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

using model chemistry: G3B3

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at G3B3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.374645
Energy at 298.15K-959.370078
HF Energy-959.696347
Nuclear repulsion energy132.733199
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/6-31G*
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 3144 3019 8.82 93.17 0.10 0.18
2 A1 1490 1430 0.08 13.40 0.74 0.85
3 A1 705 677 14.85 13.71 0.11 0.21
4 A1 284 272 0.60 7.52 0.54 0.70
5 A2 1197 1150 0.00 13.41 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3223 3095 0.47 61.39 0.75 0.86
7 B1 914 878 2.11 3.84 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1322 1269 55.03 5.59 0.75 0.86
9 B2 729 700 160.97 5.01 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6503.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6245.0 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
ABC
1.07322 0.10659 0.09881

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.768
H2 -0.899 0.000 1.380
H3 0.899 0.000 1.380
Cl4 0.000 1.496 -0.217
Cl5 0.000 -1.496 -0.217

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08761.08761.79091.7909
H21.08761.79802.36552.3655
H31.08761.79802.36552.3655
Cl41.79092.36552.36552.9921
Cl51.79092.36552.36552.9921

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 111.501 H2 C1 Cl4 108.024
H2 C1 Cl5 108.024 H3 C1 Cl4 108.024
H3 C1 Cl5 108.024 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.297
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.445      
2 H 0.242      
3 H 0.242      
4 Cl -0.020      
5 Cl -0.020      


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 1.853 1.853
CHELPG 0.000 0.000 1.994 1.994
AIM 0.000 0.000 -0.271 0.271
ESP -0.004 0.000 1.972 1.972


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 106.373
(<r2>)1/2 10.314