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All results from a given calculation for HCCl (Chloromethylene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
2 1 yes CS 3A"

State 1 (1A')

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.730709
Energy at 298.15K-498.730537
HF Energy-498.730709
Nuclear repulsion energy37.559401
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/6-31G**
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' 2748 2726 119.21      
2 A' 1213 1204 6.45      
3 A' 730 725 92.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2345.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2327.3 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/6-31G**
ABC
14.94996 0.56463 0.54408

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.046 1.235 0.000
Cl2 0.046 -0.520 0.000
H3 -1.067 1.433 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3
C11.75521.1309
Cl21.75522.2487
H31.13092.2487

picture of Chloromethylene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 100.105
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.179      
2 Cl 0.058      
3 H 0.120      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.379 -0.466 0.000 1.456
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.423 -2.330 0.000
y -2.330 -19.844 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.861
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.570 -2.330 0.000
y -2.330 -1.203 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.773
Polar
3z2-r23.546
x2-y20.422
xy-2.330
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.453 -0.388 0.000
y -0.388 4.776 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.823


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 28.889
(<r2>)1/2 5.375

State 2 (3A")

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-498.722669
Energy at 298.15K-498.722497
HF Energy-498.722669
Nuclear repulsion energy38.361255
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/6-31G**
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' 950 943 4.48      
2 A' 837 830 45.12      
3 A' 3099 3075 6.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2442.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2423.9 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/6-31G**
ABC
24.35598 0.57558 0.56229

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.037 1.174 0.000
Cl2 0.037 -0.521 0.000
H3 -0.858 1.806 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 Cl2 H3
C11.69451.0953
Cl21.69452.4923
H31.09532.4923

picture of Chloromethylene state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
Cl2 C1 H3 125.210
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.217      
2 Cl 0.071      
3 H 0.146      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.793 0.279 0.000 0.840
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -18.219 -1.459 0.000
y -1.459 -17.075 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -19.327
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.018 -1.459 0.000
y -1.459 1.698 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.680
Polar
3z2-r2-3.360
x2-y2-1.144
xy-1.459
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.951 -0.253 0.000
y -0.253 4.512 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.511


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 28.275
(<r2>)1/2 5.317