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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-948.524554
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-948.524554
Nuclear repulsion energy121.074551
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 wB97X-D/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 3507 3507 11.36      
2 A1 775 775 24.40      
3 A1 296 296 3.01      
4 B1 531i 531i 38.46      
5 B2 1284 1284 90.92      
6 B2 1008 1008 85.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3169.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3169.5 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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
ABC
1.50086 0.10245 0.09591

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.699
H2 0.000 0.000 1.797
Cl3 0.000 1.534 -0.176
Cl4 0.000 -1.534 -0.176

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09811.76591.7659
H21.09812.49922.4992
Cl31.76592.49923.0677
Cl41.76592.49923.0677

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 119.705 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.590
Cl4 C1 H2 119.705
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.024      
2 H 0.135      
3 Cl -0.055      
4 Cl -0.055      


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 1.425 1.425
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.130 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.443 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.954
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.069 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.401 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.333
Polar
3z2-r26.666
x2-y22.313
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.450 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.743 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.486


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 105.428
(<r2>)1/2 10.268

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at wB97X-D/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-948.527743
Energy at 298.15K-948.528524
HF Energy-948.527743
Nuclear repulsion energy120.940992
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 wB97X-D/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' 3429 3429 5.79      
2 A' 799 799 32.05      
3 A' 641 641 3.16      
4 A' 294 294 2.30      
5 A" 1302 1302 57.91      
6 A" 968 968 121.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3716.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3716.0 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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
ABC
1.40209 0.10367 0.09691

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.016 0.747 0.000
H2 -0.656 1.626 0.000
Cl3 0.016 -0.180 1.523
Cl4 0.016 -0.180 -1.523

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.10691.78291.7829
H21.10692.45632.4563
Cl31.78292.45633.0464
Cl41.78292.45633.0464

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 114.381 Cl3 C1 Cl4 117.368
Cl4 C1 H2 114.381
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.003      
2 H 0.131      
3 Cl -0.067      
4 Cl -0.067      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.571 1.358 0.000 1.473
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.758 -0.785 0.000
y -0.785 -27.481 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.661
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.813 -0.785 0.000
y -0.785 2.729 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.542
Polar
3z2-r2-7.083
x2-y2-1.277
xy-0.785
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.539 -0.206 0.000
y -0.206 1.512 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.866


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 104.716
(<r2>)1/2 10.233