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All results from a given calculation for CHF2 (difluoromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-238.221173
Energy at 298.15K-238.222420
HF Energy-238.221173
Nuclear repulsion energy70.046841
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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' 3126 2996 38.67      
2 A' 1201 1151 84.89      
3 A' 1012 970 11.97      
4 A' 540 518 3.99      
5 A" 1375 1318 102.65      
6 A" 1221 1170 167.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4237.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4061.0 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
2.25773 0.36329 0.31770

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.030 0.506 0.000
H2 -0.724 1.297 0.000
F3 0.030 -0.241 1.100
F4 0.030 -0.241 -1.100

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 F3 F4
C11.09291.32961.3296
H21.09292.03552.0355
F31.32962.03552.2005
F41.32962.03552.2005

picture of difluoromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 F3 113.979 H2 C1 F4 113.979
F3 C1 F4 111.689
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.357      
2 H 0.119      
3 F -0.238      
4 F -0.238      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.644 1.054 0.000 1.235
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.928 -0.820 0.000
y -0.820 -14.364 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.762
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.636 -0.820 0.000
y -0.820 1.481 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.116
Polar
3z2-r2-4.233
x2-y2-0.563
xy-0.820
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.434 -0.286 0.000
y -0.286 1.812 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.038


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.185
(<r2>)1/2 6.015