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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.781070
Energy at 298.15K-959.783492
HF Energy-959.781070
Nuclear repulsion energy133.285343
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 B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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 3057 3017 8.01 96.24 0.05 0.10
2 A1 1431 1413 0.03 6.82 0.68 0.81
3 A1 682 673 10.74 16.15 0.06 0.12
4 A1 277 274 0.29 4.64 0.40 0.57
5 A2 1151 1136 0.00 1.83 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3135 3095 0.01 51.69 0.75 0.86
7 B1 886 875 1.27 0.58 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1260 1244 36.84 0.12 0.75 0.86
9 B2 679 670 166.13 2.43 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6279.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.987) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6197.5 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 B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.07893 0.10759 0.09973

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.766
H2 -0.902 0.000 1.373
H3 0.902 0.000 1.373
Cl4 0.000 1.489 -0.216
Cl5 0.000 -1.489 -0.216

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.08721.08721.78351.7835
H21.08721.80402.35702.3570
H31.08721.80402.35702.3570
Cl41.78352.35702.35702.9778
Cl51.78352.35702.35702.9778

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 112.116 H2 C1 Cl4 107.903
H2 C1 Cl5 107.903 H3 C1 Cl4 107.903
H3 C1 Cl5 107.903 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.190
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.217      
2 H 0.206      
3 H 0.206      
4 Cl -0.097      
5 Cl -0.097      


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 1.604 1.604
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.452 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -33.753 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.805
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.327 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.125 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.797
Polar
3z2-r25.595
x2-y22.301
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.221 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.380 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.817


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 105.656
(<r2>)1/2 10.279