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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

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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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.040891
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-959.040891
Nuclear repulsion energy125.813484
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3309 3148 0.20      
2 A1 772 734 10.72      
3 A1 319 303 0.43      
4 B1 327i 311i 57.32      
5 B2 1266 1205 54.79      
6 B2 950 904 157.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3144.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2991.7 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
1.62442 0.11065 0.10359

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.668
H2 0.000 0.000 1.746
Cl3 0.000 1.476 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.476 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07811.69681.6968
H21.07812.41802.4180
Cl31.69682.41802.9519
Cl41.69682.41802.9519

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 119.562 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.877
Cl4 C1 H2 119.562
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.357      
2 H 0.220      
3 Cl 0.069      
4 Cl 0.069      


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 1.017 1.017
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.639 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.874 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.585
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.910 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.762 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.672
Polar
3z2-r25.344
x2-y2-0.765
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.257 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.455 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.632


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.732
(<r2>)1/2 9.987

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.041398
Energy at 298.15K-959.042172
HF Energy-959.041398
Nuclear repulsion energy125.688148
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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' 3276 3117 1.37      
2 A' 776 739 15.34      
3 A' 442 420 33.21      
4 A' 311 296 1.40      
5 A" 1270 1209 47.13      
6 A" 925 880 178.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3499.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3329.9 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
1.58260 0.11098 0.10389

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.687 0.000
H2 -0.436 1.671 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.170 1.473
Cl4 0.011 -0.170 -1.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08081.70421.7042
H21.08082.39972.3997
Cl31.70422.39972.9461
Cl41.70422.39972.9461

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 117.244 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.618
Cl4 C1 H2 117.244
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.339      
2 H 0.217      
3 Cl 0.061      
4 Cl 0.061      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.485 0.939 0.000 1.057
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.404 -0.846 0.000
y -0.846 -28.969 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.008
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.415 -0.846 0.000
y -0.846 2.237 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.822
Polar
3z2-r2-1.643
x2-y2-2.435
xy-0.846
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.339 -0.181 0.000
y -0.181 3.631 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.516


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.604
(<r2>)1/2 9.980