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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ

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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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.038174
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-959.038174
Nuclear repulsion energy125.377090
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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3291 3150 0.78      
2 A1 765 732 7.47      
3 A1 310 297 0.41      
4 B1 388i 372i 37.39      
5 B2 1214 1162 55.58      
6 B2 934 894 143.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3062.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9573) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2932.0 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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.57952 0.11038 0.10317

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.679
H2 0.000 0.000 1.764
Cl3 0.000 1.478 -0.172
Cl4 0.000 -1.478 -0.172

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08511.70501.7050
H21.08512.43512.4351
Cl31.70502.43512.9554
Cl41.70502.43512.9554

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 119.920 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.160
Cl4 C1 H2 119.920
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.008      
2 H -0.111      
3 Cl 0.059      
4 Cl 0.059      


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 0.989 0.989
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.127 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.059 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.916
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.140 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.537 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.677
Polar
3z2-r25.355
x2-y2-1.069
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.567 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.070 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.387


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.297
(<r2>)1/2 10.015

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.039066
Energy at 298.15K-959.039877
HF Energy-959.039066
Nuclear repulsion energy125.218362
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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3245 3106 0.74      
2 A' 769 736 12.80      
3 A' 496 475 21.72      
4 A' 304 291 0.54      
5 A" 1220 1168 43.58      
6 A" 901 862 169.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3466.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9573) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3318.7 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 wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.52470 0.11087 0.10360

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.012 0.704 0.000
H2 -0.498 1.666 0.000
Cl3 0.012 -0.173 1.474
Cl4 0.012 -0.173 -1.474

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08861.71501.7150
H21.08862.41112.4111
Cl31.71502.41112.9471
Cl41.71502.41112.9471

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 116.865 Cl3 C1 Cl4 118.459
Cl4 C1 H2 116.865
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.081      
2 H -0.051      
3 Cl 0.066      
4 Cl 0.066      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.462 0.899 0.000 1.011
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.823 -0.947 0.000
y -0.947 -29.361 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.172
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.556 -0.947 0.000
y -0.947 2.136 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.580
Polar
3z2-r2-1.161
x2-y2-2.462
xy-0.947
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.612 -0.063 0.000
y -0.063 5.423 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.163


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.077
(<r2>)1/2 10.004