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All results from a given calculation for CH2Br2 (dibromomethane)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-5159.088632
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-5158.912643
Nuclear repulsion energy339.949989
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 MP2=FULL/3-21G
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 3204 3059 4.02      
2 A1 1525 1456 0.00      
3 A1 549 524 3.59      
4 A1 166 159 0.06      
5 A2 1165 1113 0.00      
6 B1 3288 3139 0.12      
7 B1 818 781 8.03      
8 B2 1276 1218 60.36      
9 B2 662 632 62.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6326.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6040.5 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 MP2=FULL/3-21G
ABC
0.84874 0.03785 0.03649

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.956
H2 -0.898 0.000 1.562
H3 0.898 0.000 1.562
Br4 0.000 1.677 -0.127
Br5 0.000 -1.677 -0.127

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Br4 Br5
C11.08401.08401.99561.9956
H21.08401.79672.54372.5437
H31.08401.79672.54372.5437
Br41.99562.54372.54373.3536
Br51.99562.54372.54373.3536

picture of dibromomethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 111.939 H2 C1 Br4 107.665
H2 C1 Br5 107.665 H3 C1 Br4 107.665
H3 C1 Br5 107.665 Br4 C1 Br5 114.330
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability