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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/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)

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Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.554435
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.421439
Nuclear repulsion energy43.334433
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/6-31G
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' 3229 3229 4.55      
2 A' 1455 1455 21.76      
3 A' 751 751 33.20      
4 A' 334 334 82.11      
5 A" 3395 3395 0.97      
6 A" 1005 1005 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5084.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5084.6 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/6-31G
ABC
8.94391 0.47477 0.45160

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.011 1.188 0.000
Cl2 -0.011 -0.615 0.000
H3 0.130 1.668 0.959
H4 0.130 1.668 -0.959

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.80311.08161.0816
Cl21.80312.48052.4805
H31.08162.48051.9177
H41.08162.48051.9177

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 116.355 Br2 C1 H4 116.355
H3 C1 H4 124.868
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.554372
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.421367
Nuclear repulsion energy43.376589
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/6-31G
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 3238 3238 3.51      
2 A1 1454 1454 23.09      
3 A1 754 754 31.42      
4 B1 242i 242i 102.12      
5 B2 3408 3408 0.45      
6 B2 998 998 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4805.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4805.0 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/6-31G
ABC
9.02507 0.47581 0.45198

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.185
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.615
H3 0.000 0.963 -1.676
H4 0.000 -0.963 -1.676

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.80011.08071.0807
Cl21.80012.48522.4852
H31.08072.48521.9253
H41.08072.48521.9253

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 117.028 Br2 C1 H4 117.028
H3 C1 H4 125.944
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability