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All results from a given calculation for CHCl2 (dichloromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C2V 2B1
1 2 yes CS 2A'

Conformer 1 (C2V)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.658469
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.658469
Nuclear repulsion energy125.901970
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 PBE1PBE/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 3314 3149 0.16      
2 A1 776 737 10.52      
3 A1 320 304 0.42      
4 B1 330i 313i 59.66      
5 B2 1275 1211 55.56      
6 B2 957 909 156.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3155.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2998.6 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
1.62860 0.11078 0.10373

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.667
H2 0.000 0.000 1.746
Cl3 0.000 1.475 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.475 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07991.69521.6952
H21.07992.41752.4175
Cl31.69522.41752.9501
Cl41.69522.41752.9501

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 119.529 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.942
Cl4 C1 H2 119.529
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.404      
2 H 0.259      
3 Cl 0.073      
4 Cl 0.073      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 1.013 1.013
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.715 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.908 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.639
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.941 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.731 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.672
Polar
3z2-r25.344
x2-y2-0.807
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.248 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.450 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.620


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.662
(<r2>)1/2 9.983

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.659001
Energy at 298.15K-958.659778
HF Energy-958.659001
Nuclear repulsion energy125.782780
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3280 3117 1.51      
2 A' 781 742 15.28      
3 A' 446 424 33.99      
4 A' 312 296 1.46      
5 A" 1280 1217 47.78      
6 A" 931 885 177.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3515.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3340.4 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
1.58553 0.11114 0.10405

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.686 0.000
H2 -0.441 1.669 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.170 1.472
Cl4 0.011 -0.170 -1.472

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08241.70271.7027
H21.08242.39892.3989
Cl31.70272.39892.9439
Cl41.70272.39892.9439

picture of dichloromethyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl3 C1 H2 117.181 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.646
Cl4 C1 H2 117.181
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.385      
2 H 0.255      
3 Cl 0.065      
4 Cl 0.065      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.496 0.930 0.000 1.055
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.470 -0.863 0.000
y -0.863 -29.040 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.043
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.428 -0.863 0.000
y -0.863 2.216 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.788
Polar
3z2-r2-1.576
x2-y2-2.430
xy-0.863
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.331 -0.182 0.000
y -0.182 3.620 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.509


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.518
(<r2>)1/2 9.976