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

using model chemistry: MP3=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 MP3=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.840000
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.471904
Nuclear repulsion energy45.474540
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(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' 3271 3271 4.77      
2 A' 1452 1452 12.48      
3 A' 872 872 33.87      
4 A' 286 286 59.71      
5 A" 3423 3423 0.47      
6 A" 1024 1024 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5164.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5164.1 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(2df,p)
ABC
9.24023 0.52981 0.50178

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.010 1.116 0.000
Cl2 -0.010 -0.583 0.000
H3 0.113 1.611 0.945
H4 0.113 1.611 -0.945

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69941.07411.0741
Cl21.69942.39262.3926
H31.07412.39261.8905
H41.07412.39261.8905

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 117.455 Br2 C1 H4 117.455
H3 C1 H4 123.293
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.839966
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.471724
Nuclear repulsion energy45.515865
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(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 3279 3279 3.70      
2 A1 1451 1451 12.74      
3 A1 876 876 32.56      
4 B1 204i 204i 67.39      
5 B2 3433 3433 0.86      
6 B2 1019 1019 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4926.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4926.7 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(2df,p)
ABC
9.30524 0.53087 0.50222

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=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 0.583
H3 0.000 0.948 -1.617
H4 0.000 -0.948 -1.617

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.69681.07331.0733
Cl21.69682.39562.3956
H31.07332.39561.8961
H41.07332.39561.8961

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 117.959 Br2 C1 H4 117.959
H3 C1 H4 124.082
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability