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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.039417
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-959.039417
Nuclear repulsion energy125.793569
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
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 3318 3146 0.10      
2 A1 772 732 10.61      
3 A1 319 302 0.42      
4 B1 335i 317i 59.31      
5 B2 1277 1211 55.80      
6 B2 951 902 157.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3151.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9483) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2988.3 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
ABC
1.62808 0.11055 0.10352

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*

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 1.745
Cl3 0.000 1.477 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.477 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07851.69681.6968
H21.07852.41772.4177
Cl31.69682.41772.9532
Cl41.69682.41772.9532

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 119.515 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.970
Cl4 C1 H2 119.515
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.399      
2 H 0.259      
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 1.020 1.020
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.654 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.867 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.581
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.930 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.750 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.679
Polar
3z2-r25.359
x2-y2-0.787
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.245 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.446 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.612


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.783
(<r2>)1/2 9.989

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.039970
Energy at 298.15K-959.040750
HF Energy-959.039970
Nuclear repulsion energy125.669062
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
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' 3285 3115 1.61      
2 A' 778 737 15.57      
3 A' 452 429 33.35      
4 A' 311 295 1.31      
5 A" 1283 1216 47.91      
6 A" 925 877 179.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3516.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9483) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3334.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
ABC
1.58365 0.11092 0.10385

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.687 0.000
H2 -0.444 1.667 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.170 1.473
Cl4 0.011 -0.170 -1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08111.70451.7045
H21.08112.39882.3988
Cl31.70452.39882.9468
Cl41.70452.39882.9468

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 117.126 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.638
Cl4 C1 H2 117.126
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.380      
2 H 0.255      
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
  -0.499 0.937 0.000 1.062
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.407 -0.866 0.000
y -0.866 -28.985 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.007
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.411 -0.866 0.000
y -0.866 2.222 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.810
Polar
3z2-r2-1.621
x2-y2-2.422
xy-0.866
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.329 -0.182 0.000
y -0.182 3.613 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.508


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.637
(<r2>)1/2 9.982