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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/STO-3G

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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-493.705989
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-493.689087
Nuclear repulsion energy43.660943
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/STO-3G
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' 3401 3401 1.78 38.59 0.14 0.25
2 A' 1531 1531 21.04 8.31 0.75 0.86
3 A' 904 904 32.81 8.64 0.34 0.50
4 A' 671 671 16.23 1.38 0.22 0.36
5 A" 3599 3599 0.39 23.72 0.75 0.86
6 A" 1059 1059 2.71 6.05 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5582.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5582.7 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/STO-3G
ABC
8.58582 0.48510 0.46264

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.024 1.175 0.000
Cl2 -0.024 -0.607 0.000
H3 0.272 1.638 0.952
H4 0.272 1.638 -0.952

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.78251.09881.0988
Cl21.78252.45692.4569
H31.09882.45691.9031
H41.09882.45691.9031

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 114.940 Br2 C1 H4 114.940
H3 C1 H4 119.991
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2V)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-493.704769
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-493.688036
Nuclear repulsion energy43.778354
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/STO-3G
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 3433 3433 2.46 36.40 0.14 0.24
2 A1 1513 1513 28.14      
3 A1 914 914 29.28      
4 B1 516i 516i 43.39      
5 B2 3644 3644 2.49      
6 B2 1023 1023 2.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5005.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5005.5 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/STO-3G
ABC
8.92967 0.48785 0.46258

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.165
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.608
H3 0.000 0.968 -1.675
H4 0.000 -0.968 -1.675

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3 H4
C11.77291.09411.0941
Cl21.77292.47982.4798
H31.09412.47981.9355
H41.09412.47981.9355

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 117.803 Br2 C1 H4 117.803
H3 C1 H4 124.393
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability