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All results from a given calculation for CH2Br (bromomethyl radical)

using model chemistry: MP2=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 2A1

Conformer 1 (CS)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2609.116939
Energy at 298.15K-2609.120920
HF Energy-2608.866710
Nuclear repulsion energy80.405597
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/6-31G*
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' 3260 3072 6.10      
2 A' 1457 1372 23.94      
3 A' 713 671 22.79      
4 A' 425 400 60.88      
5 A" 3414 3217 0.13      
6 A" 975 919 1.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5121.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4825.5 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/6-31G*
ABC
9.08560 0.37510 0.36104

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 1.494 0.000
Br2 -0.008 -0.369 0.000
H3 0.174 1.979 0.946
H4 0.174 1.979 -0.946

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.86311.07861.0786
Br21.86312.53852.5385
H31.07862.53851.8915
H41.07862.53851.8915

picture of bromomethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 116.757 Br2 C1 H4 116.757
H3 C1 H4 122.524
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2609.116766
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2608.866408
Nuclear repulsion energy80.522544
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/6-31G*
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 3275 3085 3.72 100.13 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1455 1371 25.80 2.60 0.65 0.79
3 A1 717 676 20.06 6.62 0.22 0.36
4 B1 314i 296i 80.92 0.76 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3434 3235 0.78 52.56 0.75 0.86
6 B2 963 907 1.52 4.06 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4764.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4489.1 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/6-31G*
ABC
9.22963 0.37627 0.36153

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.489
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.369
H3 0.000 0.952 -1.993
H4 0.000 -0.952 -1.993

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.85821.07711.0771
Br21.85822.54672.5467
H31.07712.54671.9038
H41.07712.54671.9038

picture of bromomethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Br2 C1 H3 117.897 Br2 C1 H4 117.897
H3 C1 H4 124.205
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability