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

using model chemistry: MP2/daug-cc-pVTZ

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.860596
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.516426
Nuclear repulsion energy45.567088
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/daug-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' 3231 3231 6.83 119.72 0.07 0.12
2 A' 1444 1444 11.59 1.10 0.68 0.81
3 A' 868 868 35.45 5.82 0.07 0.12
4 A' 224 224 63.26 0.48 0.74 0.85
5 A" 3384 3384 0.94 41.64 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1016 1016 0.03 1.00 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5083.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5083.5 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/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.24135 0.53244 0.50385

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.008 1.113 0.000
Cl2 -0.008 -0.582 0.000
H3 0.086 1.609 0.948
H4 0.086 1.609 -0.948

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69521.07351.0735
Cl21.69522.38882.3888
H31.07352.38881.8954
H41.07352.38881.8954

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 117.489 Br2 C1 H4 117.489
H3 C1 H4 123.956
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/daug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.860584
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.516335
Nuclear repulsion energy45.591142
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/daug-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 3235 3235 6.30 119.16 0.07 0.12
2 A1 1444 1444 11.84      
3 A1 870 870 34.62      
4 B1 157i 157i 67.90      
5 B2 3390 3390 1.19      
6 B2 1013 1013 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4897.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4897.2 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/daug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.28508 0.53303 0.50410

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.112
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.582
H3 0.000 0.949 -1.612
H4 0.000 -0.949 -1.612

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69361.07311.0731
Cl21.69362.39102.3910
H31.07312.39101.8981
H41.07312.39101.8981

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 117.824 Br2 C1 H4 117.824
H3 C1 H4 124.352
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability