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

using model chemistry: CISD/6-31G

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.551475
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.421386
Nuclear repulsion energy43.291184
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 CISD/6-31G
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' 3219 3019 3.56      
2 A' 1442 1352 23.15      
3 A' 739 693 31.81      
4 A' 263 247 86.71      
5 A" 3384 3173 0.84      
6 A" 997 935 0.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5022.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9378) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4709.7 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 CISD/6-31G
ABC
8.94501 0.47378 0.45045

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.009 1.189 0.000
Cl2 -0.009 -0.616 0.000
H3 0.105 1.671 0.962
H4 0.105 1.671 -0.962

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.80511.08171.0817
Cl21.80512.48372.4837
H31.08172.48371.9233
H41.08172.48371.9233

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 116.459 Br2 C1 H4 116.459
H3 C1 H4 125.499
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.551450
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.421323
Nuclear repulsion energy43.319069
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 CISD/6-31G
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 3224 3024 2.96      
2 A1 1440 1351 24.18      
3 A1 741 695 30.60      
4 B1 188i 176i 99.56      
5 B2 3392 3181 0.52      
6 B2 993 931 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4801.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9378) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4502.5 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 CISD/6-31G
ABC
8.99595 0.47448 0.45071

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.187
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.616
H3 0.000 0.964 -1.676
H4 0.000 -0.964 -1.676

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.80311.08111.0811
Cl21.80312.48662.4866
H31.08112.48661.9284
H41.08112.48661.9284

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 116.891 Br2 C1 H4 116.891
H3 C1 H4 126.218
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability