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

using model chemistry: BLYP/STO-3G

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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 BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-948.405068
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-948.405068
Nuclear repulsion energy119.200321
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 A1 3358 3107 7.04      
2 A1 732 677 20.00      
3 A1 280 259 2.29      
4 B1 537i 497i 45.55      
5 B2 1224 1132 81.34      
6 B2 949 878 95.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3002.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2778.2 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
1.47040 0.09906 0.09281

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.706
H2 0.000 0.000 1.813
Cl3 0.000 1.560 -0.178
Cl4 0.000 -1.560 -0.178

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.10701.79321.7932
H21.10702.52972.5297
Cl31.79322.52973.1198
Cl41.79322.52973.1198

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 119.554 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.892
Cl4 C1 H2 119.554
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 -0.032      
2 H 0.126      
3 Cl -0.047      
4 Cl -0.047      


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 1.270 1.270
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.151 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.832 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.985
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.243 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.763 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.006
Polar
3z2-r26.012
x2-y21.680
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.488 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.250 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.578


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 108.200
(<r2>)1/2 10.402

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-948.409358
Energy at 298.15K-948.410076
HF Energy-948.409358
Nuclear repulsion energy118.873180
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' 3255 3011 1.76      
2 A' 776 718 27.91      
3 A' 636 588 3.97      
4 A' 273 253 1.56      
5 A" 1234 1142 42.79      
6 A" 894 827 132.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3533.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3269.5 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
1.35115 0.10018 0.09370

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 0.018 0.767 0.000
H2 -0.728 1.600 0.000
Cl3 0.018 -0.182 1.549
Cl4 0.018 -0.182 -1.549

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.11851.81701.8170
H21.11852.47692.4769
Cl31.81702.47693.0984
Cl41.81702.47693.0984

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 112.909 Cl3 C1 Cl4 116.997
Cl4 C1 H2 112.909
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 -0.005      
2 H 0.123      
3 Cl -0.059      
4 Cl -0.059      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.651 1.160 0.000 1.331
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.701 -0.839 0.000
y -0.839 -27.618 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.071
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.643 -0.839 0.000
y -0.839 2.269 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.912
Polar
3z2-r2-5.823
x2-y2-1.084
xy-0.839
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.605 -0.216 0.000
y -0.216 1.635 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.452


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 107.562
(<r2>)1/2 10.371