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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/6-31G*

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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.735084
Energy at 298.15K-498.736061
HF Energy-498.460792
Nuclear repulsion energy45.295271
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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
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' 3262 3060 7.25      
2 A' 1487 1395 14.13      
3 A' 876 822 35.23      
4 A' 282 264 77.68      
5 A" 3408 3198 0.22      
6 A" 1048 983 0.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5181.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9383) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4861.6 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
9.18698 0.52560 0.49777

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.011 1.125 0.000
Cl2 -0.011 -0.587 0.000
H3 0.132 1.618 0.950
H4 0.132 1.618 -0.950

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.71271.08001.0800
Cl21.71272.40572.4057
H31.08002.40571.9005
H41.08002.40571.9005

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 117.146 Br2 C1 H4 117.146
H3 C1 H4 123.254
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.735058
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.460636
Nuclear repulsion energy45.320766
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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
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 3268 3066 6.09      
2 A1 1487 1395 14.50      
3 A1 879 825 34.07      
4 B1 195i 183i 87.97      
5 B2 3417 3206 0.06      
6 B2 1043 979 0.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4949.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9383) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4644.1 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
9.24429 0.52624 0.49790

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.118
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.951 -1.626
H4 0.000 -0.951 -1.626

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70391.07811.0781
Cl21.70392.40732.4073
H31.07812.40731.9023
H41.07812.40731.9023

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 118.085 Br2 C1 H4 118.085
H3 C1 H4 123.830
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability