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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G*

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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 HF/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-35.391139
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-35.391139
Nuclear repulsion energy30.992197
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 HF/CEP-121G*
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 3421 3091 0.38      
2 A1 787 711 15.61      
3 A1 320 289 0.96      
4 B1 564i 510i 46.11      
5 B2 1338 1209 86.25      
6 B2 991 895 134.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3146.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9034) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2842.2 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 HF/CEP-121G*
ABC
1.57358 0.10877 0.10173

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.683
H2 0.000 0.000 1.754
Cl3 0.000 1.489 -0.172
Cl4 0.000 -1.489 -0.172

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07081.71671.7167
H21.07082.43402.4340
Cl31.71672.43402.9773
Cl41.71672.43402.9773

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 119.867 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.265
Cl4 C1 H2 119.867
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.116      
2 H 0.248      
3 Cl -0.066      
4 Cl -0.066      


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 1.280 1.280
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.783 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.637 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.519
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.705 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.191
Polar
3z2-r26.382
x2-y2-0.145
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.669 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.262 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.865


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 54.896
(<r2>)1/2 7.409

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at HF/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-35.393829
Energy at 298.15K-35.394790
HF Energy-35.393829
Nuclear repulsion energy30.958603
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 HF/CEP-121G*
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' 3389 3062 5.62      
2 A' 808 730 24.18      
3 A' 679 613 8.29      
4 A' 315 285 0.78      
5 A" 1354 1223 72.70      
6 A" 952 860 180.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3749.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9034) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3387.0 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 HF/CEP-121G*
ABC
1.49933 0.10975 0.10259

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.014 0.718 0.000
H2 -0.576 1.615 0.000
Cl3 0.014 -0.174 1.481
Cl4 0.014 -0.174 -1.481

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07421.72881.7288
H21.07422.39662.3966
Cl31.72882.39662.9614
Cl41.72882.39662.9614

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 115.536 Cl3 C1 Cl4 117.848
Cl4 C1 H2 115.536
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.057      
2 H 0.224      
3 Cl -0.084      
4 Cl -0.084      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.552 1.204 0.000 1.324
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.366 -0.991 0.000
y -0.991 -28.109 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.955
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.834 -0.991 0.000
y -0.991 2.552 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.717
Polar
3z2-r2-3.434
x2-y2-2.257
xy-0.991
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.788 -0.179 0.000
y -0.179 3.873 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.330


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 54.747
(<r2>)1/2 7.399