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

using model chemistry: ROHF/6-311G**

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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 ROHF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.408909
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-957.408909
Nuclear repulsion energy125.545891
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 ROHF/6-311G**
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 3442 3141 0.00      
2 A1 790 721 13.03      
3 A1 330 301 0.57      
4 B1 622i 568i 46.32      
5 B2 1353 1235 70.22      
6 B2 989 902 138.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3140.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9126) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2866.2 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 ROHF/6-311G**
ABC
1.59804 0.11041 0.10327

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at ROHF/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.677
H2 0.000 0.000 1.742
Cl3 0.000 1.478 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.478 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.06521.70351.7035
H21.06522.41722.4172
Cl31.70352.41722.9551
Cl41.70352.41722.9551

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 119.848 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.304
Cl4 C1 H2 119.848
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.178      
2 H 0.205      
3 Cl -0.014      
4 Cl -0.014      


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 1.288 1.288
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.606 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -32.544 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 -29.352
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.658 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.565 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 3.223
Polar
3z2-r26.446
x2-y2-0.062
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz-0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.679
(<r2>)1/2 10.034

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at ROHF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-957.412036
Energy at 298.15K-957.413023
HF Energy-957.412036
Nuclear repulsion energy125.274431
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 ROHF/6-311G**
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 3086 3.74      
2 A' 817 746 21.98      
3 A' 694 634 9.80      
4 A' 325 297 0.42      
5 A" 1364 1245 58.22      
6 A" 941 859 182.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3761.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9126) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3432.8 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 ROHF/6-311G**
ABC
1.51983 0.11100 0.10377

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at ROHF/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.014 0.713 0.000
H2 -0.578 1.605 0.000
Cl3 0.014 -0.173 1.472
Cl4 0.014 -0.173 -1.472

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07051.71831.7183
H21.07052.38302.3830
Cl31.71832.38302.9447
Cl41.71832.38302.9447

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 115.432 Cl3 C1 Cl4 117.928
Cl4 C1 H2 115.432
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at ROHF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.129      
2 H 0.193      
3 Cl -0.032      
4 Cl -0.032      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.567 1.218 0.000 1.344
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.188 -0.973 0.000
y -0.973 -29.947 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.893
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.768 -0.973 0.000
y -0.973 2.594 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.826
Polar
3z2-r2-3.652
x2-y2-2.241
xy-0.973
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.475
(<r2>)1/2 10.024