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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2 (dichloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.068597
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.448985
Nuclear repulsion energy127.089778
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3366 3202 1.55      
2 A1 784 746 6.33      
3 A1 317 302 0.32      
4 B1 394i 375i 36.34      
5 B2 1258 1196 53.80      
6 B2 969 922 136.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3149.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9514) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2996.1 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.63285 0.11325 0.10591

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.668
H2 0.000 0.000 1.733
Cl3 0.000 1.459 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.459 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.06521.68181.6818
H21.06522.39712.3971
Cl31.68182.39712.9177
Cl41.68182.39712.9177

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 119.837 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.325
Cl4 C1 H2 119.837
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.069467
Energy at 298.15K-958.070315
HF Energy-957.450636
Nuclear repulsion energy126.881690
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3318 3157 0.74      
2 A' 791 753 11.35      
3 A' 509 484 20.59      
4 A' 311 296 0.44      
5 A" 1265 1204 44.18      
6 A" 936 890 158.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3564.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9514) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3391.6 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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.57636 0.11365 0.10623

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.692 0.000
H2 -0.471 1.646 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.171 1.456
Cl4 0.012 -0.171 -1.456

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.06911.69191.6919
H21.06912.37702.3770
Cl31.69192.37702.9110
Cl41.69192.37702.9110

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 117.048 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.702
Cl4 C1 H2 117.048
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability