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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

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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 B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.730740
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.592431
Nuclear repulsion energy124.961260
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 B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3290 3290 0.96      
2 A1 754 754 6.87      
3 A1 309 309 0.35      
4 B1 422i 422i 36.11      
5 B2 1226 1226 54.60      
6 B2 920 920 145.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3038.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3038.3 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 B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.57523 0.10954 0.10242

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.680
H2 0.000 0.000 1.764
Cl3 0.000 1.483 -0.172
Cl4 0.000 -1.483 -0.172

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08401.71061.7106
H21.08402.43902.4390
Cl31.71062.43902.9667
Cl41.71062.43902.9667

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 119.872 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.255
Cl4 C1 H2 119.872
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.052      
2 H -0.150      
3 Cl 0.049      
4 Cl 0.049      


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 0.953 0.953
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.477 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.412 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.364
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.089 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.491 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.581
Polar
3z2-r25.161
x2-y2-1.065
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.545 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.164 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.400


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.119
(<r2>)1/2 10.056

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.732051
Energy at 298.15K-958.732881
HF Energy-958.593656
Nuclear repulsion energy124.729781
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 B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3236 3236 0.77      
2 A' 762 762 13.27      
3 A' 535 535 18.20      
4 A' 303 303 0.32      
5 A" 1227 1227 40.77      
6 A" 879 879 176.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3470.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3470.1 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 B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.51126 0.11001 0.10282

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.710 0.000
H2 -0.537 1.649 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.174 1.479
Cl4 0.013 -0.174 -1.479

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08831.72301.7230
H21.08832.41092.4109
Cl31.72302.41092.9583
Cl41.72302.41092.9583

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 116.259 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.287
Cl4 C1 H2 116.259
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.021      
2 H -0.084      
3 Cl 0.052      
4 Cl 0.052      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.484 0.855 0.000 0.982
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.132 -0.977 0.000
y -0.977 -29.868 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.556
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.420 -0.977 0.000
y -0.977 1.976 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.556
Polar
3z2-r2-1.113
x2-y2-2.264
xy-0.977
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.598 -0.071 0.000
y -0.071 5.445 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.290


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.929
(<r2>)1/2 10.046