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

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

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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 BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.987683
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-958.987683
Nuclear repulsion energy123.604029
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/6-31+G**
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 3195 3178 0.15      
2 A1 711 707 7.19      
3 A1 300 298 0.16      
4 B1 366i 364i 59.40      
5 B2 1207 1200 46.98      
6 B2 851 847 183.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2948.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2932.8 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
1.58313 0.10655 0.09983

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.678
H2 0.000 0.000 1.764
Cl3 0.000 1.504 -0.171
Cl4 0.000 -1.504 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.08661.72711.7271
H21.08662.45132.4513
Cl31.72712.45133.0082
Cl41.72712.45133.0082

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 119.442 Cl3 C1 Cl4 121.116
Cl4 C1 H2 119.442
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.330      
2 H 0.211      
3 Cl 0.060      
4 Cl 0.060      


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 0.908 0.908
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.512 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -31.469 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.525
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.015 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.450 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.465
Polar
3z2-r24.929
x2-y2-1.043
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.596 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.881 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.662


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 103.251
(<r2>)1/2 10.161

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-958.988623
Energy at 298.15K-958.989345
HF Energy-958.988623
Nuclear repulsion energy123.320218
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/6-31+G**
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' 3148 3131 1.12      
2 A' 721 717 14.37      
3 A' 470 467 27.17      
4 A' 293 292 0.34      
5 A" 1211 1205 37.92      
6 A" 811 806 213.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3326.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3308.8 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
1.52218 0.10681 0.10005

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.013 0.705 0.000
H2 -0.514 1.660 0.000
Cl3 0.013 -0.173 1.501
Cl4 0.013 -0.173 -1.501

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 H2 Cl3 Cl4
C11.09031.73941.7394
H21.09032.42742.4274
Cl31.73942.42743.0025
Cl41.73942.42743.0025

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 116.251 Cl3 C1 Cl4 119.328
Cl4 C1 H2 116.251
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.311      
2 H 0.207      
3 Cl 0.052      
4 Cl 0.052      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.560 0.814 0.000 0.988
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.181 -1.039 0.000
y -1.039 -30.029 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -31.662
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.335 -1.039 0.000
y -1.039 1.893 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.558
Polar
3z2-r2-1.115
x2-y2-2.152
xy-1.039
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.671 -0.072 0.000
y -0.072 4.731 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.047


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 103.204
(<r2>)1/2 10.159