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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G**

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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 B1B95/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.097039
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-959.097039
Nuclear repulsion energy126.098767
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 B1B95/6-31G**
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 3316 3166 0.06      
2 A1 778 742 10.34      
3 A1 319 305 0.40      
4 B1 340i 324i 61.23      
5 B2 1275 1218 56.58      
6 B2 958 915 162.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3153.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3010.5 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 B1B95/6-31G**
ABC
1.63712 0.11108 0.10402

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.665
H2 0.000 0.000 1.742
Cl3 0.000 1.473 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.473 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07781.69241.6924
H21.07782.41282.4128
Cl31.69242.41282.9461
Cl41.69242.41282.9461

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 119.494 Cl3 C1 Cl4 121.012
Cl4 C1 H2 119.494
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.394      
2 H 0.250      
3 Cl 0.072      
4 Cl 0.072      


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 0.971 0.971
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.550 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.694 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.557
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.925 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.640 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.565
Polar
3z2-r25.130
x2-y2-0.856
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.248 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.516 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.623


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.335
(<r2>)1/2 9.967

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-959.097642
Energy at 298.15K-959.098435
HF Energy-959.097642
Nuclear repulsion energy125.955125
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 B1B95/6-31G**
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' 3278 3130 1.76      
2 A' 782 747 15.61      
3 A' 457 437 33.69      
4 A' 311 297 1.23      
5 A" 1281 1223 48.11      
6 A" 930 888 185.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3519.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3360.6 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 B1B95/6-31G**
ABC
1.58790 0.11148 0.10436

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.686 0.000
H2 -0.453 1.662 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.170 1.470
Cl4 0.011 -0.170 -1.470

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08061.70081.7008
H21.08062.39382.3938
Cl31.70082.39382.9394
Cl41.70082.39382.9394

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 117.026 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.571
Cl4 C1 H2 117.026
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.373      
2 H 0.245      
3 Cl 0.064      
4 Cl 0.064      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.511 0.885 0.000 1.022
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.298 -0.875 0.000
y -0.875 -28.974 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.842
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.390 -0.875 0.000
y -0.875 2.096 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.706
Polar
3z2-r2-1.412
x2-y2-2.324
xy-0.875
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.336 -0.189 0.000
y -0.189 3.624 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.576


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.188
(<r2>)1/2 9.959