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All results from a given calculation for CHF2 (difluoromethyl radical)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 2A
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-238.085107
Energy at 298.15K-238.086332
HF Energy-238.085107
Nuclear repulsion energy69.851677
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 PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 2999 2968 37.52      
2 A' 1161 1149 66.73      
3 A' 973 963 11.42      
4 A' 533 527 2.49      
5 A" 1312 1298 77.77      
6 A" 1175 1163 153.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4076.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9897) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4034.6 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 PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
2.23947 0.36164 0.31623

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.031 0.507 0.000
H2 -0.735 1.302 0.000
F3 0.031 -0.241 1.103
F4 0.031 -0.241 -1.103

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 F3 F4
C11.10391.33271.3327
H21.10392.04582.0458
F31.33272.04582.2053
F41.33272.04582.2053

picture of difluoromethyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 F3 113.866 H2 C1 F4 113.866
F3 C1 F4 111.658
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.069      
2 H 0.123      
3 F -0.027      
4 F -0.027      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.634 0.815 0.000 1.033
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.047 -0.832 0.000
y -0.832 -14.612 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.575
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.546 -0.832 0.000
y -0.832 1.200 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.746
Polar
3z2-r2-3.491
x2-y2-0.436
xy-0.832
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.738 -0.280 0.000
y -0.280 2.125 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.373


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.362
(<r2>)1/2 6.030