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

using model chemistry: MP2/STO-3G

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2583.222236
Energy at 298.15K-2583.226349
HF Energy-2583.174736
Nuclear repulsion energy79.729913
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/STO-3G
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' 3437 2997 0.50      
2 A' 1604 1399 34.07      
3 A' 820 715 16.32      
4 A' 644 561 11.85      
5 A" 3615 3152 0.66      
6 A" 1051 916 1.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5585.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4869.8 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/STO-3G
ABC
8.90681 0.36867 0.35581

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.013 1.503 0.000
Br2 -0.013 -0.372 0.000
H3 0.262 2.006 0.938
H4 0.262 2.006 -0.938

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.87501.09941.0994
Br21.87502.57152.5715
H31.09942.57151.8757
H41.09942.57151.8757

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 117.254 Br2 C1 H4 117.254
H3 C1 H4 117.088
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-2583.221265
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-2583.174303
Nuclear repulsion energy79.871448
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/STO-3G
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 3465 3021 0.04 37.14 0.12 0.22
2 A1 1590 1386 43.26 8.71 0.75 0.86
3 A1 824 718 14.79 6.91 0.34 0.51
4 B1 499i 435i 29.92 0.94 0.75 0.86
5 B2 3651 3184 0.02 26.32 0.75 0.86
6 B2 1015 885 1.87 4.87 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5023.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4379.7 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
9.26738 0.36988 0.35569

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.495
Br2 0.000 0.000 0.373
H3 0.000 0.950 -2.040
H4 0.000 -0.950 -2.040

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Br2 H3 H4
C11.86741.09531.0953
Br21.86742.59292.5929
H31.09532.59291.9000
H41.09532.59291.9000

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 119.854 Br2 C1 H4 119.854
H3 C1 H4 120.292
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability