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All results from a given calculation for CH2Br2 (dibromomethane)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-5181.954865
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-5181.954865
Nuclear repulsion energy352.268489
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 HSEh1PBE/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 3177 3021 2.21 86.13 0.08 0.15
2 A1 1467 1395 0.09 12.79 0.74 0.85
3 A1 596 567 4.72 13.24 0.08 0.16
4 A1 178 170 0.09 4.44 0.44 0.61
5 A2 1139 1084 0.00 7.60 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3270 3110 0.90 55.63 0.75 0.86
7 B1 818 778 5.33 2.40 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1240 1179 70.01 1.70 0.75 0.86
9 B2 657 624 97.93 4.58 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6270.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.951) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5963.5 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.87588 0.04097 0.03944

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.937
H2 -0.901 0.000 1.543
H3 0.901 0.000 1.543
Br4 0.000 1.611 -0.124
Br5 0.000 -1.611 -0.124

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Br4 Br5
C11.08591.08591.92941.9294
H21.08591.80202.48762.4876
H31.08591.80202.48762.4876
Br41.92942.48762.48763.2227
Br51.92942.48762.48763.2227

picture of dibromomethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 112.137 H2 C1 Br4 107.880
H2 C1 Br5 107.880 H3 C1 Br4 107.880
H3 C1 Br5 107.880 Br4 C1 Br5 113.263
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.384      
2 H 0.257      
3 H 0.257      
4 Br -0.066      
5 Br -0.066      


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 1.551 1.551
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.651 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -43.840 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.072
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.695 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.478 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.174
Polar
3z2-r26.347
x2-y21.188
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.582 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.002 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.399


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 220.830
(<r2>)1/2 14.860