771.0777
Cl21.70752.40332.4033
H31.07772.40331.9024
H41.07772.40331.9024

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 117.485 Br2 C1 H4 117.485
H3 C1 H4 123.907
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.836641
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.492751
Nuclear repulsion energy45.283449
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 3229 3229 7.94      
2 A1 1467 1467 10.81      
3 A1 868 868 35.81      
4 B1 163i 163i 94.76      
5 B2 3383 3383 0.14      
6 B2 1038 1038 0.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4910.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4910.7 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
9.21033 0.52535 0.49701

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 -1.120
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.953 -1.623
H4 0.000 -0.953 -1.623

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70631.07731.0773
Cl21.70632.40572.4057
H31.07732.40571.9058
H41.07732.40571.9058

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 117.809 Br2 C1 H4 117.809
H3 C1 H4 124.383
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability