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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

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/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2609.151073
Energy at 298.15K-2609.154991
HF Energy-2608.885815
Nuclear repulsion energy80.705879
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/6-31+G**
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' 3283 3084 5.95      
2 A' 1463 1374 25.76      
3 A' 716 673 21.81      
4 A' 352 330 71.61      
5 A" 3443 3234 0.85      
6 A" 985 925 1.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5120.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4809.3 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/6-31+G**
ABC
9.19760 0.37790 0.36354

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.007 1.488 0.000
Br2 -0.007 -0.368 0.000
H3 0.142 1.977 0.944
H4 0.142 1.977 -0.944

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.85571.07391.0739
Br21.85572.53232.5323
H31.07392.53231.8888
H41.07392.53231.8888

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 117.100 Br2 C1 H4 117.100
H3 C1 H4 123.131
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2609.150996
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2608.885669
Nuclear repulsion energy80.785431
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/6-31+G**
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 3294 3093 4.50 105.76 0.11 0.19
2 A1 1463 1374 27.15 1.37 0.58 0.74
3 A1 719 675 19.97 7.00 0.15 0.27
4 B1 255i 239i 88.25 0.43 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3457 3247 1.59 51.26 0.75 0.86
6 B2 977 918 1.71 2.48 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4827.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4534.2 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/6-31+G**
ABC
9.29620 0.37869 0.36387

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.484
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.368
H3 0.000 0.949 -1.986
H4 0.000 -0.949 -1.986

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.85241.07291.0729
Br21.85242.53782.5378
H31.07292.53781.8970
H41.07292.53781.8970

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 117.864 Br2 C1 H4 117.864
H3 C1 H4 124.272
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability