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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-948.519779
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-948.519779
Nuclear repulsion energy120.305720
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 B3LYP/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 3459 3087 9.45      
2 A1 763 681 22.56      
3 A1 289 258 2.82      
4 B1 533i 476i 41.11      
5 B2 1268 1131 91.49      
6 B2 994 887 87.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3119.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2784.0 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 B3LYP/STO-3G
ABC
1.48889 0.10104 0.09462

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.702
H2 0.000 0.000 1.802
Cl3 0.000 1.545 -0.177
Cl4 0.000 -1.545 -0.177

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.10001.77711.7771
H21.10002.51042.5104
Cl31.77712.51043.0891
Cl41.77712.51043.0891

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 119.645 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.711
Cl4 C1 H2 119.645
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.024      
2 H 0.133      
3 Cl -0.054      
4 Cl -0.054      


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 1.378 1.378
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.141 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.213 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.950
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.060 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -3.167 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.227
Polar
3z2-r26.454
x2-y22.072
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.463 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.960 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.525


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 106.555
(<r2>)1/2 10.323

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-948.523321
Energy at 298.15K-948.524084
HF Energy-948.523321
Nuclear repulsion energy120.157733
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 B3LYP/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' 3382 3018 3.96      
2 A' 791 706 30.17      
3 A' 647 577 3.53      
4 A' 284 253 2.11      
5 A" 1278 1140 55.30      
6 A" 951 848 124.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3666.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3271.5 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 B3LYP/STO-3G
ABC
1.38546 0.10229 0.09565

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.017 0.753 0.000
H2 -0.676 1.619 0.000
Cl3 0.017 -0.181 1.533
Cl4 0.017 -0.181 -1.533

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.10911.79551.7955
H21.10912.46402.4640
Cl31.79552.46403.0668
Cl41.79552.46403.0668

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 113.963 Cl3 C1 Cl4 117.307
Cl4 C1 H2 113.963
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.001      
2 H 0.129      
3 Cl -0.065      
4 Cl -0.065      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.599 1.295 0.000 1.427
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.747 -0.804 0.000
y -0.804 -27.507 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.431
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.722 -0.804 0.000
y -0.804 2.582 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.304
Polar
3z2-r2-6.608
x2-y2-1.240
xy-0.804
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.559 -0.210 0.000
y -0.210 1.557 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.101


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 105.804
(<r2>)1/2 10.286