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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.098802
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-959.098802
Nuclear repulsion energy124.934037
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3260 3150 0.28      
2 A1 740 715 8.52      
3 A1 312 302 0.14      
4 B1 365i 353i 62.42      
5 B2 1256 1214 48.28      
6 B2 897 866 179.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3049.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2947.0 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
1.61187 0.10894 0.10204

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/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 1.748
Cl3 0.000 1.488 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.488 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07701.70901.7090
H21.07702.42752.4275
Cl31.70902.42752.9750
Cl41.70902.42752.9750

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 119.493 Cl3 C1 Cl4 121.015
Cl4 C1 H2 119.493
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.382      
2 H 0.300      
3 Cl 0.041      
4 Cl 0.041      


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 0.983 0.983
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.594 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.692 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.459
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.018 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.666 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.684
Polar
3z2-r25.368
x2-y2-0.901
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.201 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.098 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.673


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.492
(<r2>)1/2 10.074

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.099633
Energy at 298.15K-959.100411
HF Energy-959.099633
Nuclear repulsion energy124.721610
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3222 3113 3.03      
2 A' 748 723 15.26      
3 A' 481 464 31.98      
4 A' 306 296 0.59      
5 A" 1265 1222 40.26      
6 A" 862 833 208.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3441.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3325.7 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
1.55573 0.10928 0.10233

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.696 0.000
H2 -0.490 1.653 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.172 1.484
Cl4 0.012 -0.172 -1.484

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08021.71941.7194
H21.08022.40502.4050
Cl31.71942.40502.9685
Cl41.71942.40502.9685

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 116.553 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.363
Cl4 C1 H2 116.553
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.361      
2 H 0.293      
3 Cl 0.034      
4 Cl 0.034      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.557 0.886 0.000 1.047
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.283 -0.952 0.000
y -0.952 -29.940 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.885
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.370 -0.952 0.000
y -0.952 2.144 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.774
Polar
3z2-r2-1.547
x2-y2-2.343
xy-0.952
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.295 -0.166 0.000
y -0.166 3.705 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.191


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.386
(<r2>)1/2 10.069