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All results from a given calculation for HCCl (Chloromethylene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
2 1 yes CS 3A"

State 1 (1A')

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Energy calculated at BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-493.190788
Energy at 298.15K-493.190606
HF Energy-493.190788
Nuclear repulsion energy35.637761
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 BLYP/STO-3G
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' 2849 2636 101.04      
2 A' 1270 1175 10.13      
3 A' 797 737 71.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2457.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2274.0 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
13.37590 0.50773 0.48917

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.049 1.311 0.000
Cl2 0.049 -0.547 0.000
H3 -1.124 1.441 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3
C11.85811.1797
Cl21.85812.3081
H31.17972.3081

picture of Chloromethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 96.326
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.035      
2 Cl -0.087      
3 H 0.053      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.160 0.496 0.000 1.262
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.762 -1.671 0.000
y -1.671 -18.100 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -16.380
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.522 -1.671 0.000
y -1.671 -1.029 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.551
Polar
3z2-r23.102
x2-y20.338
xy-1.671
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.895 -0.376 0.000
y -0.376 2.896 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.798


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 29.671
(<r2>)1/2 5.447

State 2 (3A")

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Energy calculated at BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-493.180372
Energy at 298.15K-493.180172
HF Energy-493.180372
Nuclear repulsion energy36.524094
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 BLYP/STO-3G
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' 1013 937 1.02      
2 A' 854 790 41.01      
3 A' 3210 2970 1.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2538.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2348.7 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
20.48112 0.52236 0.50936

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.040 1.245 0.000
Cl2 0.040 -0.545 0.000
H3 -0.929 1.805 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3
C11.79011.1201
Cl21.79012.5429
H31.12012.5429

picture of Chloromethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 120.034
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.024      
2 Cl -0.072      
3 H 0.096      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.556 1.076 0.000 1.211
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -16.671 -0.859 0.000
y -0.859 -15.999 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.538
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.097 -0.859 0.000
y -0.859 1.106 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.203
Polar
3z2-r2-2.406
x2-y2-0.672
xy-0.859
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.679 -0.212 0.000
y -0.212 2.705 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.354


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 28.967
(<r2>)1/2 5.382