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

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

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

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.942237
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.516229
Nuclear repulsion energy45.576120
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 CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.36624 0.53196 0.50337

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.112 0.000
Cl2 0.000 -0.583 0.000
H3 -0.000 1.615 0.945
H4 -0.000 1.615 -0.945

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69511.07041.0704
Cl21.69512.39242.3924
H31.07042.39241.8899
H41.07042.39241.8899

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 118.014 Br2 C1 H4 118.014
H3 C1 H4 123.971
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.942237
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.516229
Nuclear repulsion energy45.579452
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 CCSD=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 3243 3084 6.48      
2 A1 1435 1364 11.42      
3 A1 865 823 29.40      
4 B1 81 77 65.68      
5 B2 3345 3181 0.25      
6 B2 997 948 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4983.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.951) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4739.0 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 CCSD=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
9.36388 0.53206 0.50345

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/aug-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 0.583
H3 0.000 0.945 -1.615
H4 0.000 -0.945 -1.615

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69501.07021.0702
Cl21.69502.39192.3919
H31.07022.39191.8901
H41.07022.39191.8901

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 117.986 Br2 C1 H4 117.986
H3 C1 H4 124.028
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability