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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.698260
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.698260
Nuclear repulsion energy125.859331
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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3304 3153 0.18      
2 A1 773 737 10.64      
3 A1 319 304 0.43      
4 B1 325i 310i 57.11      
5 B2 1264 1206 54.33      
6 B2 950 907 156.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3142.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2998.7 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
1.62366 0.11076 0.10369

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/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 1.747
Cl3 0.000 1.475 -0.169
Cl4 0.000 -1.475 -0.169

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.07931.69621.6962
H21.07932.41852.4185
Cl31.69622.41852.9504
Cl41.69622.41852.9504

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 119.575 Cl3 C1 Cl4 120.849
Cl4 C1 H2 119.575
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.356      
2 H 0.217      
3 Cl 0.070      
4 Cl 0.070      


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 1.009 1.009
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.693 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.909 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -28.645
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.916 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.740 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.656
Polar
3z2-r25.313
x2-y2-0.784
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.260 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.462 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.644


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.692
(<r2>)1/2 9.985

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.698759
Energy at 298.15K-958.699530
HF Energy-958.698759
Nuclear repulsion energy125.738197
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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3271 3121 1.36      
2 A' 777 742 15.12      
3 A' 437 417 33.38      
4 A' 311 297 1.50      
5 A" 1267 1210 46.85      
6 A" 926 884 177.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3494.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3334.8 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
1.58282 0.11109 0.10398

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.011 0.686 0.000
H2 -0.435 1.672 0.000
Cl3 0.011 -0.170 1.472
Cl4 0.011 -0.170 -1.472

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08191.70341.7034
H21.08192.40032.4003
Cl31.70342.40032.9447
Cl41.70342.40032.9447

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 117.277 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.614
Cl4 C1 H2 117.277
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.339      
2 H 0.214      
3 Cl 0.062      
4 Cl 0.062      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.482 0.932 0.000 1.049
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.460 -0.842 0.000
y -0.842 -29.028 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.039
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.426 -0.842 0.000
y -0.842 2.222 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.796
Polar
3z2-r2-1.591
x2-y2-2.432
xy-0.842
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.342 -0.183 0.000
y -0.183 3.641 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.522


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 99.564
(<r2>)1/2 9.978