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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.780387
Energy at 298.15K-959.782853
HF Energy-959.780387
Nuclear repulsion energy133.619393
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 B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3114 3011 5.00 92.02 0.05 0.10
2 A1 1465 1417 0.13 6.82 0.66 0.80
3 A1 704 681 10.87 16.24 0.07 0.13
4 A1 282 272 0.36 4.13 0.40 0.58
5 A2 1175 1137 0.00 1.84 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3191 3085 0.35 48.78 0.75 0.86
7 B1 902 872 1.29 0.54 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1289 1246 38.09 0.03 0.75 0.86
9 B2 723 699 149.00 3.40 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6421.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.967) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6209.7 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 B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.07949 0.10826 0.10029

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.767
H2 -0.897 0.000 1.372
H3 0.897 0.000 1.372
Cl4 0.000 1.484 -0.216
Cl5 0.000 -1.484 -0.216

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08221.08221.78021.7802
H21.08221.79342.35172.3517
H31.08221.79342.35172.3517
Cl41.78022.35172.35172.9688
Cl51.78022.35172.35172.9688

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 111.920 H2 C1 Cl4 107.999
H2 C1 Cl5 107.999 H3 C1 Cl4 107.999
H3 C1 Cl5 107.999 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.991
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.279      
2 H 0.234      
3 H 0.234      
4 Cl -0.094      
5 Cl -0.094      


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 1.634 1.634
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.725 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -34.062 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.047
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.330 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.847
Polar
3z2-r25.693
x2-y22.337
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.124 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.179 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.719


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 105.355
(<r2>)1/2 10.264