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

using model chemistry: CCD/cc-pVDZ

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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.768225
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.486178
Nuclear repulsion energy44.948417
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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
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' 3204 3066 7.85      
2 A' 1432 1370 14.81      
3 A' 859 822 35.76      
4 A' 341 327 56.79      
5 A" 3354 3209 0.16      
6 A" 1005 962 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5098.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4877.3 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
8.92900 0.51839 0.49093

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.012 1.128 0.000
Cl2 -0.012 -0.590 0.000
H3 0.137 1.628 0.959
H4 0.137 1.628 -0.959

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71761.09181.0918
Cl21.71762.42102.4210
H31.09182.42101.9178
H41.09182.42101.9178

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 117.280 Br2 C1 H4 117.280
H3 C1 H4 122.871
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.768154
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.485931
Nuclear repulsion energy44.981113
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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
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 3215 3076 6.06      
2 A1 1431 1369 15.39      
3 A1 863 826 34.17      
4 B1 247i 236i 67.91      
5 B2 3369 3223 0.00      
6 B2 998 955 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4814.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4606.0 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
9.01624 0.51920 0.49093

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.125
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.590
H3 0.000 0.963 -1.637
H4 0.000 -0.963 -1.637

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71521.09071.0907
Cl21.71522.42642.4264
H31.09072.42641.9262
H41.09072.42641.9262

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 117.988 Br2 C1 H4 117.988
H3 C1 H4 124.025
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability