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All results from a given calculation for CH2Br2 (dibromomethane)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-5181.957964
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-5181.957964
Nuclear repulsion energy352.420130
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 3164 3020 2.01 88.75 0.08 0.15
2 A1 1448 1382 0.06 12.74 0.74 0.85
3 A1 596 569 4.75 13.19 0.08 0.15
4 A1 178 170 0.09 4.43 0.44 0.61
5 A2 1132 1080 0.00 7.29 0.75 0.86
6 B1 3261 3112 1.18 55.34 0.75 0.86
7 B1 813 776 5.09 2.33 0.75 0.86
8 B2 1228 1172 66.11 1.45 0.75 0.86
9 B2 657 627 97.30 4.60 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6238.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9543) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 5953.5 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.87643 0.04101 0.03948

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 0.937
H2 -0.902 0.000 1.542
H3 0.902 0.000 1.542
Br4 0.000 1.611 -0.124
Br5 0.000 -1.611 -0.124

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 H3 Br4 Br5
C11.08581.08581.92861.9286
H21.08581.80332.48652.4865
H31.08581.80332.48652.4865
Br41.92862.48652.48653.2212
Br51.92862.48652.48653.2212

picture of dibromomethane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H2 C1 H3 112.270 H2 C1 Br4 107.851
H2 C1 Br5 107.851 H3 C1 Br4 107.851
H3 C1 Br5 107.851 Br4 C1 Br5 113.251
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 -0.292      
2 H 0.218      
3 H 0.218      
4 Br -0.072      
5 Br -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 1.552 1.552
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.643 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -43.848 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.064
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.687 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.494 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.181
Polar
3z2-r26.362
x2-y21.204
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.602 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.022 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.426


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 220.653
(<r2>)1/2 14.854