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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-954.841237
Energy at 298.15K-954.843630
HF Energy-954.841237
Nuclear repulsion energy131.767829
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/3-21G*
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 3059 2917 5.38 90.61 0.09 0.16
2 A1 1464 1396 0.83 15.75 0.74 0.85
3 A1 666 635 12.03 13.06 0.11 0.21
4 A1 275 262 0.47 9.14 0.53 0.70
5 A2 1176 1122 0.00 15.77 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3137 2991 0.07 58.41 0.75 0.86
7 B1 885 844 4.58 4.02 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1280 1221 26.55 7.59 0.75 0.86
9 B2 654 623 164.33 2.90 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6298.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9535) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6005.3 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/3-21G*
ABC
1.03993 0.10556 0.09768

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.783
H2 -0.909 0.000 1.396
H3 0.909 0.000 1.396
Cl4 0.000 1.503 -0.220
Cl5 0.000 -1.503 -0.220

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.09661.09661.80701.8070
H21.09661.81812.38692.3869
H31.09661.81812.38692.3869
Cl41.80702.38692.38693.0064
Cl51.80702.38692.38693.0064

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 111.992 H2 C1 Cl4 108.080
H2 C1 Cl5 108.080 H3 C1 Cl4 108.080
H3 C1 Cl5 108.080 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.589
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.627      
2 H 0.300      
3 H 0.300      
4 Cl 0.013      
5 Cl 0.013      


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 1.850 1.850
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.397 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -34.090 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.690
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.493 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.547 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.054
Polar
3z2-r26.107
x2-y22.693
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.828 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.393 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.683


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 107.515
(<r2>)1/2 10.369