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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.626170
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.626170
Nuclear repulsion energy124.640889
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/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 3188 3169 0.23      
2 A1 740 736 8.98      
3 A1 302 300 0.24      
4 B1 368i 366i 52.93      
5 B2 1166 1160 44.17      
6 B2 901 896 158.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2964.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2947.7 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.58803 0.10871 0.10174

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.675
H2 0.000 0.000 1.770
Cl3 0.000 1.489 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.489 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09581.71251.7125
H21.09582.44682.4468
Cl31.71252.44682.9781
Cl41.71252.44682.9781

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 119.595 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.811
Cl4 C1 H2 119.595
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.153      
2 H 0.109      
3 Cl 0.022      
4 Cl 0.022      


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 0.787 0.787
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.642 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.270 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.734
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.140 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.082 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.222
Polar
3z2-r24.443
x2-y2-1.372
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.258 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.940 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.731


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.121
(<r2>)1/2 10.056

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.627153
Energy at 298.15K-958.627914
HF Energy-958.627153
Nuclear repulsion energy124.419238
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/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' 3138 3119 1.65      
2 A' 745 740 14.89      
3 A' 481 478 26.26      
4 A' 296 295 0.46      
5 A" 1170 1163 33.83      
6 A" 862 857 186.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3345.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3325.8 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.52685 0.10913 0.10211

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.703 0.000
H2 -0.527 1.661 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.173 1.485
Cl4 0.013 -0.173 -1.485

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09991.72411.7241
H21.09992.42082.4208
Cl31.72412.42082.9703
Cl41.72412.42082.9703

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 116.260 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.950
Cl4 C1 H2 116.260
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.145      
2 H 0.115      
3 Cl 0.015      
4 Cl 0.015      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.536 0.679 0.000 0.865
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.319 -0.939 0.000
y -0.939 -29.234 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.441
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.481 -0.939 0.000
y -0.939 1.646 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.165
Polar
3z2-r2-0.330
x2-y2-2.085
xy-0.939
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.386 -0.215 0.000
y -0.215 3.753 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.028


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.962
(<r2>)1/2 10.048