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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl2 (Methylene chloride)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-948.744523
Energy at 298.15K-948.746882
HF Energy-948.744523
Nuclear repulsion energy129.321861
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 PBEPBE/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 3263 2981 0.57 39.28 0.15 0.27
2 A1 1520 1389 0.07 12.59 0.73 0.84
3 A1 749 685 16.40 11.61 0.12 0.22
4 A1 270 247 2.39 5.82 0.59 0.74
5 A2 1182 1080 0.00 11.01 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3399 3105 0.70 28.92 0.75 0.86
7 B1 896 818 0.02 2.82 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1307 1194 30.84 3.30 0.75 0.86
9 B2 841 768 106.73 4.52 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6713.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9136) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6133.3 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 PBEPBE/STO-3G
ABC
1.02662 0.10094 0.09365

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.785
H2 -0.922 0.000 1.410
H3 0.922 0.000 1.410
Cl4 0.000 1.537 -0.221
Cl5 0.000 -1.537 -0.221

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.11381.11381.83751.8375
H21.11381.84362.42392.4239
H31.11381.84362.42392.4239
Cl41.83752.42392.42393.0747
Cl51.83752.42392.42393.0747

picture of Methylene chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 111.706 H2 C1 Cl4 107.905
H2 C1 Cl5 107.905 H3 C1 Cl4 107.905
H3 C1 Cl5 107.905 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.580
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.089      
2 H 0.143      
3 H 0.143      
4 Cl -0.098      
5 Cl -0.098      


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 2.037 2.037
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.873 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -33.034 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.604
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.447 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -4.796 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.349
Polar
3z2-r26.698
x2-y24.161
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.895 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.841 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.634


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 110.036
(<r2>)1/2 10.490