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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

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 wB97X-D/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.989517
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.989517
Nuclear repulsion energy125.520453
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 wB97X-D/6-31+G**
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 3308 3151 0.47      
2 A1 768 731 9.74      
3 A1 317 302 0.38      
4 B1 352i 335i 59.62      
5 B2 1253 1194 55.22      
6 B2 942 897 164.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3117.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2969.1 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 wB97X-D/6-31+G**
ABC
1.60964 0.11023 0.10317

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.672
H2 0.000 0.000 1.751
Cl3 0.000 1.479 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.479 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07931.70151.7015
H21.07932.42422.4242
Cl31.70152.42422.9575
Cl41.70152.42422.9575

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 119.647 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.706
Cl4 C1 H2 119.647
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.379      
2 H 0.237      
3 Cl 0.071      
4 Cl 0.071      


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 1.032 1.032
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.072 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.252 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.954
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.969 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.739 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.707
Polar
3z2-r25.415
x2-y2-0.820
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.277 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.041 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.310


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.312
(<r2>)1/2 10.016

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.990079
Energy at 298.15K-958.990879
HF Energy-958.990079
Nuclear repulsion energy125.390777
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 wB97X-D/6-31+G**
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' 3276 3119 1.02      
2 A' 772 735 14.88      
3 A' 475 452 30.68      
4 A' 310 295 0.87      
5 A" 1260 1200 48.13      
6 A" 915 872 187.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3503.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3336.7 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 wB97X-D/6-31+G**
ABC
1.56378 0.11062 0.10350

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.692 0.000
H2 -0.451 1.671 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.171 1.475
Cl4 0.011 -0.171 -1.475

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08191.70951.7095
H21.08192.40482.4048
Cl31.70952.40482.9508
Cl41.70952.40482.9508

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 117.181 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.320
Cl4 C1 H2 117.181
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.354      
2 H 0.230      
3 Cl 0.062      
4 Cl 0.062      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.503 0.956 0.000 1.080
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.807 -0.938 0.000
y -0.938 -29.360 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.392
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.430 -0.938 0.000
y -0.938 2.240 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.809
Polar
3z2-r2-1.618
x2-y2-2.447
xy-0.938
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.344 -0.090 0.000
y -0.090 4.341 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.117


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.154
(<r2>)1/2 10.008