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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

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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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.128886
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-959.128886
Nuclear repulsion energy125.495703
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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3255 3150 0.67      
2 A1 740 716 6.21      
3 A1 306 296 0.30      
4 B1 342i 331i 35.03      
5 B2 1225 1186 47.74      
6 B2 894 865 147.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3038.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2940.0 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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.61113 0.11014 0.10309

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.672
H2 0.000 0.000 1.747
Cl3 0.000 1.479 -0.170
Cl4 0.000 -1.479 -0.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07461.70221.7022
H21.07462.42112.4211
Cl31.70222.42112.9587
Cl41.70222.42112.9587

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 119.647 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.705
Cl4 C1 H2 119.647
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.296      
2 H 0.330      
3 Cl -0.017      
4 Cl -0.017      


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 0.907 0.907
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.092 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.281 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.262
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.821 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.604 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.425
Polar
3z2-r24.850
x2-y2-0.811
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.808 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.515 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.647


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.436
(<r2>)1/2 10.022

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.129513
Energy at 298.15K-959.130264
HF Energy-959.129513
Nuclear repulsion energy125.303407
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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3221 3116 0.44      
2 A' 747 722 10.59      
3 A' 450 435 22.32      
4 A' 300 290 0.62      
5 A" 1231 1191 39.08      
6 A" 864 835 170.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3405.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3294.9 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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.56236 0.11043 0.10334

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.694 0.000
H2 -0.457 1.664 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.171 1.477
Cl4 0.011 -0.171 -1.477

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07741.71141.7114
H21.07742.40162.4016
Cl31.71142.40162.9532
Cl41.71142.40162.9532

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 117.073 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.272
Cl4 C1 H2 117.073
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.282      
2 H 0.310      
3 Cl -0.014      
4 Cl -0.014      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.411 0.831 0.000 0.927
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.854 -0.842 0.000
y -0.842 -29.627 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.365
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.358 -0.842 0.000
y -0.842 1.983 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.625
Polar
3z2-r2-1.250
x2-y2-2.227
xy-0.842
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.846 -0.052 0.000
y -0.052 5.681 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.596


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.331
(<r2>)1/2 10.017