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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl2 (Methylene chloride)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pV(T+d)Z

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pV(T+d)Z
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.331490
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-959.331490
Nuclear repulsion energy133.408995
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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pV(T+d)Z
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 272 272 0.39 6.46 0.51 0.67
2 A1 694 694 10.82 11.21 0.08 0.15
3 A1 1406 1406 0.13 8.29 0.75 0.86
4 A1 3040 3040 7.73 106.42 0.05 0.10
5 A2 1129 1129 0.00 4.61 0.75 0.86
6 B1 872 872 1.79 1.44 0.75 0.86
7 B1 3113 3113 0.03 53.78 0.75 0.86
8 B2 706 706 153.59 2.92 0.75 0.86
9 B2 1235 1235 33.11 1.69 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6233.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6233.9 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 PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pV(T+d)Z
ABC
1.07892 0.10789 0.10001

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pV(T+d)Z

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.765
H2 -0.905 0.000 1.376
H3 0.905 0.000 1.376
Cl4 0.000 1.487 -0.216
Cl5 0.000 -1.487 -0.216

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.09211.09211.78091.7809
H21.09211.80922.35882.3588
H31.09211.80922.35882.3588
Cl41.78092.35882.35882.9735
Cl51.78092.35882.35882.9735

picture of Methylene chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 111.855 H2 C1 Cl4 107.965
H2 C1 Cl5 107.965 H3 C1 Cl4 107.965
H3 C1 Cl5 107.965 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.193
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/cc-pV(T+d)Z Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.065      
2 H 0.138      
3 H 0.138      
4 Cl -0.105      
5 Cl -0.105      


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 1.605 1.605
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.260 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -33.579 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.721
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.390 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.089 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.699
Polar
3z2-r25.398
x2-y22.319
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.979 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.491 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.838


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 105.359
(<r2>)1/2 10.264