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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

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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 B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.914461
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.914461
Nuclear repulsion energy125.523147
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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 3298 3155 0.05      
2 A1 764 731 10.31      
3 A1 316 303 0.39      
4 B1 335i 321i 60.25      
5 B2 1268 1213 54.06      
6 B2 939 898 160.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3125.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2989.7 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
1.62508 0.11002 0.10304

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.667
H2 0.000 0.000 1.748
Cl3 0.000 1.480 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.480 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08011.70021.7002
H21.08012.42172.4217
Cl31.70022.42172.9603
Cl41.70022.42172.9603

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 119.475 Cl3 C1 Cl4 121.049
Cl4 C1 H2 119.475
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.396      
2 H 0.255      
3 Cl 0.070      
4 Cl 0.070      


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 1.003 1.003
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.646 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.818 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.587
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.943 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.702 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.645
Polar
3z2-r25.290
x2-y2-0.828
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.250 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.535 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.634


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.145
(<r2>)1/2 10.007

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.915035
Energy at 298.15K-958.915804
HF Energy-958.915035
Nuclear repulsion energy125.383938
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3263 3122 1.77      
2 A' 770 737 15.55      
3 A' 451 431 33.58      
4 A' 309 295 1.21      
5 A" 1274 1219 46.11      
6 A" 911 871 182.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3488.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3337.5 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
1.57880 0.11038 0.10336

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.688 0.000
H2 -0.451 1.667 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.170 1.477
Cl4 0.011 -0.170 -1.477

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08281.70831.7083
H21.08282.40252.4025
Cl31.70832.40252.9540
Cl41.70832.40252.9540

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 117.023 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.672
Cl4 C1 H2 117.023
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.376      
2 H 0.251      
3 Cl 0.063      
4 Cl 0.063      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.509 0.917 0.000 1.049
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.393 -0.878 0.000
y -0.878 -29.001 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.962
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.411 -0.878 0.000
y -0.878 2.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.764
Polar
3z2-r2-1.529
x2-y2-2.391
xy-0.878
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.337 -0.187 0.000
y -0.187 3.636 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.603


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.007
(<r2>)1/2 10.000