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

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

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)

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Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.842329
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.471858
Nuclear repulsion energy45.440252
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3241 3051 5.13      
2 A' 1443 1359 12.60      
3 A' 868 818 31.39      
4 A' 250 236 60.29      
5 A" 3390 3192 0.16      
6 A" 1018 958 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5105.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9416) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4806.9 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
9.21934 0.52920 0.50102

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.009 1.116 0.000
Cl2 -0.009 -0.584 0.000
H3 0.100 1.614 0.948
H4 0.100 1.614 -0.948

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70011.07591.0759
Cl21.70012.39592.3959
H31.07592.39591.8952
H41.07592.39591.8952

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 117.562 Br2 C1 H4 117.562
H3 C1 H4 123.460
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.842309
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.471704
Nuclear repulsion energy45.477528
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3245 3055 4.33      
2 A1 1443 1359 12.80      
3 A1 872 821 30.34      
4 B1 174i 164i 66.03      
5 B2 3396 3198 0.33      
6 B2 1014 955 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4897.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9416) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4611.8 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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
9.27071 0.53018 0.50150

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.114
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.584
H3 0.000 0.950 -1.619
H4 0.000 -0.950 -1.619

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69781.07551.0755
Cl21.69782.39832.3983
H31.07552.39831.8996
H41.07552.39831.8996

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 117.974 Br2 C1 H4 117.974
H3 C1 H4 124.053
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability