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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.754403
Energy at 298.15K-959.756900
HF Energy-959.754403
Nuclear repulsion energy133.957870
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/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 3138 3007 5.76 101.37 0.05 0.09
2 A1 1429 1369 0.24 6.15 0.70 0.82
3 A1 728 698 11.49 16.23 0.07 0.12
4 A1 286 275 0.47 3.96 0.42 0.60
5 A2 1163 1114 0.00 1.79 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3228 3094 0.35 49.10 0.75 0.86
7 B1 895 858 1.44 0.45 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1267 1214 36.12 0.03 0.75 0.86
9 B2 767 735 146.17 3.54 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6450.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6181.6 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/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.07230 0.10926 0.10112

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.768
H2 -0.905 0.000 1.377
H3 0.905 0.000 1.377
Cl4 0.000 1.477 -0.217
Cl5 0.000 -1.477 -0.217

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.09111.09111.77551.7755
H21.09111.81072.35432.3543
H31.09111.81072.35432.3543
Cl41.77552.35432.35432.9546
Cl51.77552.35432.35432.9546

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 112.143 H2 C1 Cl4 108.036
H2 C1 Cl5 108.036 H3 C1 Cl4 108.036
H3 C1 Cl5 108.036 Cl4 C1 Cl5 112.621
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.238      
2 H 0.117      
3 H 0.117      
4 Cl 0.002      
5 Cl 0.002      


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 1.703 1.703
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.432 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -33.883 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.726
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.372 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.304 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.931
Polar
3z2-r25.863
x2-y22.451
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.003 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.003 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.633


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 104.560
(<r2>)1/2 10.225