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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/STO-3G

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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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-948.224665
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-948.224665
Nuclear repulsion energy121.317034
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/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 3515 3101 11.77      
2 A1 789 696 23.98      
3 A1 297 262 3.13      
4 B1 537i 473i 39.13      
5 B2 1289 1137 93.79      
6 B2 1032 910 83.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3192.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8821) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2816.1 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/STO-3G
ABC
1.51130 0.10280 0.09626

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.696
H2 0.000 0.000 1.793
Cl3 0.000 1.531 -0.176
Cl4 0.000 -1.531 -0.176

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09691.76191.7619
H21.09692.49392.4939
Cl31.76192.49393.0625
Cl41.76192.49393.0625

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 119.649 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.703
Cl4 C1 H2 119.649
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.026      
2 H 0.139      
3 Cl -0.056      
4 Cl -0.056      


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 1.427 1.427
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.128 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.384 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.917
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.022 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.362 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.340
Polar
3z2-r26.679
x2-y22.256
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.450 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.765 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.474


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 105.090
(<r2>)1/2 10.251

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-948.228034
Energy at 298.15K-948.228833
HF Energy-948.228034
Nuclear repulsion energy121.218311
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/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' 3442 3037 5.65      
2 A' 813 717 31.67      
3 A' 658 581 3.27      
4 A' 292 258 2.40      
5 A" 1298 1145 58.13      
6 A" 992 875 121.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3747.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8821) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3305.5 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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
ABC
1.41137 0.10410 0.09734

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 0.745 0.000
H2 -0.660 1.619 0.000
Cl3 0.017 -0.179 1.520
Cl4 0.017 -0.179 -1.520

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.10571.77861.7786
H21.10572.44962.4496
Cl31.77862.44963.0400
Cl41.77862.44963.0400

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 114.239 Cl3 C1 Cl4 117.435
Cl4 C1 H2 114.239
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.001      
2 H 0.136      
3 Cl -0.067      
4 Cl -0.067      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.581 1.350 0.000 1.470
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.742 -0.801 0.000
y -0.801 -27.464 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.592
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.786 -0.801 0.000
y -0.801 2.703 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.489
Polar
3z2-r2-6.977
x2-y2-1.278
xy-0.801
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.539 -0.199 0.000
y -0.199 1.500 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.882


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 104.317
(<r2>)1/2 10.214