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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-311G**

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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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.647071
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.647071
Nuclear repulsion energy124.965948
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/6-311G**
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 3199 3170 0.02      
2 A1 737 730 7.12      
3 A1 309 306 0.08      
4 B1 332i 329i 63.21      
5 B2 1208 1197 41.70      
6 B2 890 882 182.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3005.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2978.1 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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
ABC
1.60958 0.10906 0.10214

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.671
H2 0.000 0.000 1.755
Cl3 0.000 1.487 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.487 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08441.70791.7079
H21.08442.43242.4324
Cl31.70792.43242.9733
Cl41.70792.43242.9733

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 119.490 Cl3 C1 Cl4 121.020
Cl4 C1 H2 119.490
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.320      
2 H 0.221      
3 Cl 0.050      
4 Cl 0.050      


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 0.884 0.884
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.508 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.354 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.446
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.108 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.377 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.485
Polar
3z2-r24.969
x2-y2-1.154
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.265 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.351 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.770


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.334
(<r2>)1/2 10.066

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.647720
Energy at 298.15K-958.648457
HF Energy-958.647720
Nuclear repulsion energy124.744590
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/6-311G**
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' 3159 3130 1.92      
2 A' 742 735 12.54      
3 A' 439 435 35.92      
4 A' 303 300 0.90      
5 A" 1213 1202 34.39      
6 A" 857 849 208.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3356.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3325.5 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 PBEPBE/6-311G**
ABC
1.55863 0.10931 0.10236

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.694 0.000
H2 -0.477 1.665 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.171 1.484
Cl4 0.012 -0.171 -1.484

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08781.71791.7179
H21.08782.41152.4115
Cl31.71792.41152.9682
Cl41.71792.41152.9682

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 116.729 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.521
Cl4 C1 H2 116.729
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.304      
2 H 0.218      
3 Cl 0.043      
4 Cl 0.043      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.543 0.791 0.000 0.960
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.219 -0.929 0.000
y -0.929 -29.899 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.531
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.504 -0.929 0.000
y -0.929 1.976 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.472
Polar
3z2-r2-0.943
x2-y2-2.320
xy-0.929
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.354 -0.162 0.000
y -0.162 3.802 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.445


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.277
(<r2>)1/2 10.064