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All results from a given calculation for CH2Cl2 (Methylene chloride)

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 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at wB97X-D/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-949.200794
Energy at 298.15K-949.203222
HF Energy-949.200794
Nuclear repulsion energy130.440341
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 3366 3366 2.00 37.83 0.15 0.26
2 A1 1581 1581 0.04 13.38 0.72 0.84
3 A1 780 780 18.72 12.17 0.12 0.22
4 A1 283 283 2.67 5.01 0.61 0.76
5 A2 1236 1236 0.00 12.29 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3501 3501 2.45 28.89 0.75 0.86
7 B1 928 928 0.18 2.66 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1371 1371 36.92 2.26 0.75 0.86
9 B2 895 895 83.96 7.19 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6969.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6969.6 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
1.03049 0.10310 0.09551

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 0.784
H2 -0.913 0.000 1.409
H3 0.913 0.000 1.409
Cl4 0.000 1.521 -0.221
Cl5 0.000 -1.521 -0.221

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Cl4 Cl5
C11.10661.10661.82331.8233
H21.10661.82592.40962.4096
H31.10661.82592.40962.4096
Cl41.82332.40962.40963.0422
Cl51.82332.40962.40963.0422

picture of Methylene chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 111.177 H2 C1 Cl4 108.154
H2 C1 Cl5 108.154 H3 C1 Cl4 108.154
H3 C1 Cl5 108.154 Cl4 C1 Cl5 113.082
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 -0.081      
2 H 0.141      
3 H 0.141      
4 Cl -0.101      
5 Cl -0.101      


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 2.111 2.111
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.903 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -33.366 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.659
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.609 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -5.085 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.475
Polar
3z2-r26.951
x2-y24.463
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.892 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.600 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.635


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 108.382
(<r2>)1/2 10.411