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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.580089
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.580089
Nuclear repulsion energy124.841325
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 PBEPBE/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 3220 3174 0.01      
2 A1 744 734 8.83      
3 A1 309 304 0.27      
4 B1 336i 331i 62.61      
5 B2 1226 1208 47.91      
6 B2 906 893 166.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3034.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2990.9 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
1.61244 0.10876 0.10189

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.669
H2 0.000 0.000 1.757
Cl3 0.000 1.489 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.489 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08791.70891.7089
H21.08792.43512.4351
Cl31.70892.43512.9774
Cl41.70892.43512.9774

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 119.412 Cl3 C1 Cl4 121.176
Cl4 C1 H2 119.412
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.396      
2 H 0.240      
3 Cl 0.078      
4 Cl 0.078      


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 0.923 0.923
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.700 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.660 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.694
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.024 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.462 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.486
Polar
3z2-r24.972
x2-y2-1.041
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.274 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.848 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.712


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 101.064
(<r2>)1/2 10.053

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.580759
Energy at 298.15K-958.581493
HF Energy-958.580759
Nuclear repulsion energy124.643542
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 PBEPBE/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' 3178 3132 2.03      
2 A' 750 739 14.73      
3 A' 446 439 33.89      
4 A' 301 297 0.95      
5 A" 1230 1213 39.61      
6 A" 873 860 190.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3388.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3340.3 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
1.55874 0.10910 0.10218

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.693 0.000
H2 -0.479 1.668 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.171 1.486
Cl4 0.012 -0.171 -1.486

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09111.71881.7188
H21.09112.41452.4145
Cl31.71882.41452.9710
Cl41.71882.41452.9710

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 116.694 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.603
Cl4 C1 H2 116.694
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.377      
2 H 0.237      
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
  -0.541 0.825 0.000 0.986
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.422 -0.922 0.000
y -0.922 -29.155 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.817
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.436 -0.922 0.000
y -0.922 1.965 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.529
Polar
3z2-r2-1.058
x2-y2-2.267
xy-0.922
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.374 -0.203 0.000
y -0.203 3.720 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.937


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.955
(<r2>)1/2 10.048