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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/6-311G**

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/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.853427
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.496982
Nuclear repulsion energy45.316499
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/6-311G**
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' 3242 3242 8.35      
2 A' 1472 1472 14.31      
3 A' 871 871 36.10      
4 A' 210 210 76.37      
5 A" 3393 3393 0.26      
6 A" 1042 1042 0.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5115.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5115.1 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/6-311G**
ABC
9.19040 0.52617 0.49805

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.007 1.120 0.000
Cl2 -0.007 -0.586 0.000
H3 0.083 1.618 0.951
H4 0.083 1.618 -0.951

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70531.07731.0773
Cl21.70532.40192.4019
H31.07732.40191.9013
H41.07732.40191.9013

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 117.575 Br2 C1 H4 117.575
H3 C1 H4 123.887
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.853418
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-498.496889
Nuclear repulsion energy45.330336
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/6-311G**
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 3246 3246 7.71      
2 A1 1472 1472 14.49      
3 A1 873 873 35.44      
4 B1 148i 148i 82.01      
5 B2 3398 3398 0.14      
6 B2 1039 1039 0.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4940.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4940.4 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/6-311G**
ABC
9.22549 0.52651 0.49809

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.119
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.586
H3 0.000 0.952 -1.622
H4 0.000 -0.952 -1.622

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.70431.07691.0769
Cl21.70432.40392.4039
H31.07692.40391.9043
H41.07692.40391.9043

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 117.851 Br2 C1 H4 117.851
H3 C1 H4 124.298
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability